Sony, Netflix in PS3 deal to stream movies

Sony and Netflix announced that PlayStation 3 owners will soon be able to use the game console to stream movies and TV shows to their television sets or computers.

Sony Computer Entertainment America and the movie rental company said the new service would launch next month and would be provided at no additional cost to Netflix members in the US.

Netflix and Microsoft reached a similar deal last year involving the US software giant's Xbox 360 videogame consoles.

Netflix, which lets members download films over the internet or mails DVDs to their homes, has more than 11 million subscribers. Sony has sold nine million PS3 consoles in the US. The PS3 last month won the top spot in game console sales.

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