Press Release

MORE TITLES ON UMD ™!!

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Releases Additional UMD™ Titles for Playstation Portable™ Consoles.

Culver City, Ca (4/26/05) -- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) announced additional titles to its diverse slate of UMD™  (Universal Media Disc) video format releases which plays on the new PSP ™ (Playstation Portable) handheld entertainment system for the North American market.

The following is a summary of the titles, street dates and suggested list prices for the new UMD releases:

May 24
Are We There Yet? (SLP: $28.95)
Charlie’s Angels (SLP: $19.95)

May 31
Boogeyman (SLP: $28.95)
HollowMan(SLP: $19.95)

June 14
Hitch ( SLP: $28.95)
Daddy Day Care (SLP: $19.95)
Bad Boys (SLP: !9.95)
Spider-Man Animated (SLP: $19.95)
The Grudge ($19.95)

June 28
Resident Evil (SLP: $19.95)
Starship Troopers (SLP: $19.95)
Air Force One (SLP:$19.95)
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (SLP: $19.95)

PSP is a next generation platform which has been designed to support multiple lifestyle applications, including videos, games, music, communications and wireless networking. The UMD™ is a newly developed compact, high capacity optical format which can store up to 1.8 GB of digital data on a 60mm disc – or an entire feature film on a single UMD™ video.

UMD ™ Movies will be produced in 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio and encoded using advanced AVC compression which provides the type of picture quality consumers have come to expect from SPHE DVDs.  For added protection, a lightweight disc sleeve is also utilized, along with advanced encryption technology for content security.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) is a Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) company. SPE is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, (SCA), a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation.  SPE's global operations encompass motion picture production and distribution; television production and distribution; digital content creation and distribution; worldwide channel investments; home entertainment acquisition and distribution; operation of studio facilities; development of new entertainment products, services and technologies; and distribution of filmed entertainment in 67 countries.  Sony Pictures Entertainment can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.sonypictures.com.