Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment to Release Titles On UMD For the Sony Playstation Portable; Studio Embraces New Technology For Its Portability, Convenience And Secure Copy Protection

Business Wire, May 10, 2005

CENTURY CITY, Calif. -- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release film titles on the Universal Media Disc (UMD) format for the Sony PlayStation(R) Portable (PSP(TM)) this summer. The studio supports a technologically advanced format such as UMD as it provides consumers with new entertainment options that are portable and convenient, while providing the studio's intellectual property with a virtually impenetrable copyright protection.

"The technologically advanced PSP enables our consumers to experience Fox movies with the same high quality picture and audio to which they have grown accustomed, while securing our film assets with a unique hardware-based copy protection" said Mike Dunn, President Worldwide, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. "We are extremely supportive of this new technology and are currently assembling a robust library of titles for release that are perfectly suited for the PSP and its core demo."

Targeting the platform's core demo of men ages 18-34, the first five titles to be released by the studio include 'I, Robot,' 'Napoleon Dynamite,' 'Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story,' 'Super Troopers,' and 'Predator.' The initial wave of titles will hit retail shelves in July, with a burgeoning catalog of releases immediately scheduled for subsequent waves.

About PSP(TM) (PlayStation Portable)

PSP(TM) (PlayStation(R) Portable) is a new portable entertainment system that allows users to enjoy 3D games, high-quality full-motion video, and high-fidelity stereo audio. With graphics rendering capability comparable to that of PlayStation(R)2, PSP features a 4.3 inch wide screen, high-resolution TFT display. PSP also adopts a newly developed compact but high-capacity (1.8GB) optical disc, Universal Media Disc (UMD(TM)), as its storage medium. With a wide range of accessories and connectivity options, including Memory Stick Duo, USB 2.0, IR port and Wi-Fi wireless LAN, PSP is the new entertainment platform from PlayStation.

A recognized global industry leader, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is the marketing, sales and distribution company for all Fox film and television programming on VHS and DVD as well as video acquisitions and original productions worldwide. Each year the Company introduces hundreds of new and newly enhanced products, which it services to retail outlets - from mass merchants and warehouse clubs to specialty stores and e-commerce - throughout the world. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is a unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment, a News Corporation company.