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From ZDNet, Hollywood seeks iTunes for film:

"We want to set business models, pricing models, distribution models like Steve Jobs did for music, but for the film industry," Michael Arrieta, senior vice president of Sony Pictures, said at the Digital Hollywood conference.

Of course, that's easy to do when you're both a) the content provider, and b) the storefront.

But it's great that they're realizing users want to consume media in many very different ways. Sony -- and other studios -- are trying to be proactive in an industry where change can be slow and tedious. I'd argue that they've already waited far too long as it is.

Also, given this announcement, and with the bundling of a Spider Man 2 UMD disc in the PSP launch last week, you can certainly bet the PSP will be a big part of Sony's on-the-go movie distribution strategy.