| ChatSpace recently announced its relationship with Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment's Screenblast to develop its chat community. The ChatSpace technology enables the empowered Screenblast community to immerse themselves and become engaged in new ways within the site's broadband-based service offerings. "Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment is moving into the next generation of online entertainment with the release of Screenblast," states Eric Olinger, President and CEO of ChatSpace. "ChatSpace is working as a core infrastructure to deploy real time interaction on the Screenblast site and to power many of the interactive chat features core to the entertainment experience. Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment realizes the powerful impact of community implementation." Screenblast leverages the power of broadband and the proliferation of digital devices to transform entertainment into a two-way, interactive and immersive experience for the end user. "ChatSpace has been a leader in the online community space for many years and brings superior chat technology to the Screenblast service, allowing for rapid community growth," states Mike Arrieta, Vice President of Operations of Broadband Content for Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment. "Chat rooms are available throughout the site in accordance with users' interests. With a click of the mouse, a user can easily enter the chat room of his or her choosing and start communicating with others of similar interests." |