Sony to Remove Hundreds of Studio Canal Movies from PlayStation Store Libraries on September 1 Unless New Deal Reached

Sony has notified customers in the UK, France, Italy and Spain that hundreds of Studio Canal movies purchased through the PlayStation Store will be removed from their video libraries on September 1. The removals follow the expiration of a licensing agreement between Sony and Studio Canal. The PlayStation Store posted the notices on the affected regional pages.

The warnings state that any purchased titles on the list "it will be removed from your video library" on the September date. No refunds are referenced in the notices. The expiration remains several months away, leaving open the possibility that a new agreement could be reached before the deadline.

A prior licensing dispute involving Discovery shows on the PlayStation Store was resolved through a new agreement that allowed the content to remain available. The current Studio Canal situation has not yet produced a similar resolution.