‘The Interview’ available on American pay TV channels

NEW DELHI: Sony Pictures Entertainment has made its provocative comedy The Interview available through American pay television operators and it has doubled the number of independent theatres to show the movie.

Sony also announced that the film will also be sold through Wal-Mart on-demand service, Vudu, and on Sony’s PlayStation Network. It was already on Google Play and YouTube.

After the film earned $15 million from two million sales or rentals over four days, Apple added the movie to its iTunes store, where it ranked as the top-selling movie on 31 December, 2014.

This week US cable, satellite and telecommunications providers began making the movie available to rent through their video on-demand and pay-per-view services. The providers include Comcas, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications, AT&’s U-verse, Verizon’s Fios and DirecTV. Vudu and Verizon customers also can buy the film.

The Interview also opened in more than 580 independent theatres on 2 January, 2015.