Now, BlackBerry’s is making strides in growing its BB10 app store with some biggies. Sony’s free, ad-based streaming video service Crackle is the new addition in it. The app provides content from Sony’s various TV and film studios, is now available to download for BlackBerry devices. But still some popular apps like Instagram, Hulu Plus and Netflix are still to come on BB10 platform.
This is the official Press Release of Crackle on BB10
BlackBerry and Sony Bring Crackle App to BlackBerry 10 Smartphones
Sony Pictures Television’s popular video entertainment network, Crackle, will be available for download on BlackBerry World
[Culver City, CA and Waterloo, ON] – Sony Pictures Television and BlackBerry® (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB) announced today the availability of the Crackle app for BlackBerry® 10 smartphones on the BlackBerry® World™ storefront.Crackle is a popular, next-generation video entertainment network that offers hundreds of Hollywood movies, television series and originals for free with minimal commercial interruption. Content is uncut and unedited, and programmed from several genres, including action, comedy, crime, anime, horror, music, thriller and sci-fi. BlackBerry worked with Crackle to create the app for the new BlackBerry 10 platform, and is now available for the BlackBerry® Z10 and BlackBerry® Q10 smartphones.
Crackle is available in 22 countries, including the U.S., Canada, the UK, Australia, Brazil and other countries in Latin America.
“Crackle users have demanded a high-quality, cross-platform viewing experience when and where they want it,” says Phil Lynch, senior vice president, Digital Networks & Games, Sony Pictures Television. “With the launch of the Crackle App on BlackBerry 10, we’re excited to offer BlackBerry customers the opportunity to access Crackle’s premium programming on the go.”
“Mobile entertainment is a very important part of the BlackBerry 10 experience,” said Martyn Mallick, vice president of Global Alliances and Business Development for BlackBerry. “The Crackle application is a great complement to the robust catalogue of television shows and movies on BlackBerry World.”