Sony's Music Streaming Service Coming To PlayStation Devices In U.S.

At its 2011 CES press conference, Sony confirmed that its new cloud-based music streaming subscription initiative is coming to North American shores in 2011.

Music Unlimited, which debuted recently in the UK and Ireland, offers subscribers access to over six million songs from every major label for a reasonable monthly fee. The service can merge with your existing music catalog and learn your music listening behaviors over time, which helps it determine recommendations. Anyone who owns A Sony Bravia TV, PlayStation 3, PSP, VAIO computer, or web-connected Sony Blu-ray player can sign up, and once you've synced your library it's available instantly on any of the devices.

Though we don't have a hard date for the service rollout or a confirmed subscription rate yet, Sony says we'll get a chance to check it out before the end of the year.