Forget Netflix, Crackle is coming to BlackBerry 10

Anyone who has a hankering for streaming video on their BlackBerry Z10 or Q10 smartphone is still smarting from the Netflix snub but this opened up an opportunity for Sony's Crackle App. 

Available on the BlackBerry World storefront in 22 countries including Canada and the U.S., Crackle is a popular digital network that features hundreds of videost such as movies, films, and television series for free with minimal commercial interruption.BlackBerry worked with Crackle to create the free app now available for BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 smartphones. Hit jump for the details.

--Press Release

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 - July 3, 2013 – 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.”