Afterworld creators Brent Friedman and Stan Rogers have struck a deal with Sony Pictures International to give the electronics and media giant all TV, gaming, mobile and internet rights over the hit sci-fi series.

The plot is set in the far future where all but one percent of the world's population have vanished and technology is non-existent. Main protagonist Russell Shoemaker embarks on an epic journey from New York to Seattle in a desperate bid to find his family alive.

The series is already viewable through online network entertainment via Bud TV, but Sony plans to distribute 130 episodes into mainstream TV, internet and mobile platforms in accordance with the new pact.

Fans of the series will be glad to know that past episodes will be available on the web through blogs. Details for the upcoming online games remain hazy, however. In an interview, Friedman said "as much as I've enjoyed working in all the conventional mediums, I believe we have created something that represents a new form of content - the online convergence of television and videogames."

Marie Jacobson of Sony Pictures remarks "Many opportunities come along with this from advertiser integration and from a versioning point of view. It's not about finding the consumer who will watch this on TV or on a phone or online or play it on a game. We have the opportunity with this project to lock into different subsets of consumers - we are chasing an aggregate audience."