Amazon Prime members now have more of their favorite CBS series to
choose from for instant streaming, at no additional cost on hundreds of
devices
New programming now available to Amazon Prime members includes
America’s Next Top Model, Everybody Loves Raymond, Undercover Boss,
United States of Tara and more
NEW YORK & SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 2013--
CBS Corporation and Amazon.com, Inc. today announced an expanded content
licensing agreement to bring classic series and hit TV shows from CBS
Television Distribution and Showtime Networks to Amazon’s Prime Instant
Video service, extending the already vast catalog of CBS content
available for Prime members to instantly stream, and enjoy at no
additional cost.
With this agreement, popular CBS and Showtime series coming to Prime
Instant Video for the first time include America’s Next Top Model,
Everybody Loves Raymond, Jericho, The L Word, Undercover Boss and United
States of Tara, among others. In addition, fan-favorite TV series
such as Medium, The Tudors, the complete Star Trek
franchise, I Love Lucy, and more, will continue to be
available for Prime members to stream, commercial-free at no additional
cost on Kindle Fire HD, Kindle Fire, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Roku,
Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and Wii U, among other devices. To sign up
for Amazon Prime, visit www.amazon.com/primeinstantvideo.
“CBS was one of our earliest content partners for Prime Instant Video
and our Prime customers have consistently told us how much they love
having access to great CBS and Showtime shows,” said Brad Beale,
Director of Digital Video Content Acquisition for Amazon. “Adding a
wider selection of great TV series, while extending our already popular
selection of CBS programming, continues to make Prime an even better
deal for customers – and we love that.”
“We’re very pleased to extend our relationship with Amazon and their
Prime Instant Video service,” said Scott Koondel, Chief Corporate
Licensing Officer for CBS Corporation. “Clearly the appetite for CBS
programming continues to be very healthy, and we look forward to
continuing to reach and establish new fans through Amazon’s terrific
platform.”
Amazon’s Prime Instant Video service recently announced it will be the
exclusive online subscription home for the CBS summer series Under
the Dome – produced by Steven Spielberg and based on Stephen King’s
best-selling novel of the same name – which will give Amazon Prime
members unlimited access to the TV series just four days after airing
and will also be available for purchase and download to all Amazon
customers exclusively on Amazon Instant Video. In addition, Amazon
announced that Prime Instant Video will soon become the exclusive online
subscription home for PBS series, Downton Abbey. The Prime
Instant Video library now features more than 36,000 movies and TV
episodes including fan-favorite shows such as Downton Abbey, Fringe,
and The West Wing and blockbuster movies including Mission
Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Rango and Transformers: Dark
of the Moon.
About CBS Corporation
CBS Corporation is a mass media company that creates and distributes
industry-leading content across a variety of platforms to audiences
around the world. The Company has businesses with origins that date back
to the dawn of the broadcasting age as well as new ventures that operate
on the leading edge of media. CBS owns the most-watched television
network in the U.S. and one of the world’s largest libraries of
entertainment content, making its brand – “the Eye” – one of the most
recognized in business. The Company’s operations span virtually every
field of media and entertainment, including cable, publishing, radio,
local TV, film, outdoor advertising, and interactive and socially
responsible media. CBS’s businesses include CBS Television Network, The
CW (a joint venture between CBS Corporation and Warner Bros.
Entertainment), Showtime Networks, CBS Sports Network, Smithsonian
Networks, Simon & Schuster, CBS Television Stations, CBS Radio, CBS
Outdoor, CBS Television Studios, CBS Studios International, CBS Global
Distribution Group, CBS Interactive, CBS Consumer Products, CBS Home
Entertainment, CBS Films and CBS EcoMedia. For more information, log on
to www.cbscorporation.com.
About Amazon Instant Video
Amazon Instant Video is a digital video streaming and download service
that offers Amazon customers the ability to rent, purchase or subscribe
to a huge catalog of videos. Customers can choose from more than 150,000
titles to purchase or rent and content ranges from new release movies to
classic favorites, major television shows, entire seasons, or even day
after air TV. Prime Instant Video is Amazon’s video subscription
offer—it includes more than 36,000 movies and TV episodes selected from
the full assortment available at Amazon Instant Video. This subscription
offer allows US Prime customers to stream as many titles from Prime
Instant Video as they like, at no additional cost.
About Prime
Amazon Prime is an annual membership program for $79 a year that offers
customers unlimited Free Two-Day Shipping on millions of items including
books, home and garden products, electronics, video games, clothing, and
much more. Amazon Prime members also get access to unlimited instant
streaming of thousands of movies and TV episodes and access to hundreds
of thousands of books to borrow for free, as frequently as a book a
month, with no due dates from a Kindle device. Customers who receive
free Prime shipping benefits through our Amazon Student or Amazon Mom
programs can upgrade to an annual paid membership to receive Amazon
Prime’s digital benefits.
About Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle,
opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth’s
Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth’s most
customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything
they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the
lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of
unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as Books;
Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home
& Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health &
Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web
Services provides Amazon’s developer customers with access to
in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon’s own back-end
technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any
type of business. Kindle Paperwhite is the most-advanced e-reader ever
constructed with 62% more pixels and 25% increased contrast, a patented
built-in front light for reading in all lighting conditions, extra-long
battery life, and a thin and light design. The new latest generation
Kindle, the lightest and smallest Kindle, now features new, improved
fonts and faster page turns. Kindle Fire HD features a stunning custom
high-definition display, exclusive Dolby audio with dual stereo
speakers, high-end, laptop-grade Wi-Fi with dual-band support,
dual-antennas and MIMO for faster streaming and downloads, enough
storage for HD content, and the latest generation processor and graphics
engine—and it is available in two display sizes—7” and 8.9”. The
large-screen Kindle Fire HD is also available with 4G wireless, and
comes with a groundbreaking $49.99 introductory 4G LTE data package. The
all-new Kindle Fire features a 20% faster processor, 40% faster
performance, twice the memory, and longer battery life.
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www.amazon.fr,
www.amazon.ca,
www.amazon.cn,
www.amazon.it,
www.amazon.es
and www.amazon.com.br.
As used herein, “Amazon.com,” “we,” “our” and similar terms include
Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates
otherwise.
Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning
of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly
from management's expectations. These forward-looking statements involve
risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to
competition, management of growth, new products, services and
technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international
expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment and
data center optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements,
acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system
interruption, inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments
and fraud. More information about factors that potentially could affect
Amazon.com's financial results is included in Amazon.com's filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual
Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.
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