SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 20, 2008--In an effort to help
demystify high-definition entertainment for consumers, Amazon.com,
Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced its support for Blu-ray as the
digital format of choice for customers. As part of this announcement,
Amazon.com will more prominently promote Blu-ray hardware and software
products on its website.
"The high-definition landscape is rapidly changing, and consumers
are looking for guidance on how to make the best high-definition
buying decisions," said Peter Faricy, vice president of movies and
music at Amazon.com. "Our customers have clearly voiced their support
for the Blu-ray format. Blu-ray titles have increased from just over
half of our high-definition sales to over three-quarters of our
high-definition sales since early January. In order to best serve our
customers, Amazon is recommending Blu-ray as the preferred digital
format and will continue to carry the 'Earth's Largest Selection' of
Blu-ray products."
Amazon.com currently carries a wide array of Blu-ray hardware and
software products including players, Blu-ray discs, and the Sony
PlayStation 3. For the hundreds of thousands of HD DVD owners who may
still wish to purchase products for that format, Amazon will continue
to carry a wide assortment of HD DVD products, including the broadest
selection of HD DVD movie titles.
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. Examples of the services offered by
Amazon Web Services are Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2),
Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon SimpleDB, Amazon
Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS), Amazon Flexible Payments Service
(Amazon FPS), and Amazon Mechanical Turk.
Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including
www.amazon.com, www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de, www.amazon.co.jp,
www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.ca, and the Joyo Amazon websites at
www.joyo.cn and www.amazon.cn.
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 center optimization, seasonality, commercial
agreements, acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign exchange
rates, system interruption, significant amount of indebtedness,
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 Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, and
subsequent filings.
CONTACT:
Amazon.com, Inc.
Amazon Media Hotline, 206-266-7180
SOURCE: Amazon.com, Inc.
