Customers can now purchase HD TV shows from Amazon Video On Demand and rent HD movies from compatible devices including those from Roku, TiVo, Sony, and beginning today, Panasonic
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 21, 2009--
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that customers can rent
box-office favorites and purchase top TV shows in HD from Amazon Video
On Demand. Customers can select from more than 500 HD TV shows and
movies from major studios and networks including Warner Bros.
Entertainment Inc., Sony Pictures, Paramount Pictures,
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., Universal Studios Home Entertainment
and Showtime Networks. Top titles available now in HD on Amazon Video On
Demand include new-release movies such as “Frost/Nixon,” “Twilight” and
“Yes Man” and hit TV series including “Californication,” “The Tudors,”
“Smallville,” and “Gossip Girl.”
“Our customers have been asking us for two things: HD and the ability to
watch movies and TV shows instantly on their television,” said Bill
Carr, Amazon vice president Music and Video. “Today we are thrilled to
begin offering HD and to add the distinctive Panasonic VIERA
CAST®-enabled HDTV lineup to the growing number of televisions and
devices supported by Amazon Video On Demand. We plan to continue making
it easier than ever for customers to instantly enjoy their favorite TV
shows and movies in HD from the comfort of their living rooms.”
With movies and TV episodes in HD, Amazon Video On Demand is providing
customers with even more choices for entertainment. Customers can now
order and watch movies and TV shows in HD on their televisions through
compatible devices including: the Roku digital video player, TiVo
Series3, HD, and HD XL DVRs, and the Sony Bravia Internet Video Link.
Starting today, Amazon Video On Demand’s entire library of 40,000
titles, plus HD titles, are also available on Panasonic VIERA CAST®
enabled HDTVs. Using these devices, customers can now rent HD movies for
$3.99 - $4.99. Customers can also purchase and watch HD TV shows online
on MACs or PCs, through compatible devices, or download them to their PC
for offline viewing for $2.99.
“Panasonic is thrilled to be working with Amazon’s Video on Demand
service, an association we see as another step in providing the ultimate
entertainment experience for the consumer. Both Panasonic and Amazon are
extremely consumer centric and this functionality will provide the
consumer with a myriad of entertainment choices,” said Merwan Mereby,
Panasonic vice president of New Business Development. “It’s fitting that
Panasonic and Amazon have joined creative forces to create this unique
entertainment vehicle. Panasonic’s VIERA CAST HDTVs have garnered
numerous best of awards, while Amazon is a pioneer in transforming
in-home movie entertainment. The consumer will have access to a vast
selection of movie and TV entertainment at their finger tips with just a
click of a button.”
“The addition of Amazon’s HD offerings to the Roku digital video player
is a tremendous enhancement for our customers,” said Tim Twerdahl, vice
president of consumer products at Roku. “Amazon’s vast selection of
high-quality content is the perfect complement to Roku’s instant
delivery of top movies and TV shows directly to the TV. The combination
of Amazon Video On Demand and the $99 Roku player is an incredible value
to customers.”
“This is a great day for our customers because our best-in-class HD
offering just became even better with HD movies and TV shows now being
offered by Amazon Video On Demand,” said Tara Maitra, vice president and
general manager of Content Services and Advertising Sales at TiVo Inc.
“Adding HD content from Amazon Video on Demand to an existing
vast library of options shows once again that with a TiVo remote you
truly can have it all. Consumers can access Amazon Video On Demand HD
movies and TV shows, all with the simplicity people have come to expect
from TiVo.”
“Striving to deliver high-quality content directly to customers, Sony is
excited to have HD movies and television shows from Amazon Video On
Demand delivered directly to BRAVIA televisions,” said Jeff Goldstein,
vice president of TV Marketing for Sony Electronics.
For more information and to see the growing list of HD content, please
visit www.amazon.com
Amazon Video On Demand is offered by Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
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),
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Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates
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Forward-Looking Statements
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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,
indebtedness, inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments
and fraud. More information about factors that potentially could affect
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Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.
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