“Buy Once, Enjoy Everywhere” – Amazon Instant Video and Prime Instant
Video Customers Can Now Enjoy Movies & TV Episodes on iPhone and iPod
touch
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 2012--
(NASDAQ:AMZN) – Amazon.com, Inc. today introduced the Amazon Instant
Video App, enabling customers to stream or download Amazon
Instant Video movies and TV episodes from their video library directly
on their iPhone or iPod touch. The app also makes more than 30,000
titles from Prime Instant Video available to Prime members such as hit
TV shows like American Horror Story, Downton Abbey and Fringe, as well
as popular movies such as Hugo, Thor and Goodfellas, to stream instantly
on their iPhone or iPod touch at no additional cost. Amazon announced
the Amazon Instant Video app for iPad earlier this year. With today’s
launch, Amazon Instant Video is now available across iOS mobile devices.
“Our customers tell us they want the convenience of being able to watch
all of their movies and TV episodes, wherever they are,” said Anthony
Bay, Amazon.com Vice President for Video. “Today we’re excited to extend
our ‘buy once, enjoy everywhere’ approach to iPhone and iPod touch
users, giving customers the chance to enjoy more than 140,000 titles
from Amazon Instant Video and more than 30,000 titles from Prime Instant
Video anytime, anywhere.”
To watch movies or TV episodes from Amazon Instant Video on iPhone
and iPod touch, customers can simply search for the content they’ve
already rented or purchased from Amazon Instant Video—including the
latest hit movies like The Dark Knight Rises, Brave and The Amazing
Spiderman and the latest episodes from TV series like The Walking Dead,
Sons of Anarchy and The Vampire Diaries.
The Amazon Instant Video App for iPhone and iPod touch offers features
including:
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“Your Watchlist” feature that lets customers make a list of all
the movies and TV episodes they want to watch in the
future, regardless of whether they own the video or not, making it
easy to keep track of specific videos for later viewing.
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“Your Video Library” feature that gives iPhone and iPod
touch customers access to purchases and rentals from Amazon Instant
Video on the web.
The Amazon Instant Video App for iPhone and iPod touch is available for
free from the App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at http://www.itunes.com/appstore.
For more information, visit http://amazon.com/instantvideo/iphone.
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.
Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.com,
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www.amazon.de,
www.amazon.co.jp,
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 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.
Source: Amazon.com, Inc.
Amazon.com, Inc.
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