(NASDAQ: AMZN) – Amazon.com,
Inc. today announced a licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Domestic
Television Distribution to add popular TV shows, including Fringe and
The West Wing to the Prime Instant Video catalog. Millions of customers
are already enjoying more than 18,000 Prime Instant Videos on Kindle
Fire and hundreds of other compatible devices, and this agreement adds a
variety of fan-favorite TV shows including Dark Blue, Alcatraz, and The
Whole Truth.
Both Fringe and The West Wing will be available exclusively on Prime
Instant Video for the summer, giving Prime members and Kindle Fire
customers exclusive access to favorite titles that have been previously
unavailable. Prime Instant Video includes more than 18,000 movies and TV
episodes available for Prime members to instantly stream and enjoy at no
additional cost. To start watching Prime Instant Video now, visit www.amazon.com/PIV.
Customers who are not Prime members can enjoy a free
one month trial of Prime and all Kindle Fire customers enjoy a free
month of Prime right out of the box.
"Since launching Prime Instant Video, we’ve continued to expand both the
quantity and quality of video content for our Prime members,” said Brad
Beale, director of digital video content acquisition for Amazon.
“Bringing Fringe and The West Wing – two shows with a devoted fan base –
to Prime Instant Video first, is another way for us to add value for
Prime members and to continue to give customers content they love.”
“We are thrilled to count Amazon as a digital distribution outlet for
our television group,” said Ken Werner, President, Warner Bros. Domestic
Television Distribution. “As more and more television content is enjoyed
by fans across a myriad of subscription channels and platforms and on
numerous devices from televisions to tablets, deals such as this give
consumers the opportunity to discover, catch-up, or simply enjoy a
favorite series again and again.”
Prime customers can access Prime Instant Video on Kindle Fire or any of
the hundreds of compatible Amazon Instant Video devices, including the
Roku, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 gaming console. For a list of
compatible Amazon Instant Video devices visit here.
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 120,000
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 18,000 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 Prime Instant Videos
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 tens 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 Warner Bros Domestic Television Distribution:
Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution (WBDTD) is one of the
leading suppliers of entertainment programming to the domestic
television marketplace, distributing first-run syndicated series,
off-network television programs and theatrical motion pictures to local
broadcast television stations, as well as to pay, cable, satellite,
broadcast networks and digital platforms throughout the U.S. WBDTD
handles the domestic distribution of television series produced by
Warner Bros. Television, Telepictures Productions, Warner Bros.
Animation and Warner Horizon Television; selected HBO Independent
Productions and the Lorimar Television library; current feature films
from Warner Bros. Pictures; and the Studio's unmatched motion picture
library.
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. The new latest generation Kindle
is the lightest, most compact Kindle ever and features the same 6-inch,
most advanced electronic ink display that reads like real paper even in
bright sunlight. Kindle Touch is a new addition to the Kindle family
with an easy-to-use touch screen that makes it easier than ever to turn
pages, search, shop, and take notes – still with all the benefits of the
most advanced electronic ink display. Kindle Touch 3G is the top of the
line e-reader and offers the same new design and features of Kindle
Touch, with the unparalleled added convenience of free 3G. Kindle Fire
is the Kindle for movies, TV shows, music, books, magazines, apps, games
and web browsing with all the content, free storage in the Amazon Cloud,
Whispersync, Amazon Silk (Amazon’s new revolutionary cloud-accelerated
web browser), vibrant color touch screen, and powerful dual-core
processor.
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,
www.amazon.cn,
www.amazon.it,
and www.amazon.es.
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.
