(NASDAQ: AMZN) – Amazon.com,
Inc. today introduced the Amazon Instant Video App for iPad, enabling
customers to stream or download Amazon Instant Video movies and TV
episodes from their video library directly on their iPad. The app also
makes more than 20,000 titles from Prime Instant Video available to
Prime members such as hit TV shows like Glee, Downton Abbey and Fringe,
or popular movies such as Mission: Impossible 3, Mean Girls and Ocean’s
Eleven, to stream instantly on their iPad at no additional cost. For
more information visit http://amazon.com/instantvideo/ipad.
“We want to give customers the convenience of being able to watch all of
their movies and TV episodes, wherever they are, on their iPad,” said
Anthony Bay, Amazon.com vice president for video. “Today we’re excited
to extend our ‘buy once, enjoy everywhere’ approach to iPad, giving
customers the chance to enjoy more than 120,000 titles from Amazon
Instant Video and more than 20,000 titles from Prime Instant Video
anytime, anywhere.”
To watch movies or TV episodes from Amazon Instant Video on iPad,
customers can simply search for the content they've already rented or
purchased from Amazon Instant Video--including the latest hit movies
like 21 Jump Street, Mirror Mirror, and Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows
and the latest episodes from TV shows like Breaking Bad Season 5, Mad
Men Season 5 and Pretty Little Liars Season 3.
The Amazon Instant Video App for iPad 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 iPad customers access to
purchases and rentals from Amazon Instant Video on the web.
The Amazon Instant Video App for iPad is available for free from the App
Store on iPad or at http://www.itunes.com/appstore.
About Amazon.com
Amazon.com,
Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), aFortune 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 Kindlefamily 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.
