Unpacking Amazon's Unbox Video Service
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Amazon (AMZN) finally launched its long-awaited online video service on Sept. 7. But it's no sure thing that it will catch on with the masses. The service, called Amazon Unbox, offers downloads of movies and television shows, as well as digital movie rentals.
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The moment that DVD rental firms have been dreading is apparently close at hand. Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) is launching a DVD rental service in the United Kingdom, beating Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) -- now officially a rival -- to the punch.
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Amazon.com Inc. launched a digital video downloading service Thursday, ending months of speculation that the Internet retailer would be getting into the online TV and movie business.
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Amazon and Microsoft team up to serve HD-DVD movies to the niches.
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Amazon.com  on Thursday  unveiled a widely anticipated Internet service offering movies  and television shows that can be downloaded onto consumers'  personal computers.
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Amazon.com AMZN.O on Thursday   unveiled a widely anticipated Internet service offering movie   and television shows that can be downloaded onto consumers'   personal computers.
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By Elizabeth M. Gillespie  Amazon.com Inc. launched a digital video downloading service Thursday, ending months of speculation that the Internet retailer would be getting into the online TV and movie business.
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TiVo said it has introduced a service to let customers buy movies and television shows from the Unbox service of Amazon.com without using a personal computer.
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Microsoft is beginning to throw its weight around in the HD DVD/Blu-ray battle, announcing Monday it had teamed with Amazon.com to bring independent films to the format.
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Amazon.com on Thursday unveiled a   widely anticipated Internet service offering movies and TV   shows that can be downloaded to personal computers, solidly   moving the online retailer into the nascent market.
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Reviewing some unreviewed products before the dust on their boxes gets too thick.
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TiVo Inc. on Tuesday said many of its  customers can now order pay-per-view movies and television  shows from Amazon.com&#39;s download service directly from their  TV, without a personal computer.
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Amazon.com on Thursday unveiled a  widely anticipated Internet service offering movie and  television shows that can be downloaded onto consumers'  personal computers.
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Amazon.com Inc. launched on Wednesday a service that lets users watch video purchased on the Internet and sent to a home television hooked up to a TiVo set-top box.
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Beats Apple to the chase Online retailer Amazon has launched a new download service for movies and TV shows, pre-empting the expected launch of a similar service by Apple this week.â¦
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(InfoWorld) - Owners of Tivo's popular digital video recorders (DVR) will soon be able to download films and television shows for rental and purchase from Amazon.com, the two companies announced Wednesday. "Amazon Unbox on Tivo" is an extension of Amazon Unbox, the online retailer's digital download service, launched in September 2006. Neither company indicated a launch date for the service, except to indicate that it was now available for beta testing. Tivo owners must have a Series 2 or Series 3 DVR, an Amazon.com account, and a broadband connection to use the service. Tivo said about 1.5 million [m] of its machines are enabled to use it. Episodes of television programs will sell for $1.99 each, with films priced between $9.99 and $14.99. Films can be rented for $1.99. A record of all purchases will be kept both on the DVR and in the user's Amazon.com, account, the company said. Amazon said content would be available from film and television studios including CBS, Paramount Pictures, and Warner Bros. Entertainment.
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SEATTLE - News that Amazon.com Inc. and TiVo Inc. will soon let customers download movies from the Web to their set-top boxes shook up the stocks of companies involved in digital video services.