Amazon strikes movie streaming tackle Universal, adds ‘Fear and Loathing’ to free shipping

Jul 28th 2011
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Amazon strikes movie streaming tackle Universal, adds Fear and Loathing to free shipping

Amazon today is talking up its new treat NBCUniversal Domestic TV Distribution, with a purpose to make quite a few Universal movies available to Prime subscribers at no added fee. The list of flicks includes the likes of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Being John Malkovich, and Fletch. The announcement follows an identical partnership with CBS, which was made public last week . Press release after the break, Malkovich, Malkovich.

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Deal Will Allow Amazon Prime Members to Stream Select Universal Pictures Films

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced a licensing agreement with NBCUniversal Domestic TV Distribution so that it will allow Amazon Prime members to stream select Universal Pictures movies through Prime Instant Video. This handle Amazon will bring the complete choice of Prime instant videos to greater than 9,000 movies and television shows this summer.

Amazon Prime customers might be ready to instantly watch popular Universal movies at no additional cost to their membership. Universal titles available to Prime customers will include Oscar winners including “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” “Elizabeth,” and “Gosford Park.” For the youngsters, there’s “Babe,” “Flipper,” and “Jetsons – The Movie,” in addition to other favorites like “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” “Notting Hill,” “Being John Malkovich”, “Fletch,” and “Billy Elliott.”

“We’re very excited to provide Prime members popular Universal films at no additional cost,” said Cameron Janes, director of Amazon Instant Video. “Our customers love movies and now we provide them greater than 2,000 movies to select from with Prime Instant Video.”

Amazon Instant Video is a streaming video service that provides customers greater than 90,000 movies and television shows available to buy or rent, and with this Universal content included, will offer greater than 9,000 movies and television shows included at no additional cost with an Amazon Prime membership. Customers can instantly watch movies and television shows from Amazon on a Mac, PC or directly on TV with any of the 300 compatible devices.

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