July 17, 2008

Amazon Plans an Online Store to Stream Movies and TV Shows

amazon.comlogo.jpeg Amazon Plans an Online Store for Movies and TV ShowsAmazon.com will introduce a new online store of TV shows and movies on Thursday, called Amazon Video on Demand. The New York Times reports.

"Customers of Amazon’s new store will be able to start watching any of 40,000 movies and television programs immediately after ordering them because they stream, just like programs on a cable video-on-demand service.

That is different from most Internet video stores, like Apple iTunes and the original incarnation of Amazon’s video store, which require users to endure lengthy waits as video files are downloaded to their hard drives.

Amazon struck a deal with Sony Electronics to place its Internet video store on the Sony Bravia line of high-definition TVs."

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Posted by: geraldz | July 19, 2008 3:36 AM


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