Amazon Announces Video Service You May Actually Want to Use, Redux
by John Paczkowski
Posted on September 4, 2008 at 8:36 AM PT
Apple’s iTunes movie store just got its first legitimate rival: Amazon Video on Demand. Launched Wednesday night, the new service replaces
Amazon Unbox, the mediocre, odiously restrictive, Windows-only download service the retailer launched last year. Amazon Video on Demand offers Amazon’s entire catalog of 40,000 movies and TV shows for ad-free streaming to Macs, PCs, and Internet Video Link-equiped Sony Bravia flat-screen TVs. Previously Amazon (AMZN) had sold movies and TV shows as downloads, and then only for PCs, TiVo and Windows Media Center devices, so this is quite a change. Movie rentals run $2.99-$3.99; TV rentals are a flat $1.99 per episode or segment–with savings available through season passes. All rentals expire 24 hours after purchase.
One-click cinema. Sounds pretty slick. At least until we find out what Apple has up its sleeve next Tuesday.
Comments
It seems to me that the content is not that great, esp as you have to pay for it. Hulu and TVPC.com, have great content for free.
Posted by Jonathan Langley at September 5th, 2008 at 11:51 am