With television fans
gearing up for the new fall season, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)
today announced the launch of a new TV shows destination with 500 new
stores devoted to customer favorite TV series and kids' programming. As a convenient, one-stop
destination for all things related to a particular TV show, the stores
will help customers: learn more about the shows they love through
video clips; find new favorite shows through summaries and bonus cast
interview videos; and view episodes from Amazon Video On Demand, Amazon's digital video service where customers
can now instantly watch ad-free TV shows and movies on their
computers.
Throughout the fall, Amazon Video On Demand will feature various
free episodes from a selection of prime-time shows, which will include
a number of shows available for free prior to television broadcast,
"catch up episodes," free shows during their first week of broadcast,
and more. Customers can sign up for a Season Pass to keep up with
every episode of their favorite shows for the entire season, and watch
these episodes anytime using the new "Your Video Library" feature.
"The way people watch TV has changed dramatically in recent
years," said Peter Faricy, vice president of TV/movies and music for
Amazon.com. "To adapt to this changing landscape and better meet our
customers' needs, Amazon has created products like Video On Demand and
TV show-dedicated stores to help our customers discover even more
about the programs they love, and watch those shows wherever and
whenever they choose. Amazon will continue to expand its offerings not
only as a shopping destination but also as a platform where customers
can come to experience and enjoy entertainment."
Among the 500 newly launched TV dedicated stores are fan favorites
including:
- "Battlestar Galactica"
featuring:
- All seasons (both classic and new), movies and miniseries
on DVD as well as episodes, seasons and subscriptions
available via Amazon Video On Demand
- Books, soundtracks, video games, toys and collectibles for
the most devout sci-fi fan
- Audio and video cast interviews as well as video outtakes
- "Family Guy" (www.amazon.com/familyguy) featuring:
- All seasons on DVD including Amazon's exclusive Stewie Head
complete series set
- Books and music for all things on the Griffin family
- A storyboard animation clip from the show
- "Supernatural" (www.amazon.com/supernatural) featuring:
- All seasons on DVD along with episodes, seasons and
subscriptions via Amazon Video On Demand
- Books so viewers can get their fill of their favorite
demon-fighting brother duo
- Interviews with star Jensen Ackles, series creator Eric
Kripke and producer Sera Gamble
TV fans will soon be able to come to the Amazon TV show stores to
find TV schedules that will inform them when to tune in, customer
discussion boards that will allow them to debate the latest
storylines, and more.
Fans getting ready for television's biggest awards night can check
out the Amazon Primetime Emmy(R) Central Store. Customers can browse videos from
nominated shows, check out fun facts about the award show, view red
carpet photos and, on the night of the award show (Sept. 21), read
Emmy night coverage from Amazon's expert TV editors on the Armchair
Commentary blog.
Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), a Fortune 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. Examples of the services offered by
Amazon Web Services are Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2),
Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon SimpleDB, Amazon
Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS), Amazon Flexible Payments Service
(Amazon FPS), and Amazon Mechanical Turk.
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