Amazon.com is getting in on the internet video craze. According to AdAge, next month it's launching Amazon Digital Video, a service that will make full-length movies and television shows available for download. There are reportedly two ways to pay for the service: 1) a subscription and 2) pay-per-view. No word yet on what the cost per episode or per movie will be. Apparently, Amazon was planning to focus on selling downloadable music but decided that iTunes has cornered that market. Video, on the other hand, is still fresh and new. While iTunes does offer a significant amount of video, it does not offer movies and the television offerings are somewhat limited (although more are becoming available every day). No word yet on which television shows will be available for download off Amazon.[Via Lost Remote]
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7-25-2006 @ 5:02PM
Chris said...
At last!! Hopefully this will spark some of the other services to offer tv show downloads for a subscription fee. I am close to ditching cable, but my wife and I just love to sample random shows and I just can't imagine paying a fee per episode to see something that's not already on my 'must see tv' list.
Chris
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7-25-2006 @ 5:29PM
doc said...
And because it should always be added...no word on what kind of craptastic drm they are going to saddle the files with in their fruitless effort to 'prevent piracy'. My bet is on the shoddy WMV stuff which will require XP and Media Player 10.
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