NBC to Sell Shows via Amazon Unbox
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It didn't take very long for NBC Universal to find a new outlet for its programming following its break with Apple. The channel's shows will now be available through Amazon for the same price they were on iTunes.
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Amazon.com plans to enter the DVD rental business in a move that will put the online retail giant in direct competition with Netflix.
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NBC Universal has decided against  renewing its contract to sell digital downloads of television  shows on Apple Inc's  iTunes after failing to come to  an agreement on pricing, the New York Times reported in its  online edition on Friday.
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SEATTLE - News that Amazon.com Inc. and TiVo Inc. will soon let customers download movies from the Web to their set-top boxes shook up the stocks of companies involved in digital video services.
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The companies will allow TiVo owners who shop on Amazonâs digital download store to send films and TV shows to their broadband-connected TiVo machines.
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Amazon.com unveiled the Unbox Video Store on Thursday, a direct rival to Apple&#8217;s iTunes, which allows U.S. users to buy or rent TV shows, movies and other video content from the Internet. But unlike the iTunes Music Store, Mac users are not welcome, and neither are iPods.
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By GARY GENTILE  LOS ANGELES - NBC is about to join CBS, ABC and Fox in offering free, advertising-supported shows online. The network, starting Oct. 1, will begin streaming on the Internet episodes of all six of its new prime-time series one day after their network airing.
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Amazon.com plans to open an online music store offering only songs that are free of copy-protection technology and can be played on anything from PCs to portable gadgets such as Apple's iPod or Microsoft's Zune
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NBC Universal has reached a deal  for online retailer Amazon.com Inc to sell television show  downloads, it said on Tuesday, just days after the media  company pulled the plug on a contract with Apple Inc&#39;siTunes.
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SEATTLE - Internet giant Amazon on Thursday threw down a gauntlet at Apple by launching Amazon Unbox, its long-anticipated movie-download service. Apple has scheduled a news conference for Tuesday at which it is widely expected to answer by expanding its popular iTunes digital store to include a similar service.
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Subscribers to the digital video recorder service now have direct access to movies and TV shows from Amazon.com's Unbox download service.
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NBC Universal said yesterday it would soon permit consumers to download many of NBC's most popular programs to personal computers and other devices - initially free of charge - for one week immediately after their broadcasts.
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Come December, popular NBC shows like Battlestar Galactica and The Office will no longer be available through the iTunes Store, after NBC (the No. 1 supplier of digital videos to iTunes) decides not to renew its contract with Apple. The decision follows Universal music's shunning of the iTunes Store and announcement of the upcoming Hulu, NBC Universal's own stab at online television.
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Web retailer Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday it will buy online audio book seller Audible Inc. for $300 million in a bid to expand its reach in digital audio content.
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After dumping iTunes as an outlet for its TV shows, NBC Universal says it will sell new fall shows through Amazon's Unbox digital download service. Customers can buy a whole season of Heroes at once, or purchase one at a time for $2, beginning the day after an episode airs.
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AOL said Monday that it had reached an agreement with NBC to stream two of its new fall series to AOL users, the second time the network has turned to unconventional means to promote its shows.
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NBC will start offering limited free downloads of shows such as "Heroes" and "The Office" as part of its bid to expand the digital distribution of its programs and compete with Apple Inc.'s iTunes Store, the network announced Wednesday.