Amazon&#39;s UK DVD Rentals Might Presage War with Netflix
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Analysts said Amazon&#39;s launch of the DVD rental service in the UK might be to test its approach and streamline the logistically difficult process of handling DVDs through the mail.
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Amazon has something that it wants to show you.
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The UK Web site of Amazon.com Inc.  is launching a DVD rental service, the online retailer's first foray into a market pioneered by U.S.- based Netflix. Inc.
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Netflix Inc will not cut its price for online DVD rentals to match lower fees set on Wednesday by rival Blockbuster Inc. (BBI.N: Quote, Profile, Research) in an escalating
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Prospects for a resolution to the high-definition DVD format war seemed to come into sharper focus on Monday as Best Buy and Netflix separately announced plans to promote Sony's Blu-ray format over Toshiba's HD DVD.
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Blockbuster stepped up its battle for customers with rival Netflix on Tuesday by adjusting its online rental prices down.
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Microsoft is beginning to throw its weight around in the HD DVD/Blu-ray battle, announcing Monday it had teamed with Amazon.com to bring independent films to the format.
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Amazon.com Inc., the world&#39;s biggest Internet retailer, began offering a DVD-rental service in the UK that will probably increase traffic on its site and could compete with Netflix Inc.
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Amazon.com on Thursday unveiled a   widely anticipated Internet service offering movies and TV   shows that can be downloaded to personal computers, moving it   into a nascent and higher-margin business.
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Netflix Inc. expects its profit to sag the rest of this year as the online DVD rental leader absorbs the cost of lowering its prices and upgrading its customer service to ward off an intensifying threat from rival Blockbuster Inc.
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Amazon.com hasn't yet entered the DVD rental business, but prices are tumbling even at the prospect.
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The UK arm of e-retailer Amazon has announced its plans to launch a DVD rental service. CEO Jeff Bezos announced the plans earlier this week, commenting that âAmazon is determined to be the best place to rent DVDs -- online or offâ.
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Amazon and Microsoft team up to serve HD-DVD movies to the niches.
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Netflix Inc chief executive Reed Hastings said on Friday that Blockbuster Inc has more to lose in the war for online DVD renters than emerging foe Amazon.com Inc.
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The future suddenly looks shaky for online DVD rental pioneer Netflix Inc. -- a plucky home entertainment upstart that managed to hold its ground after retailing giants Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
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The digital videostore at Amazon.com is up and running, with features and pricing similar to competing Web sites.  Amazon does have deals worked out with all the major studios except Disney, as well as with MGM and Lions-gate, the Daily Variety reported Friday.
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The future suddenly looks shaky for online DVD rental pioneer Netflix Inc. - a plucky home entertainment upstart that managed to hold its ground after retailing giants Wal-Mart Stores Inc.