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Amazon Unbox Offers NBC Universal Television Content
(Wireless News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)
Amazon.com and NBC Universal announced that a wealth of quality TV
content from NBC Universal is now available on Amazon Unbox,
Amazon.com's digital video download service.
Amazon Unbox and NBC Universal are offering customers a variety of
content packages, including up to 30 percent off when purchasing full
seasons of their favorite TV series.
Popular NBC shows now available on Amazon Unbox include the Emmy
Award-winning series The Office, the critically acclaimed drama Heroes,
and Emmy-nominated comedy 30 Rock. Beginning on September 10, Amazon
Unbox customers can download for free -- in advance of their network
premieres -- the pilot episodes of NBC's new shows Bionic Woman, Chuck,
Journeyman and Life. New episodes will be available on Amazon Unbox the
day after they air on TV.
Amazon Unbox has offered movies from Universal Pictures, Rogue Pictures
and Focus Features since September 2006. Offerings include new releases
such as Smokin' Aces and Hot Fuzz; classics such as Psycho and National
Lampoon's Animal House; and later this year Knocked Up and Evan
Almighty.
"With the addition of NBC Universal TV content to Amazon Unbox, fans
now have the ultimate convenience for enjoying their favorite shows
whenever or wherever they want," said Jean-Briac Perrette, President,
NBC Universal Digital Distribution. "This further expands our
longstanding relationship to bring a robust content offering to the
marketplace in a variety of ways that will benefit the consumer and, at
the same time, protects our content."
"We are excited to bring NBC Universal shows like the award-winning The
Office, 30 Rock and Battlestar Galactica to our Amazon Unbox
customers," said Bill Carr, Amazon.com Vice President for Digital Music
and Video. "Our customers can now enjoy their favorite NBC Universal
shows either on their personal computer or on their TV through the
Amazon Unbox on TiVo service."
NBC Universal's networks include USA Network, SCI FI Channel, Bravo,
Telemundo, mun2, NBC Sports, and NBC News. Examples of shows now
available on Amazon Unbox from these networks include USA Network's
Emmy- and Golden Globe Award-winning Monk, SCI FI Channel's
Emmy-nominated Battlestar Galactica, Bravo's Emmy-nominated Top Chef,
Telemundo's El Cuerpo De Deseo, and mun2's The Chicas Project.
Additional shows and episodes from NBC Universal's networks will be
added to Amazon Unbox regularly.
These NBC Universal shows are part of a growing selection on Amazon
Unbox that includes over 10,000 television shows, movies and other
video content for rent or purchase. With the fall television season
about to start, customers can now catch up or stay current with their
favorite NBC Universal shows by watching them on their PC, on portable
video players, or on their TV through the Amazon Unbox on TiVo service.
Shows are available to purchase the day after they air on TV and
complete seasons may be purchased as soon as the season concludes.
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