(NASDAQ:AMZN)—Amazon.com,
Inc. today announced that Prime Instant Video will be
the exclusive online-only subscription home for streaming the TV series Veronica
Mars in a deal with Warner Bros. Domestic Television
Distribution. Beginning today, Prime customers can enjoy all three
seasons of the popular Warner Bros. Television series starring Kristen
Bell, and get caught up just in time for the March 14 debut of the
Veronica Mars movie.
“The Veronica Mars series has been popular on DVD and Amazon
Instant Video for years, so we know how much Amazon customers love this
iconic television show,” said Brad Beale, Director of Digital Video
Content Acquisition. “We are excited to become the exclusive
subscription streaming home for Veronica Mars and to be able to
offer the entire TV series to Prime members to enjoy at no additional
charge. With the movie coming on March 14, both die-hard fans and new
viewers can easily catch-up on this great show.”
“We are thrilled to have Prime Instant Video as a digital distribution
outlet for the Veronica Mars TV series,” said Ken Werner, President,
Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. “Digital distribution
platforms such as Amazon's and licensing deals such as this allow the
consumer great opportunities whether they're die-hard fans who just
can't get enough or a new consumer turned fan who has discovered a
fabulous show with dozens of new episodes.”
The Veronica Mars movie is coming to select theaters
nationwide on March 14th and was made possible by a
record-breaking Kickstarter campaign driven by fans of the television
show. Launched by Rob Thomas and Kristen Bell, the Kickstarter campaign
unleashed an unprecedented level of fan enthusiasm and support, reaching
the project goal of $2 million in just 10 hours. At the end of the
31-day campaign, fans contributed $5.7 million, making Veronica Mars
the number one funded project in the film category and the third-highest
funded project in Kickstarter history. It is the most widely supported
Kickstarter campaign ever with more than 91,000 backers, who have
remained engaged throughout production with frequent behind-the-scenes
updates from Thomas and the film’s cast and crew. Amazon Payments
handles all the payment processing for funds raised on all Kickstarter
projects in the United States.
Veronica Mars is an American television series created by screenwriter
Rob Thomas, which first premiered in 2004. The series is set in the
fictional town of Neptune, California, and follows a high school student
(Kristen Bell) who moonlights as a private investigator under the
tutelage of her detective father.
Prime Instant Video Exclusives
Prime Instant Video is the exclusive online-only subscription home for
PBS series Downton Abbey and Mr. Selfridge, the CBS summer
blockbuster series Under the Dome and Extant, and other
hit TV series including Justified, Falling Skies, Grimm,
Vikings, Workaholics, Suits and Covert Affairs.
Prime Instant Video also offers an exclusive collection of kids shows
from Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. that customers won’t find on any other
online-only subscription service, including favorites like SpongeBob
SquarePants, Dora the Explorer, Team Umizoomi, Blue’s
Clues, and The Bubble Guppies. Airing now, Amazon’s first
original series Alpha House and Betas can be found
exclusively on Prime Instant Video as well. To sign up for Amazon Prime
Instant Video, visit www.amazon.com/primeinstantvideo.
Amazon Prime members will be able to enjoy the episodes on hundreds of
compatible Amazon Instant Video devices including Kindle Fire HDX,
Kindle Fire HD, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Roku, Xbox, PlayStation and
the Wii. Prime Instant Video is the only U.S. online subscription
streaming service that enables offline viewing—on a plane, on vacation,
and anywhere else where you may not have Wi-Fi. Customers can download
episodes of Veronica Mars and tens of thousands of other Prime
Instant Videos to their new Kindle Fire HD or Kindle Fire HDX.
About Amazon Instant Video
Amazon Instant Video is a digital video streaming and download service
that offers Amazon customers the ability to rent, purchase or subscribe
to a huge catalog of videos. Customers can choose from more than 150,000
titles to purchase or rent—movies range from new releases to classic
favorites, and Amazon Instant Video offers major television shows,
entire seasons, or even day after air TV. Prime Instant Video is
Amazon’s video subscription offer—it includes tens of thousands
of movies and TV episodes selected from the full assortment available at
Amazon Instant Video.
About 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. Kindle Paperwhite is the world’s
best-selling and most advanced e-reader. It features new display
technology with higher contrast, the next generation built-in light, a
faster processor, the latest touch technology, and exclusive new
features designed from the ground up for readers. Kindle, the lightest
and smallest Kindle, features improved fonts and faster page turns. The
new Kindle Fire HDX features a stunning exclusive 7” or 8.9” HDX
display, a quad-core 2.2 GHz processor, 2x more memory, and 11 hours of
battery life, as well as exclusive new features of Fire OS 3.0 including
X-Ray for Music, Second Screen, Prime Instant Video downloads, and the
revolutionary new Mayday button. The all-new Kindle Fire HD includes an
HD display, high-performance processor and dual speakers at a
breakthrough price.
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“we,” “our” and similar terms include Amazon.com,
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Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning
of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly
from management’s expectations. These forward-looking statements involve
risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to
competition, management of growth, new products, services and
technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international
expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment and
data center optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements,
acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system
interruption, inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments
and fraud. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com’s financial
results is included in Amazon.com’s filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent
Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.
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