Amazon Signs Streaming Agreement with NBCUniversal

July 27th, 2011 Kevin Martinez

Amazon announced on Thursday it signed a licence agreement with NBCUniversal Domestic TV Distribution that allows its Prime members  free streaming access to select Universal Pictures movies through Prime Instant Video. Amazon said the deal will bring the total number of Prime instant videos to over 9,000 movies and TV shows from 8,000 previously.

Amazon Prime customers will be able to instantly watch popular Universal movies with no extra fees. Universal titles available to Prime customers will include popular movies such as “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” “Elizabeth,” and “Gosford Park.” For the kids, there’s “Babe,” “Flipper,” and “Jetsons – The Movie,” as well as other favorites like “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” “Notting Hill,” “Being John Malkovich”, “Fletch,” and “Billy Elliott.”

“We are very excited to offer Prime members popular Universal films at no additional cost,” Cameron Janes, director of Amazon Instant Video said in a statement. “Our customers love movies and now we offer them more than 2,000 movies to choose from with Prime Instant Video.”

Amazon Instant Video is a streaming video service that offers customers more than 90,000 movies and TV shows available to purchase or rent, and with this Universal content included, will offer more than 9,000 movies and TV shows included at no additional cost with an Amazon Prime membership. Customers can instantly watch movies and TV shows from Amazon on a Mac, PC or directly on TV with any of the 300 compatible devices.

Amazon Prime is a program that offers free two-day shipping and one-day shipping for $3.99/item for an annual membership fee of $79 and allows members to watch Amazon Instant Videos at no additional cost.

E-commerce giant recently signed a deal with CBS Corp. allowing its Prime customers to watch 2,000 episodes of 18 CBS television shows.

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