The Amazon Unbox appears to be a couple of weeks away from opening up pay-per streaming video. Amazon chieftain Jeff Bezos told the D: All Things Digital conference (in golfy Carlsbad, Calif.) that he was "very serious" about music and video downloads as a business. This comes in the same week that Netflix's Reed Hastings predicted the DVD … [Read more...]
NBC packs its fall shows in Unbox
NBC couldn't get what it wanted working out of Apple's iTunes Store, so the network's fall shows are headed for Amazon's Unbox download service. NBC Universal and Amazon Inc. confirmed Tuesday that free pilots of the peacock network's new shows are going up on Unbox starting Monday. NBC's revenue-generating downloads such as those for "The … [Read more...]
Unbox, iTunes put on Hewlett’s ‘Dog’
A little film has rustled up some big publicity via its online film debut. MGM's "A Dog's Breakfast," directed by "Stargate Atlantis" star David Hewlett, went live on Amazon's Unbox and iTunes earlier this week. It's now listed as the No. 2 downloaded movie on Unbox. "We've got such a huge loyal and tech-savvy fan base for this film. What … [Read more...]
