Amazon's LOVEFiLM Goes Foodie

Amazon's LOVEFiLM Goes Foodie

LONDON, July 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --



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, an Amazon company, has
today announced a deal with Scripps Networks Interactive that sees an exciting range of
food and lifestyle-focused TV content from Food Network and Travel Channel become
available on LOVEFiLM [http://www.lovefilm.com ] Instant.



From today LOVEFiLM's UK members will be able to stream hundreds of must-see foodie
shows from a host of celebrated culinary enthusiasts, including British favourites Andy
Bates and Reza Mahammad, and many from the US including the Emmy-award winning Barefoot
Contessa, competitive food show Man v. Food Nation featuring gastronomic gladiator Adam
Richman, and other popular series such as Restaurant:Impossible, House Hunters
International and Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern.



The agreement with Scripps Networks Interactive marks LOVEFiLM Instant streaming
services'
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first foray into the
cooking and lifestyle genre and will add to the already varied catalogue of award-winning
TV available to stream instantly. The agreement follows a number of other recent
high-profile content deals with widely recognised film and TV studios. It also follows the
first online-only subscription distribution deal for Scripps Networks Interactive
announced in the US earlier this year with Amazon.com, airing hundreds of episodes from
the Scripps family of leading lifestyle brands.



Simon Morris, Chief Marketing Officer at LOVEFiLM said:



"We're delighted to announce this latest deal with Scripps Networks Interactive, which
brings something very different and exciting to our members. There is no doubt that we are
a nation of foodies, and it's great that this deal will enable us to meet increasing
viewer demands for this particular type of content."



Kate Bradshaw, VP Digital UK/EMEA from Scripps Networks added:



"We're pleased to be partnering with LOVEFiLM Instant to provide consumers another
platform to engage with some of our best-loved shows, wherever and whenever they want. We
are incredibly proud of the fantastic content that we work hard to create and we know that
LOVEFiLM members will savour every episode."



Notes to Editors



About LOVEFiLM



LOVEFiLM [http://www.lovefilm.com ] is an Amazon [http://www.amazon.co.uk ] company
and a leading European film and TV series subscription service with over two million
members in the UK and Germany. LOVEFiLM [http://www.lovefilm.com ] members can choose from
thousands of hours of the latest and greatest film and TV entertainment from major
Hollywood - and international - studios, streamed instantly through LOVEFiLM Instant
[http://www.lovefilm.com/browse/film/watch-online ] directly to hundreds of
Internet-enabled devices, including games consoles and tablets. LOVEFiLM
[http://www.lovefilm.com ] also offers LOVEFiLM By Post [http://www.lovefilm.com ], giving
members access to more than 70,000 titles on DVD and Blu-ray, including the latest new
releases, delivered straight to their door. For more information visit LOVEFiLM
[http://www.lovefilm.com ] or follow us on Twitter [http://twitter.com/LOVEFiLM ] and
Facebook [http://www.facebook.com/LOVEFILM ].



About Scripps Networks Interactive



Scripps Networks Interactive is one of the leading developers of lifestyle-oriented
content for television and the Internet, where on-air programming is complemented with
online video, social media areas and e-commerce components on companion websites and
broadband vertical channels. The company's media portfolio includes popular lifestyle
television and Internet brands HGTV, Food Network, Travel Channel, DIY Network, Cooking
Channel, country music network Great American Country and the Asian Food Channel.




Amazon's LOVEFiLM

CONTACT: For LOVEFiLM Corporate PR Enquiries: Ben Simons, Tel. +44-(0)20-7920-2340, simons@mcomgroup.com; For LOVEFiLM Consumer & Trade PR Enquiries: Mischief, Tel. +44-(0)20-3128-6600, lovefilm@mischiefpr.com; For Scripps Networks Interactive Enquiries: Sal Porter, Tel. +44-(0)20-3003-6369, Sal.Porter@freud.com.


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