Amazon Prime Instant Video & Warner Bros. International Television Distribution Strike Multi-Year, Multi-Show UK Instant Video Subscription Deal

Amazon Prime Instant Video & Warner Bros. International Television Distribution Strike Multi-Year, Multi-Show UK Instant Video Subscription Deal

LONDON, February 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --



Hit Shows Including Arrow, The Following and Revolution coming to Prime


Instant Video, the UK's Largest Subscription Streaming Service, which launches on


Wednesday



Amazon and Warner Bros. International Television Distribution have today announced a
UK instant video subscription deal to bring five hit U.S. prime time TV series to Amazon
Prime Instant Video, Britain's largest subscription streaming service, which launches in
the UK on Wednesday (26th February).



The multi-year agreement sees Amazon Prime Instant Video acquire the UK on demand
subscription streaming rights to multiple seasons of Warner Bros. Television shows -
Arrow, The Following, Hostages, Revolution and The 100 - following their linear UK
broadcast runs. The first seasons of Arrow, The Following and Revolution will go live on
Amazon Prime Instant Video this year with Hostages and The 100 in 2015, and subsequent
seasons of each show following thereafter.



Jeffrey R. Schlesinger, President, Warner Bros. Worldwide Television Distribution,
commented: "We are very pleased to extend and develop our relationship with Amazon in a
deal that demonstrates the growing appetite for SVOD rights to our TV shows in the UK. UK
viewers can now look forward to either re-watching or discovering these quality series on
the Prime Instant Video streaming service in the coming months and years."



"We are incredibly excited to bring these critically acclaimed shows to UK TV fans
when they arrive on Prime Instant Video, Britain's largest subscription streaming service,
later this year," added Jason Ropell, Head of Amazon Instant Video International Content
Acquisition. "Launching in July with Arrow season 1 and Revolution season 1, these
standout series will be available on demand and all at once, adding to our already vast
catalogue of exceptional TV shows available to stream at the viewers' convenience."



Based on characters published by DC Comics, Arrow charts the tale of billionaire
Oliver Queen who, after being marooned for five years on a remote island, returns home
with a mysterious agenda and a lethal set of new skills that he uses in a war on crime. In
2012, it was the #1 US scripted drama in UK multi-channel homes.



Hostages, meanwhile, is a thrilling and suspenseful new one-hour series about a family
caught in the middle of a grand political conspiracy that will change their lives forever.
It stars Emmy(R) and Golden Globe winner Toni Collette (The United States of Tara, The
Sixth Sense, Muriel's Wedding), Tate Donovan (Argo, Damages, The O.C.) and Golden Globe
winner Dylan McDermott (American Horror Story, The Practice, Dark Blue, In the Line of
Fire).



Revolution is an epic, swashbuckling drama from J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Productions and
Supernatural's Eric Kripke and centres on the Matheson family's struggle to survive 15
years after a mysterious worldwide blackout. Their post-apocalyptic world is juxtaposed
with bucolic, overgrown cities and a journey of hope, rebirth and retribution. The show
enjoyed the most successful US drama series premiere ever in UK multi-channel homes, when
it launched in 2013.



One of the most watched US series of 2013, The Following, stars Kevin Bacon (Mystic
River, Apollo 13, A Few Good Men) as an FBI agent on the hunt for a brilliant and
charismatic serial killer played by James Purefoy (Rome, Camelot), who communicates and
connects with other active serial killers in the US, who in turn follow his every command.



The 100, set to premiere on linear broadcast later this year, follows 100 juvenile
prisoners sent to Earth to test whether it is habitable, a century on from a devastating
nuclear apocalypse which saw the only survivors being the inhabitants of 12 international
space stations that were in orbit at the time.



Prime Instant Video



Amazon has announced that it is combining two of the most popular subscription
services in the UK, Amazon Prime and LOVEFiLM, to become Prime Instant Video from
Wednesday (26th February). Amazon Prime offers members unlimited One-Day Delivery on over
7 million items and access to 500,000 Kindle books to borrow. LOVEFiLM Instant includes
unlimited streaming of more than 15,000 popular movies and TV episodes. When the two
programmes combine, Prime will be offered at the low price of GBP79 a year - a 35% savings
for all the benefits of the two previously separate services. As a special offer customers
can lock in a full year of Prime at GBP49 until 26 February. Current Prime members can
enjoy unlimited streaming at their current price until their renewal date. Customers who
are not already members can start a 30-day free trial of Amazon Prime by visiting
http://www.amazon.co.uk/prime.



Amazon is increasing investment in exclusive content and original programming only
available through Prime Instant Video, which gives subscribers streaming of more than
15,000 popular movies and TV episodes. Members will have access to exclusive movies such
as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Hangover Part II, One Direction: This Is Us,
Friends with Benefits and Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, as well as TV shows such
as The Walking Dead, Dexter, Vikings, Downton Abbey, Desperate Housewives, and children's
favourites Peppa Pig, Fireman Sam, and SpongeBob SquarePants. They will also have
exclusive access to Amazon original TV series Alpha House starring John Goodman at launch
and Betas, which debuts soon.



For more information about Amazon Prime, visit http://www.amazon.co.uk/prime. For
more information about Prime Instant Video, visit http://www.amazon.co.uk/primevideo.



--Notes to Editors-



About Amazon.co.uk



Amazon.co.uk opened its virtual doors in October 1998 and strives to be Earth's most
customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want
to buy online, and endeavours to offer its customers the lowest possible prices.



Amazon.co.uk and other sellers offer millions of new, refurbished and used items in
categories such as Baby, Books, Car & Motorbike, Clothing, DIY & Tools, DVD, Electronics &
Photo, Grocery, Health & Beauty, Home & Garden, Jewellery, MP3, Music, Musical Instruments
& DJ, Office, PC, Pet Supplies, Shoes, Software, Sports & Leisure, Toys & Games, Video
Games and Watches.



Kindle Paperwhite is our most-advanced e-reader ever with 62% more pixels and 25%
increased contrast, a patented built-in front light for reading in all lighting
conditions, extra-long battery life, and a thin and light design. The new latest
generation Kindle, the lightest and smallest Kindle, now features new, improved fonts and
faster page turns. Kindle Fire HD is our most-advanced tablet, with a stunning customised
high-definition display, exclusive Dolby audio with dual stereo speakers, high-end
laptop-grade Wi-Fi with dual-band support and dual antennas/MIMO, enough storage for HD
content, and the latest generation processor and graphics engine. The all-new Kindle Fire
features a faster processor for 40% faster performance, twice the memory, and longer
battery life.



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.



Amazon.co.uk is a trading name for Amazon EU S.à.r.l, Amazon Services Europe S.à.r.l
and Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l. All three are wholly owned subsidiaries of global online
retailer Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN), located in Seattle, Washington. Amazon and its
affiliates operate websites, including http://www.amazon.com,
http://www.amazon.co.uk, http://www.amazon.de, http://www.amazon.co.jp,
http://www.amazon.fr, http://www.amazon.ca, http://www.amazon.cn,
http://www.amazon.it, http://www.amazon.es and http://www.amazon.com.br. As
used herein, "Amazon.com," "we," "our" and similar terms include Amazon.com, Inc., and its
subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise.



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Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K
and subsequent filings.



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.



Amazon.co.uk is a trading name for Amazon EU S.a.r.l, Amazon Services Europe S.a.r.l
and Amazon Media EU S.a.r.l. All three are wholly owned subsidiaries of global online
retailer Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN), located in Seattle, Washington. Amazon and its
affiliates operate websites, including http://www.amazon.com,
http://www.amazon.co.uk, http://www.amazon.de, http://www.amazon.co.jp,
http://www.amazon.fr, http://www.amazon.ca, http://www.amazon.cn,
http://www.amazon.it, and http://www.amazon.es. As used herein, "Amazon.com,"
"we," "our" and similar terms include Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the
context indicates otherwise.



"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995:
Statements in this press release regarding Amazon.Co.UK Ltd's business which are not
historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties.
For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to
differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" in the
Company's Annual Report or Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year.




Amazon and Warner Bros. International Television Distribution

CONTACT: Amazon.co.uk Ltd Press Office: For more information please contact the Amazon.co.uk Ltd Press Office on 0208 636 9280 or email pressoffice@amazon.co.uk.


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