Amazon Prime members can now add SHOWTIME, STARZ and dozens more
video subscriptions to their Prime membership
Now, video providers can reach a new set of highly engaged viewers
with Amazon responsible for driving subscriber acquisition
Prime customers benefit from free trials, self-service cancellation
of any subscription and special Prime member pricing—subscriptions for
SHOWTIME and STARZ are only $8.99 per month
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 2015--
(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon today launched the Streaming Partners Program, an
over-the-top streaming subscription program for video providers that
enables them to reach tens of millions of Prime members. With the
Streaming Partners Program, video providers have access to a highly
engaged streaming audience, and viewers have a more convenient way to
manage their streaming subscriptions.
The Streaming Partners Program offers many benefits for video providers.
Amazon is responsible for:
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Driving all subscriber acquisition
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Making subscribing friction-free—credit cards are already on file
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Handling all customer service
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Managing all billing
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Managing credit card expirations
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Serving your content through high-quality, reliable streaming
infrastructure
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Managing compatibility across hundreds of devices
The Streaming Partners Program offers many benefits for viewers,
including:
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Free trials on all subscriptions
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Special Prime member pricing
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Latest episodes available simultaneous with broadcast
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Convenience of one account
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One Watchlist across all subscriptions
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Self-service cancellation of any subscription at anytime
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IMDb X-Ray integration
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Unified search and browse across subscriptions
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Unified voice search and ASAP on Fire TV
“The way people watch TV is changing, and customers need an easier way
to subscribe to and enjoy multiple streaming subscriptions,” said
Michael Paull, Vice President of Digital Video at Amazon. “With the
Streaming Partners Program, we’re making it easy for video providers to
reach highly engaged Prime members, many of whom are already frequent
streamers, and we’re making it easier for viewers to watch their
favorite shows and channels.”
“We’re excited to work with Amazon to offer our streaming service
featuring all of our award-winning original series, plus our exclusive
sports, news-making documentaries and blockbuster movies, to millions of
Prime users,” said David Nevins, President, Showtime Networks Inc. “By
marrying SHOWTIME with the powerhouse retail capabilities of Amazon, we
continue to greatly expand our footprint, making sure our service is
available to new subscribers whenever and however they want to watch us.”
"STARZ is excited to offer subscriptions to our premium hit shows like
‘Outlander’ and ‘Power,’ as well as our thousands of movies, to Amazon
Prime customers,” said Chris Albrecht, CEO of Starz said. “This is a
terrific product for customers to conveniently navigate their
entertainment options quickly, easily and anywhere.”
Initial launch partners include: SHOWTIME, STARZ, A+E Network (Lifetime
Movie Club), AMC (Shudder and SundanceNow Doc Club), Gaia, RLJ
Entertainment (Acorn TV, Urban Movie Channel, Acacia TV),
DramaFever (DramaFever Instant), Tribeca Shortlist, Cinedigm (Dove
Channel, Docurama, CONtv), Smithsonian (Smithsonian Earth),
IndieFlix (IndieFlix Shorts), Curiosity Stream, Qello Concerts, FlixFling
(Cinefest, Nature Vision, Warriors and Gangsters, Dox, Monsters and
Nightmares), BroadbandTV (Hooplakidz Plus), DEFY Media (ScreenJunkies
Plus), Gravitas (Film Forum, Daring Docs, Fear Factory), and Ring TV
Boxing.
To explore the full set of premium content available to Prime members,
visit www.amazon.com/videosubscriptions.
To become an Amazon streaming partner, visit www.amazon.com/streamingpartners.
Today customers will also find a newly designed Amazon Video homepage
making it easy for customers to find movies and TV shows available on
Prime, available through the Streaming Partners Program, or available to
rent or buy.
About Amazon Video
Amazon Video offers customers unlimited access to tens of thousands of
movies and TV episodes, including award-winning Amazon Original Series,
through Amazon Prime; monthly subscriptions to SHOWTIME, STARZ, and
more; and hundreds of thousands of titles including new-release movies
and current TV shows for rent or purchase.
The entire range of selection can be instantly accessed through the
Amazon Video app on TVs, streaming media players, mobile devices, Amazon
Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, and Fire tablets, or online at
Amazon.com/amazonvideo.
Prime Video, included in Amazon Prime, enables Prime members enjoy
binge-worthy TV shows including Amazon Original Series airing now such
as the multi-Golden Globe-winning and Emmy-nominated series
Transparent, the breakout hit The Man in the High Castle,
based on Philip K. Dick’s novel, the hour-long drama Bosch,
based on Michael Connelly’s best-selling books, the Roman Coppola
and Jason Schwartzman comedy, Mozart in the Jungle,
and the comedy created by and starring Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan, Catastrophe,
in addition to HBO favorites like The Sopranos, True
Blood and Girls, and popular primetime series
including 24, Downton Abbey, Extant, Falling Skies, Grimm,
Hannibal, Justified, Orphan Black, Teen Wolf, The Americans, and Under
the Dome. Prime members also have access to an exclusive
collection of kids shows now airing including Amazon Original Series’ Annedroids,
Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street and the Annecy, Annie
and multi-Emmy Award-winning Tumble Leaf, as well as popular
shows from Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. including SpongeBob
SquarePants, Dora the Explorer, Team Umizoomi, and
Blue’s Clues. Customers who are not already Prime members can
sign up for a free trial at www.amazon.com/prime.
In addition to tens of thousands of titles to instantly stream on Prime
Video, the Amazon Prime membership (www.amazon.com/prime)
includes more than one million songs, more than a thousand playlists and
hundreds of stations through Prime Music, unlimited Free Two-Day
Shipping on millions of items, early access to select Lightning Deals,
unlimited photo storage with Amazon Photos, and access to borrow from
more than 800,000 books for Kindle owners–all for $99 a year.
About Amazon
Amazon.com opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995. The company is
guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor
focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and
long-term thinking. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized
recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct
Publishing, Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and Alexa are
some of the products and services pioneered by Amazon. For more
information, visit www.amazon.com/about.
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