Amazon to Prime Members: Get Streaming

It was rumored to be coming, Michael posted on it the other day and this morning Amazon sent a blast of emails to announce that the switch had been flipped on video streaming for its Amazon Prime members. The streaming service launches with just 5000 television shows and movies, but since it is absolutely free to Amazon Prime members I’m not complaining. For those who already pay for Amazon Prime service, it is a nice value-added feature. For those who do not have Amazon Prime, it is another reason to consider it. For those people who have a Netflix subscription primarily to have access to streamed media, there’s now a choice. I don’t think Netflix has much to worry about today, but since we are talking about Amazon here, I think they need to start looking over their shoulder a bit more as of this morning.

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Dan Cohen

Having a father who was heavily involved in early laser and fiber-optical research, Dan grew up surrounded by technology and gadgets. Dan’s father brought home one of the very first video games when he was young and Dan remembers seeing a “pre-release” touchtone phone. (When he asked his father what the “#” and “*” buttons were his dad said, “Some day, far in the future, we’ll have some use for them.”) Technology seemed to be in Dan’s blood but at some point he took a different path and ended up in the clergy. His passion for technology and gadgets never left him. Dan is married to Raina Goldberg who is also an avid user of Apple products. They live in New Jersey with their golden doodle Nava.

2 Comments on "Amazon to Prime Members: Get Streaming"

Phonelicious | February 25, 2011 at 1:02 pm |

Amazon Prime Members Can Now Stream Movies and TV http://bit.ly/gqFfjg #GearDiary
Daniel Chow | February 26, 2011 at 10:02 am |

Amazon to Prime Members: Get Streaming #ipad

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