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Amazon plans to open streaming video store

article published on 28 May, 2008

During his speech at the "D6: All Things Digital conference", Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has been quoted as saying that his company has been working on a pay-per-view streaming service and that the new option should be launching within the next few weeks. The service is "meant for a subset of people willing to pay to view sans ads." It is also clear that the service will be in addition to ... [ read the full article ]

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iluvendo
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_ 		28. May 2008 @ 18:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Amazon knows what it's doing, so I think it will work for a select few.
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DXR88
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_ 		28. May 2008 @ 21:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Man,Amazon seems to be on board the service express. wonder what amazon will do next.
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H0bbes
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_ 		28. May 2008 @ 22:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If it's competitively priced, as in a bit lower than blockbuster or movielink, it might attract a decent customer base.
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hobbit112
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_ 		28. May 2008 @ 22:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
At what resolution?

Will it be at dvd quality or above? Most downloads are not!

Will it bypass download restrictions?

Curious minds want to know!
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ZippyDSM
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_ 		28. May 2008 @ 23:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
this is true I aint paying for something thats not DVD qauliy or better and I also do not want to rent it in any shape or forum, do it like MP3s no DRM.....
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thomasz12
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_ 		29. May 2008 @ 02:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I don't think it's free.
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glassd
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_ 		29. May 2008 @ 13:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Will this pay per view be pay for ONE view or what.
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mspurloc
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_ 		29. May 2008 @ 14:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I......(BUFFERING).....hate.......(BUFFERING).....streaming. It's a useless business model producing garbage video. Have we not proven time and again that only a single distributable block works and is reliable? Anybody backing this idea should be....(PACKET LOST. CONNECTION TERMINATED. LICENSE INVALIDATED. CONSUMER SCREWED.)
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ZippyDSM
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_ 		29. May 2008 @ 14:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by mspurloc:
 I......(BUFFERING).....hate.......(BUFFERING).....streaming. It's a useless business model producing garbage video. Have we not proven time and again that only a single distributable block works and is reliable? Anybody backing this idea should be....(PACKET LOST. CONNECTION TERMINATED. LICENSE INVALIDATED. CONSUMER SCREWED.)
ya alot of the premium streams do that and I hate that...its quite pitiful...
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