Sony Pictures and MGM join roster of leading studios and networks offering content

Sony Pictures and MGM join roster of leading studios and networks offering content

TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO), the creator of and a leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), together with Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that ” Amazon Unbox on TiVo” is now available to more than 1.5 million broadband-ready TiVo subscribers. This availability follows a recent successful beta-testing period with a small group of TiVo subscribers. This unique service offers TiVo subscribers the best way to find their favorite movies and TV shows from the thousands that are available on Amazon Unbox, download and watch them right on their TV. Also today, TiVo and Amazon announced the addition of Sony Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) to the list of studios offering content through Amazon Unbox on TiVo, which also includes CBS, Fox Entertainment Group, Lionsgate, Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, and Warner Bros. Entertainment.

To celebrate the launch of this new service, TiVo and Amazon are offering $15 in free movie and TV show downloads to anyone who signs up for the Amazon Unbox on TiVo service by April 30, 2007. “TiVo is putting more power and choice than ever before in the hands of consumers as the first and only DVR company to offer direct movie downloads to the TV where subscribers can experience them from the comfort of their living room, on the largest screen in their homes, where the experience of watching movies and TV shows is best,” said Tara Maitra, GM and Vice President of Content Services at TiVo. “Simply put, whether it’s content you choose from Amazon.com or from broadcast and cable programming, we put it all on your television, in one place, easy to find, whenever you want them.”

“Customers now have even more flexibility and convenience when it comes to enjoying Amazon Unbox,” said Roy Price, Director of Digital Video, Amazon.com. “In addition to watching their favorite movies and TV shows on their PCs and portable devices, customers can now watch Amazon Unbox videos on their televisions.” Amazon Unbox on TiVo provides an easy solution for renting or purchasing thousands of movies and thousands of TV shows. For example, consumers can get caught up with the Oscar buzz by renting or purchasing the “must-see” Oscar-winning and nominated films and having them sent directly to their TV via their TiVo. Additionally, TiVo subscribers can easily find award-winning actors’ and directors’ previous movies through Amazon Unbox or through their broadcast programming via TiVo’s exclusive WishList® searches.

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