Chris Angel | On 25 April 2013
Amazon plans according to several media reports, a separate stream service for TVs. Thus, Amazon expanded after the tablet and ebook reader Kindle its offer by another Nieschenprodukt. Especially Apple will not be happy about the new competition.
Handelsblatt reported Amazon plans its own streaming service for TV devices introduce. Although the name was not yet clear, but is “Kindle TV” The most obvious thing. The streaming service will be available internationally in the coming autumn.
using a so-called set-top box can receive movies and series for a certain monthly amount over the internet users. Similar one already knows of Apple’s iTV or other providers, such as the telecom or cable Germany.
own TV production
To make the Kindle TV particularly interesting, currently own TV series are produced. These – and other series and films – will then be available for a monthly price of 29 euros. As the “business week”, relying on insider information, reports, users also have a free access to the Amazon Instant Video service service. Currently, this service is not yet available in Germany.
Especially the Apple company might get weak in the knees with regard to the new competition. Apple iTV is currently, after a flop a few years ago, revised and will also be available this year. The offer is mostly the same: stream movies and tv shows on the internet for a fee
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According to the report should also be available on the Kindle Fire tablet and Kindle Fire Kindle HD TV. So should also go over WLAN or LTE movies can be streamed. Whether the set-top box also features an integration of YouTube and other video portals not known.
LOVEFiLM
Already
with Lovefilm.de Amazon launched a TV streaming service. Customers can individual films and series “rent” and all unique. Room service is available for a monthly subscription, with the all the movies and series can be viewed for a lump sum.
Whether the service is integrated into the Kindle TV remains to be seen. Analysts even talk of detachment from LOVEFiLM and a “new era streaming history.”
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