Amazon Prime comes with integrated video streaming offering from LOVEFiLM - CNET.de

by Anja pouty-Trautmann on 21 February 2014, 13:46 Clock

Amazon expanded from 26 February the scope of the Prime membership. In addition to the free next day delivery and access to the Kindle Lending Library, the range now includes the ability to stream videos. The combination of Prime and Lovefilm video on demand will be much cheaper, but Prime expensive.

Amazon combined from 26 February his two membership programs and Amazon Prime LOVEFiLM Video On Demand in a new Prime package. With Prime Amazon offers its members a previously free next day delivery for several million articles and access to over 500,000 Kindle books from the Kindle Lending Library. The streaming membership of the video-on-demand service LOVEFiLM includes more than 12,000 films and series episodes. Prime members can view the merged their favorite movies and shows on devices like the Kindle Fire, iPad and iPhone, consoles such as the Xbox, PlayStation, Wii and Smart TVs – without membership

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Amazon Prime as the only affiliation network for video streaming in Germany provides access to movies like” Despicable Me “. In addition, members of U.S. series hits such as “The Big Bang Theory” and “Breaking Bad” and children’s shows such as “Shaun the Sheep” or “Once upon a time …” to retrieve. Prime members also receive with Prime Instant Video exclusive access to the productions of the Amazon Studios Alpha House, and soon betas.

“Millions of Prime customers in the United States now use unlimited streaming as part of their Prime membership and tell us that they love the combination of free premium shipping, the Kindle Lending Library, and easy access to thousands of popular movies and series episodes,” says Greg Greeley, vice president of Amazon Prime. “We are very pleased to bring this complete package now also to Germany and to offer our customers a unique service, which they can use every day.”

For existing Prime memberships, the increased amount is automatically collected when next due date (screenshot: CNET.de)

The new Prime will cost in the year instead of 29 Euro 49 Euro. Thus the price is lower for the combination with a saving of 56.59 percent, well below the cost of the two individual memberships (83.88 € for Love Movie On Demand and 29 euros for Prime).

members, and those who have completed a Prime membership in first line due to a Kindle eBook reader, so that future pay 20 euros more, even if they do not use the streaming offering.

The transition to the higher rates will be given automatically to the next due date. This is under My Account , settings , Amazon Prime membership Manage to find. For Amazon Student, no changes are currently announced.

Customers still during the “countdown” period to 26 Register in February, the new Prime at a special price of 29 euros in the first year. Any Amazon user who is not a Prime member yet, even the new offer Amazon Prime can still try free for 30 days.