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Amazon (AMZN) is a leading online retail player selling a variety of products including electronics, apparel, books, DVDs and music. It competes with eBay (EBAY), Walmart (WMT), Costco (COST), Best Buy (BBY) and Overstock.com (OSTK) in this market. Amazon recently launched an unlimited video streaming service for Amazon Prime customers that will rival that of Netflix
(NFLX).
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Netflix Streaming Video Comes to the Wii
Nintendo fans and movie buffs, unite and rejoice! At long last, Netflix (NFLX) has said its streaming video service will be available for the Nintendo Wii this spring. Wii is bringing up the rear a bit here, as consumers with an Xbox 360 from Microsoft (MSFT) or a Sony (SNE) PlayStation 3 already enjoy access to Netflix films. Here's the fine print: Wii users have to have a broadband connection and a Netflix subsription that costs $9 per month or more. Upon receiving a special "instant-streaming" disc for the Wii, they will have access to their instant queue, essentially using the Wii as a portal through which to play the films (of course, a TV is still necesssary). Currently, there are about 17,000 titles (movies and TV shows) available for streaming, a far cry from the 100,000 names a Netflix subscriber can get in good old-fashioned disc format.
Cable companies working to curb free online TV
Right now, over at Hulu.com -- a joint project of News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) and General Electric Company's (NYSE: GE) NBC Universal, viewers can check out recent editions of, for example, The Daily Show or Man Caves, among many other programs normally viewed on cable networks such as Comedy Central or the DIY Network. Viewers need a computer and a high-speed Internet connection to catch these programs, but they don't need a cable subscription (or even a television!). Continue reading Cable companies working to curb free online TV
Eisner and Time Warner invest in YouTube/Google Video challenger Veoh Networks
Michael Eisner hasn't been up to much since his departure from Disney.
It looks though, like Eisner is eyeing the Online Video sp
ace. With broadband becoming more and more prevalent in US homes, the technological
infrastructure/capability for streaming videos is reaching fruition. With American Idol and the plethora of
reality t.v. shows abounding, there is a discernible trend towards amateur/'real' videos and the corresponding stars
and starlets.
The space is still being defined, but already net giant Google and Yahoo are getting positioned with video versions of their respective search engines.
Google Video is a portal type page which is hoping to bridge the gap between amateur and licensed videos and programming.
YouTube though is arguably the most successful player in this space, pulling in 9 million users a month (according to Nielson/NetRatings)
Eisner will also sit on the board of directors for Veoh. The online network space is a very interesting one and one to keep an eye on.
For Time Warner the natural motives would be to incorporate Veoh or a module/shell into its AOL portal. The distribution aspect is also huge as Time Warner's video content is tremendous (ie. Warner Brothers).
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