“Catastrophe,” the Amazon series created by and starring Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan.
Amazon ratcheted up the streaming video competition stakes today, by offering downloadable videos to Amazon Prime video customers. There’s a catch: Amazon Prime users will only be allowed to download to Apple and Android phones or tablets, including Amazon’s Fire, but not to desktops or laptops.
Netflix and Hulu currently offer only streaming content, not downloadable. Apple is developing business in this area, too.
From AP:
The e-commerce powerhouse will now let members of its $99 annual Prime loyalty program download some shows and movies on its streaming video service to watch offline, or when there is no Internet connection available, for free.
To watch the content users can download the Amazon Video app for iOS or Android. Users will now be able to download shows like “Downton Abbey” and “The Good Wife,” HBO shows including “Girls” and “Veep” and movies including “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” and “The Wolf of Wall Street.”
Amazon to let Prime members download videos [Associated Press]
Here’s the Amazon announcement that went out to reporters today.
