Amazon launches its video on demand service Lovefilm on Microsoft’s Xbox December 6, 2011 LOVEFILM, Europe’s largest subscription service, today becomes available on Microsoft’s video games console Xbox. The company, which was originally established in May 2002 as Online Rentals Limited and was acquired by Amazon in February 2011, has traditionally operated as a mail-order DVD rental service. However, in the last two years Lovefilm has enabled its customers [...]
Sky could win reprieve over pay TV probe May 20, 2012 THE COMPETITION Commission is to publish a preliminary report this week suggesting that BSkyB’s dominance in the pay-TV movie market has been weakened by new entrants, reducing the need to impose restrictions, it is understood. Following the entry of Amazon-owned LoveFilm and fellow US operator Netflix into the market – which both offer films online and [...]
WALL ST THE WEEK AHEAD July 22, 2012 THE trend of better-than-expected earnings will be put to the test this week when investors hope Apple can exceed already high expectations and Facebook reports its first quarterly earnings. Apple accounts for a significant proportion of the overall earnings of Standard & Poor’s 500 components. S&P 500 earnings are expected to show a rise of [...]
Amazon tops customer satisfaction table October 28, 2011 Amazon has retained its crown as Britain’s favourite retailer in an annual consumer poll. Satisfaction with the company’s service even increased over the past year, according to the Nunwood Customer Experience 100 survey. Amazon beat off the challenge of second place John Lewis and third place Virgin Atlantic, which was marginally ahead of competitor Emirates. [...]
Netflix and Amazon raise competition in online TV October 31, 2011 NETFLIX and Amazon stepped up their rivalry in the video streaming market yesterday as they both unveiled deals with Disney. Netflix, which last week announced plans to expand into the UK, said it extended its licence agreement with ABC, a division of Disney, to continue to stream TV shows over the Internet. Amazon announced a [...]
Changing face of internet as list of .brand sites revealed June 13, 2012 THE INTERNET’S biggest shake up is one step closer after the list of submissions for new domain names was yesterday unveiled. ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) revealed the 1,930 website domains applied for – including .blog, .youtube and .bbc – which will hit the world wide web from early 2013 alongside the usual [...]
Publishing’s future hangs in the balance: This is no time to pick winners April 12, 2012 IN THE tradition of digital success leading to massive antitrust lawsuits, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) this week filed a suit against Apple and five publishers for allegedly conspiring to keep ebook prices artificially high. Apple’s epublishing rival Amazon rubbed salt on the wound by promptly cutting its Kindle ebook prices even further. But [...]
Amazon to open massive new London warehouse October 26, 2011 AMAZON says it will create an eighth high-tech warehouse on the outskirts on London as it prepares to increase its product range and meet an expected rise in demand for online shopping. The plans will see the retailer create up to 4,000 new jobs in the UK by Christmas next year, with its core market for [...]
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Entertainment One profit rises as Twilight and Peppa pay off May 28, 2012 A TIE-UP with Amazon’s LoveFilm helped Entertainment One double its pre-tax profits last year, the firm said yesterday. Profits at the Peppa Pig co-owner rose to £23.1m in the year to 31 March from £11.4m in the previous 12 months, on revenues that grew seven per cent to £502.7m. The firm also confirmed it was in talks [...]