Amazon Unbox on TiVo

Amazon.com and TiVo Inc. have joined to announce Amazon Unbox on TiVo, a new service that allows TiVo subscribers to rent and purchase movies and television shows from leading studios and networks including CBS, Fox Entertainment Group, Lionsgate, Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Warner Bros. Entertainment.

A select group of TiVo subscribers will be the first to Beta test Amazon Unbox on TiVo, but it will also be available soon to more than 1.5 million broadband-ready TiVo boxes. The Amazon Unbox video download service already offers thousands of movies, TV shows and other videos for download to PCs and any Windows Media Video-compatible portable device, but with the new service customers will be able to download directly to their TiVo box for playback on their television set.

To activate the service, subscribers will simply log on to Amazon.com and follow a few simple steps to establish a link between their broadband connected TiVo Series2™ or Series3™ box and their Amazon account. Once the initial set up is complete, eligible movies or television shows from Amazon Unbox can be downloaded directly to the customer's TiVo box. After the movie has been downloaded, the title will automatically appear in the subscriber's TiVo "Now Playing" list with all of their other recorded shows, easily viewed with just a click of the TiVo remote.

Customers can purchase television episodes for $1.99, most movies will cost between $9.99 and $14.99, and movie rentals start at $1.99.

For more information on Amazon Unbox on TiVo visit www.tivo.com/amazon or www.amazon.com/unbox.

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