Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Amazon.com Adds Showtime To Unbox

Amazon.com said today that it has added premium programming from SHOWTIME to its Amazon Unbox digital video service. The firm said that programs such as "The L Word," "Weeds," "Sleeper Cell," "Dave Chapelle’s For What it's Worth," "Fat Actress," "Penn & Teller: BS!" and "Free for All," will be available on the service at a cost of $1.99 per episode. The firm also said it would offer a $.01 promotional download of "Dexter". Amazon Unbox launched the video on demand service in September.