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Amazon (AMZN) Rains on Netflix (NFLX) Intl Expansion Parade

May 21, 2014 9:51 AM EDT

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is higher today (+1.7%) after announcing an expansion in Europe, but news from competitor Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) could rain on its parade.

Amazon.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) announced the highly-anticipated arrival of the first wave of HBO programming on Prime Instant Video. Prime members in the US now have access to a collection of popular HBO shows, including critically-acclaimed classics and recent hits, original films, comedy specials and miniseries. The following titles are now available to Prime members for unlimited streaming, making Prime Instant Video the exclusive online-only subscription streaming service to offer these shows:

  • All seasons of revered classics such as The Sopranos, The Wire, Deadwood, Rome and Six Feet Under, and of recent favorites such as EastAmazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)
    bound & Down, Enlightenedand Flight of the Conchords
  • Select seasons of current series such as True Blood, Boardwalk Empire and Treme
  • Epic miniseries, including Band of Brothers, The Pacific, John Adams, Parade’s End and Angels in America
  • Hit original movies like Mary and Martha, Temple Grandinand You Don’t Know Jack
  • Hilarious original comedy specials from Louis CK, Ellen DeGeneres, Lewis Black and Bill Maher
  • Pedigreed documentaries including When the Levees Broke, Ghosts of Abu Ghraib and the Autopsy andIceman series

The news from Amazon was widely expected, but investors will be closely watching Netflix's subscriber number growth amid the development.



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