Amazon poised for film downloads assault

If it's serious, it's game over
By Wireless Watch
Published Thursday 16th March 2006 11:24 GMT

It comes as little surprise for those that follow online video downloads that Amazon is in discussions with the major studios, as the New York Times and Wall Street Journal both state this week.

Amazon acquired CustomFlix back in July last year, a partner company that allows films to be downloaded for burning onto a DVD. The company has since entered the High Definition TV business backing the Toshiba based HD DVD platform for downloading and burning high def films.

Source and full story: theregister.com