Amazon’s EPIX Deal Puts Netflix on Notice
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In a single epic — or EPIX — deal, Amazon.com (AMZN) has become a legitimate competitor to Netflix (NFLX).
Amazon revealed on Tuesday morning that it has inked a streaming deal with EPIX, giving its Amazon Prime loyalty shopping customers access to 2,000 movies at no additional cost. EPIX may not be a household name, but it’s a distributor for Paramount Pictures, MGM, and Lionsgate (LGF).
We’re talking about Iron Man 2, Super 8, True Grit, Rango, and many other recent video releases. It…
Amazon’s EPIX Deal Puts Netflix on Notice originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-09-04T16:15:00Z.
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