Amazon Snaps Up LoveFilm
Amazon River has bought itself a footing in the Continent movie rental and streaming business, possibly to stop Netflix from acquiring there number one.
Online retail gargantuan Amazon has announced that it will gain the European movie and videogame rental company LoveFIlm, Oregon at least, the parts of it that it didn't own already. Launched in its current state in 2006, LoveFilm is essentially a European version of Netflix and has 1.5 million members spread crosswise the UK, Germany, Kingdom of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway.
Amazon's VP of Continent retail, Greg Greeley, said that LoveFilm had been providing an groundbreaking service for eld, and looked forward to continuing to do soh in the future. LoveFilm Chief executive officer Simon Calver same that the deal was great word for LoveFilm customers and would allow the company to amplify and enhance its service leaving forward. Many believe that this acquisition is a defensive ploy by Amazon in order to check a possible expansion into Europe by Netflix.
Amazon already owned a 42% share in the business, following LoveFilm's purchase of Amazon EC's Videodisk renting services in 2008. It's not known exactly how a good deal the batch – which won't be finalized until Mar – is worth, but it's thinking to be in the region of £200 million, or nearly $320 million.
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