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Amazon to Acquire LOVEFiLM International Limited

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LUXEMBOURG & LONDON – January 20, 2010 – Amazon.com, Inc. today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire the remaining shares in LOVEFiLM International Limited (www.LOVEFiLM.com). LOVEFiLM is a leading European subscription entertainment service which combines the benefits of online DVD and games rental-by-post as well as streaming films and TV shows instantly over the internet to PCs, internet enabled TVs and Playstation®3. LOVEFiLM operates today in the UK, Germany, Sweden, Norway and Denmark.  Amazon already has a significant minority shareholding in LOVEFiLM and does not itself operate any similar business in Europe.  (more…)

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Yahoo!(R) and Samsung(R) Expand Availability of Yahoo! Connected TV to Millions of Consumers Across Europe

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*Further Extends Yahoo!’s Connected TV Leadership; Offers Consumers a Cinematic Internet(TM) experience and Increased Distribution for Publishers*

SEOUL, South Korea & SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov 02, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Yahoo! and Samsung today announced an extended partnership to deliver Yahoo! Connected TV in 26 new countries across Europe, bringing Yahoo! Connected TV on Samsung TVs to 39 countries worldwide. Together with Samsung’s own Internet@TV service, Samsung’s 2010 European Internet-connected TVs will also feature a new full-screen Yahoo! user interface. Today’s news builds on the partnership that Yahoo! and Samsung first announced in January 2009. (more…)

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