Bezos: Amazon to launch paid streaming video service

by Rafe Needleman

In an interview with Walt Mossberg at D6, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said, "We are working on a new version of video on demand, a for pay streaming service we will release in the next couple of weeks. The streaming service will start instantly and it's a la carte, for pay."

This will be in addition to Amazon's download-to-Tivo service.

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Originally posted at Webware

Rafe Needleman writes about start-ups, new technologies, and Web 2.0 products, as editor of CNET's Webware. E-mail Rafe.

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