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February 7, 2007 --TiVo Inc. and Amazon.com today announced “Amazon Unbox on TiVo,” a soon-to-be-launched service feature that will provide TiVo subscribers with the ability to rent and purchase movies and television shows from leading studios and networks including CBS, Fox Entertainment Group, Lionsgate, Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Warner Bros. Entertainment. Amazon Unbox on TiVo is currently in beta testing among a select group of TiVo subscribers and will be available soon to more than 1.5 million broadband-ready TiVo boxes.

The Amazon Unbox video download service, which launched in September 2006, offers thousands of movies, television shows and other videos for download to PCs and any Windows Media Video-compatible portable device. Now, in addition to PCs and portable devices, movies and television shows will be available to download directly to a customer’s TiVo box for playback on their television set. This is the first service that uniquely allows for downloadable broadband video to be integrated with programming recorded from TV so the consumer can easily navigate all viewing options. Read more

May 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Video Without Boundaries today announced that Amazon.com, one of the largest retailers in the world, is now carrying VWB's MediaREADY Flyboy Portable Multimedia Player/Recorder. Featuring a 20GB hard drive that can hold up to 40 hours of MPEG4 movies, 6,000 MP3 songs, or 100,000 digital pictures, the MediaREADY Flyboy puts all your favorite forms of stored audio-visual entertainment in the palm of your hand.

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April 20, 2005 – Discovery World Cruises will enter its third winter season with exciting new cruises that explore the timeless wonders of the Galapagos Islands and venture up the Amazon River. Specialists in exploring faraway places in comfort and style, Discovery will offer a total of 21 itineraries to some of the world’s most fascinating ports-of-call, from November 2005 through May 2006.

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October 20, 2004– Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHI) today announced that the Philips HeartStart Home Defibrillator is now available over-the-counter (OTC) to consumers at Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN), the largest online retailer to offer the product. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently cleared the HeartStart Home Defibrillator for sale without a prescription, making it the first and only defibrillator to obtain OTC status. As a leading online retailer with access to tens of millions of active customer accounts, Amazon.com will play an important role in making the HeartStart Home Defibrillator more easily available to consumers for home use, where the majority of cardiac arrests occur.

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Leading online retailer Amazon.com today launched its new Camera & Photo store (www.amazon.com/photo) and announced an alliance with Ofoto, Inc., a premiere online photography service. A one-stop solution for all photo needs, the new store provides a full range of photo-related products and innovative online photo services for both digital and film camera users. Read more