Amazon lands deal with Discovery to stream Mythbusters, Shark Week and more

March 15th, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

Announced on the Amazon.com home page in addition to a press release, the online retailer has just inked a deal with Discovery Communications in regards to providing approximately 3,000 more titles to Prime Instant Video. Discovery Communications is the media group that controls TLC, Animal Planet, the Oprah Winfrey Network, Investigation Discovery, the Science Channel, Planet Green, Discovery Fit Health, the Military Channel and the Discovery Channel. Similar to the deal that Netflix signed with Discovery Communications during September 2011, Amazon Prime subscribers will get streaming access to a variety of popular television programs. A complete list of shows from the more popular channels include:

Animal PlanetJockeysMad Man of the SeaMeerkat ManorPit BossRiver MonstersThe HauntedThe Jeff Corwin ExperienceWeird, True and FreakyWhale WarsWild ReconDiscovery ChannelAmerican LoggersDeadliest CatchDetonatorsDirty Jobs man vs wild pic 1Discovery AtlasDual SurvivalEverest: Beyond the LimitExtreme EngineeringFearless PlanetGold Rush: AlaskaI Almost Got Away with ItInto the Universe with Stephan HawkingIditarodMan vs. WildMythbustersOne Way OutPrison WivesShark WeekSmash LabTreasure QuestWhen We Left Earth: The NASA MissionsWreckreation Nation TLCAmerican ChopperBBQ Pit MastersCake BossHoarding: Buried AliveJon Kate + 8L.A. InkMiami InkSay Yes to the DressToddlers Tiaras

Since December 2011, Amazon has increased the amount of the videos available for streaming over Prime Instant Video by approximately 30 percent. With over 17,000 titles to stream over the Internet, the incentive to become an Amazon Prime subscriber is increasing rapidly. There’s currently no extra charge to stream titles beyond the yearly $79.99 subscription cost. Included within the subscription, Amazon offers free two-day shipping on many items in addition to one free book each month from the Kindle Lending Library, assuming that the Amazon Prime subscriber also owns a Kindle.

To promote Amazon Prime, the retailer has been giving away a free month of service with any purchase of a Kindle Fire tablet. Kindle Fire owners can stream shows from the Prime Instant Video library on the tablet in addition to purchasing rentals of new releases. Amazon also gives away six free months of Prime service to students, but this doesn’t include access to the Prime Instant Video library. Students must upgrade to a paid plan to watch streaming video. Anyone without an Amazon Prime subscription can rent or purchase the television shows added under the new Discovery Communications deal.

While Amazon is attempting to close the gap on Netflix with an increased amount of new content, Amazon is still losing the battle on the hardware front. For instance, Netflix can be found on all three next generation gaming consoles, but Amazon hasn’t built applications for any console. Amazon offers a complex method to watch video on the Xbox 360, but it’s only for downloaded video content. Amazon also hasn’t built an app for iOS devices for streaming video from the Prime Instant Video library. Alternatively, Netflix released an iPhone application approximately 18 months ago and has continued to develop the application on both the iPhone and iPad.

This article was originally posted on Digital Trends