<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><entry xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539313867887118049.post-3793183856971158621</id><published>2006-07-24T13:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-24T13:19:24.645-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><title type='text'>Amazon Readies Launch of Ad-Free Video Download Service</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="entry-body"&gt;     &lt;p&gt;An article in AdAge.com discusses the announcement of mega-online retailer Amazon.com entering the world of online video content distibution.  The service, which is referred to as Amazon Digital Video -- or Amazon "DV" -- has evolved over the past year from a music-themed offering to a video-centric one, according to production-studio and TV-network executives briefed on the plans. The reason? Apple, these executives said, already commands such a large share of digital-music sales that Amazon felt it would be too difficult to break into the market.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Further signs that for us independent producers, there is an emerging of multiple avenues for our content to be seen by the world.  We will stay tuned, to be sure.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=110687"&gt;Read the full article&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;michael&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6539313867887118049-3793183856971158621?l=the15000.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the15000.blogspot.com/feeds/3793183856971158621/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6539313867887118049&amp;postID=3793183856971158621' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6539313867887118049/posts/default/3793183856971158621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6539313867887118049/posts/default/3793183856971158621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the15000.blogspot.com/2006/07/amazon-readies-launch-of-ad-free-video.html' title='Amazon Readies Launch of Ad-Free Video Download Service'/><author><name>Michael Edo Keane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06668544363934900094</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03270734331167923319'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry>