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Amazon Cloud Player Now Available on Roku Streaming Players
<p class='bwalignc'> <i>“Your Music, Everywhere” –<b> </b>Cloud Player customers can now listen to their entire music library on their TVs</i> </p>
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Amazon Cloud Player Now Available on Roku Streaming Players09:06 EST Thursday, December 13, 2012
SEATTLE (Business Wire) -- (NASDAQ:AMZN)–Amazon.com, Inc. and Roku, Inc. today announced that
Amazon Cloud Player is now available on Roku streaming players, making
it even easier for Cloud Player customers to enjoy their music anywhere
they are. Amazon Cloud Player on Roku provides customers with the
ability to play their music from the cloud directly on their TV or
through a stereo system connected to their TV. Cloud Player is already
available on Kindle Fire, Sonos Music Players, Android mobile devices,
iPhone and iPod Touch, and now with Roku, customers have even more ways
to enjoy their music anytime, anywhere.
“We're excited to bring Cloud Player to Roku, one of the most popular
and best-selling streaming entertainment platforms. Cloud Player music
customers can now use Roku to listen to their music through their home
entertainment systems,” said Steve Boom, Vice President of Music at
Amazon. “Our goal is to make it easy for everyone to enjoy their entire
music library anywhere they are–whether on the go or in the comfort of
their homes – and Cloud Player on Roku does just that.”
“With Amazon Cloud Player, Roku customers have the ability to directly
access their music collection, including any music purchased from
Amazon's library of more than 22 million audio tracks, on their TVs,”
said Ed Lee, Vice President of Content Acquisition at Roku. “Just as
Amazon Instant Video is extremely popular on the Roku platform, we
expect Amazon Cloud Player to be an instant hit among our music
listeners.”
Roku customers can download the Amazon Cloud Player channel from the
Featured or Music category in the Roku Channel Store, for free. For more
information on how to start listening to Cloud Player on Roku, visit http://www.amazon.com/cloudplayerforroku.
About Amazon Cloud Player
Cloud Player is a service that enables customers to securely store their
personal music in the cloud and play it on a wide range of devices.
Amazon Cloud Player is automatically integrated into Kindle Fire, so
when a customer turns on their device, they can enjoy all the benefits
of Cloud Player right out of the box. Customers can visit www.amazon.com/cloudplayer
or download the app on iOS or Android.
Amazon Cloud Player eliminates the need to download files before playing
them. MP3 songs and albums customers purchase from Amazon – even those
purchased in the past – can be automatically saved to Cloud Player, so
customers have a secure backup copy of the music they buy at Amazon,
free of charge. Customers can also import the rest of their music,
including music purchased from iTunes or ripped from CDs. All Amazon
purchases and the first 250 imported songs are stored for free, or
customers can import up to 250,000 songs for $24.99 per year.
About Amazon MP3
The Amazon MP3 Store offers customers more than 22 million songs in the
U.S. and hundreds of thousands of albums with everyday low prices on
bestselling albums. All Amazon MP3s are DRM-free, and work on virtually
any device that plays MP3s, including Kindle Fire, Android phones and
tablets, iPhones, iPads, and iPods, Sonos Music Players, Roku and Macs
and PCs.
About Roku Inc.
Roku is the leading streaming platform for delivering video, music and
casual games to the TV. Roku launched the first player to stream Netflix
to the TV in 2008, and today streams more than 500 entertainment
channels to millions of customers. Roku streaming players can be
purchased from Roku and major retailers in the U.S., Canada, U.K. and
the Republic of Ireland. Headquartered in Saratoga, Calif., Roku was
founded by Anthony Wood, the inventor of the DVR. For more information,
visit www.roku.com.
About Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle,
opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's
Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth's most
customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything
they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the
lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of
unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as Books;
Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home
& Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health &
Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web
Services provides Amazon's developer customers with access to
in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon's own back-end
technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any
type of business. Kindle Paperwhite is the most-advanced e-reader ever
constructed with 62% more pixels and 25% increased contrast, a patented
built-in front light for reading in all lighting conditions, extra-long
battery life, and a thin and light design. The new latest generation
Kindle, the lightest and smallest Kindle, now features new, improved
fonts and faster page turns. Kindle Fire HD features a stunning custom
high-definition display, exclusive Dolby audio with dual stereo
speakers, high-end, laptop-grade Wi-Fi with dual-band support,
dual-antennas and MIMO for faster streaming and downloads, enough
storage for HD content, and the latest generation processor and graphics
engine—and it is available in two display sizes—7” and 8.9”. The
large-screen Kindle Fire HD is also available with 4G wireless, and
comes with a groundbreaking $49.99 introductory 4G LTE data package. The
all-new Kindle Fire features a 20% faster processor, 40% faster
performance, twice the memory, and longer battery life.
Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.com,
www.amazon.co.uk,
www.amazon.de,
www.amazon.co.jp,
www.amazon.fr,
www.amazon.ca,
www.amazon.cn,
www.amazon.it,
www.amazon.es
and www.amazon.com.br.
As used herein, “Amazon.com,” “we,” “our” and similar terms include
Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates
otherwise.
Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning
of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly
from management's expectations. These forward-looking statements involve
risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to
competition, management of growth, new products, services and
technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international
expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment center
optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and
strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption,
inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud. More
information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's
financial results is included in Amazon.com's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual
Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.
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