HBO and Cinemax Now Available for Amazon Prime Members with Amazon Channels
HBO subscription available for $14.99 per month includes favorite
series like Westworld, Game of Thrones, Divorce, Insecure, Silicon
Valley, and the full HBO TV and movie selection available – without
the need for a TV package
In addition, Cinemax is now available on Amazon Channels for $9.99
per month – enjoy The Knick, Quarry, Outcast, Banshee and
Strike Back as well as blockbuster movies
HBO and Cinemax premium networks join over eighty video subscriptions
available on Amazon Channels
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–(NASDAQ:AMZN)—Amazon today announced the launch of HBO and Cinemax on
Amazon Channels. Prime members can now sign up for a monthly HBO
subscription to get HBO’s award-winning content for just $14.99 per
month. Available today, Prime members can now watch the latest episodes
of HBO’s newest hits including Westworld, The Night Of, and Divorce,
catch up on all seasons of Game of Thrones and Silicon Valley,
watch hit movies including Deadpool, Straight Outta Compton, and
Steve Jobs, and tune in to VICE News Tonight. The HBO
subscription on Amazon Channels lets Prime members stream HBO whenever
they want – without the need for a cable subscription. Prime
members receive a 30-day free trial and then pay $14.99 per month
thereafter. HBO – including series, original films, miniseries, sports,
documentaries, specials and a wide selection of blockbuster movies – is
available to stream today.
Cinemax on Amazon Channels is also available today for $9.99 per month.
Prime members can now enjoy the premier movie destination that offers
unparalleled volume and variety as well as original series like The
Knick, Quarry, Outcast, Banshee, and Strike Back. Cinemax
also features the hottest blockbuster movies as part of the subscription
including American Sniper, Mad Max: Fury Road, Pitch Perfect 2 and
Vacation as well as Trainwreck and Jurassic World,
arriving in December. For more information on HBO, Cinemax and Amazon
Channels visit www.amazon.com/channels.
“HBO has produced some of the most groundbreaking, beloved and
award-winning shows in television history. Their selection of
blockbuster movies is unsurpassed, including hits like Batman vs.
Superman, The Revenant, and Deadpool. And, our
customers have been asking when all that wonderful content will be
available on Amazon Channels,” said Michael Paull, Vice President,
Digital Video, Amazon. “Prime members can now watch the latest episodes
of the critically-acclaimed Westworld and Game of Thrones
without the need for a cable subscription. We’re thrilled to work with
HBO to bring their cutting-edge content to Amazon Prime members with
Amazon Channels.”
“For years now, Amazon has demonstrated an incomparable capability for
bringing customers exactly what they want, in all the ways they want
it,” said Sofia Chang, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Digital
Distribution and Home Entertainment, HBO. “We have a very successful
partnership with this great company that continues to evolve. We share
the goal of providing Amazon customers more ways to access all of the
high-quality HBO and Cinemax programming they’ve been asking for.”
Beginning today, Amazon Prime members can sign up for HBO to get
unlimited streaming access to:
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All episodes of the newest and most popular HBO series such as Westworld,
Divorce, Insecure, Ballers, and Game of Thrones -
Blockbuster and award-winning movies like Batman vs. Superman: Dawn
of Justice, The Revenant, Deadpool, Joy, The Martian, Ride Along 2,
Sisters, Straight Outta Compton and more - Topical, news-focused content from John Oliver, Bill Maher and VICE
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All seasons of favorites like The Sopranos, Sex and the City, True
Blood, The Wire and Deadwood -
Epic limited series, including The Night Of, The Pacific, and The
Jinx -
Acclaimed documentaries including Going Clear: Scientology and the
Prison of Belief, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, 3 ½ Minutes, Ten
Bullets, Everything is Copy, Jim: The James Foley Story, Three Days of
Terror: The Charlie Hebdo Attacks, The Ties that Bind -
Hilarious original comedy specials from Louis C.K., Amy Schumer, Billy
Crystal, Sarah Silverman, Ricky Gervais and the late Robin Williams
Amazons Channels includes numerous benefits for viewers, such as:
- Pay only for the channels a viewer wants
- No cable package required
- Watch anywhere, anytime on over 650 compatible devices
- Self-service cancellation of any subscription at anytime
- Create custom lineups from over 80 premium and specialty channels
- Free trials on all subscriptions
- Convenience of one account, no additional passwords to remember
- Trusted, reliable streaming from Amazon Video
- IMDb X-Ray integration
About Amazon Video
Amazon Video is a premium on-demand entertainment service that offers
customers the greatest choice in what to watch, and how to watch it.
Amazon Video is the only service that provides all of the following:
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Prime Video: Thousands of movies and TV episodes, including
popular licensed content plus critically-acclaimed and award-winning
Amazon original series and movies from Amazon Studios like Transparent,
The Man in the High Castle, Love and Friendship and kids
series Tumble Leaf, available for unlimited streaming as part
of an Amazon Prime membership -
Amazon Channels: Over 80 video subscriptions to networks like
HBO, SHOWTIME, STARZ, PBS KIDS, Acorn TV and more, available to Amazon
Prime members as add-ons to their membership – to view the full list
of channels available, visit www.amazon.com/channels -
Rent or Own: Hundreds of thousands of titles, including
new-release movies and current TV shows available for on-demand rental
or purchase for all Amazon customers -
Instant Access: Instantly watch anytime, anywhere through the
Amazon Video app on TVs, phones and tablets, Amazon Fire TV, Fire TV
Stick, and Fire tablets, or online. For a list of all compatible
devices, visit www.amazon.com/howtostream -
Premium Features: Top features like 4K Ultra HD, High Dynamic
Range (HDR) and mobile downloads for offline viewing of certain content
In addition to Prime Video, the Prime membership includes unlimited fast
free shipping options across all categories available on Amazon, more
than two million songs and thousands of playlists and stations with
Prime Music, secure photo storage with Prime Photos, unlimited reading
with Prime Reading, unlimited access to a digital audiobook catalogue
with Audible Channels for Prime, a rotating selection of free digital
games and in-game loot with Twitch Prime, early access to select
Lightning Deals, exclusive access and discounts to select items, and
more. To sign-up for Prime or to find out more visit: www.amazon.com/prime.
About Amazon
Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than
competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational
excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping,
personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle
Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and Alexa
are some of the products and services pioneered by Amazon. For more
information, visit www.amazon.com/about.
About Home Box Office, Inc.
Home Box Office, Inc. is the premium television programming subsidiary
of Time Warner Inc. and the world’s most successful pay TV service,
providing the two television services – HBO® and Cinemax® –
to approximately 131 million subscribers worldwide. The services offer
the popular subscription video-on-demand products HBO On Demand® and
Cinemax On Demand®, as well as HBO GO® and MAX
GO®, HD feeds and multiplex channels. HBO NOW®,
the network’s internet-only premium streaming service, provides
audiences with instant access to HBO’s acclaimed programming in the U.S.
Internationally, HBO branded television networks, along with the
subscription video-on-demand products HBO On Demand and HBO GO, bring
HBO services to over 60 countries. HBO and Cinemax programming is sold
into over 150 countries worldwide.
Contacts
Amazon.com, Inc.
Media Hotline, 206-266-7180
www.amazon.com/pr
