Los Angeles – CBS said Monday that it has reached a content licensing agreement with Amazon that will make the new television series “Under the Dome,” available for in-season, online subscription-video-on-demand (SVOD) distribution via Amazon’s Prime Instant Video service.
Amazon said the deal makes its Prime Instant Video “the exclusive online subscription home” for the series.
The serialized drama from Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television, based on Stephen King’s best-selling novel of the same name, will premiere on the CBS TV stations June 24, 2013.
Amazon Prime members will have unlimited streaming of all the series’ episodes four days after their initial broadcast on CBS, at no additional cost, and will be able to enjoy them on hundreds of compatible Amazon Instant Video devices including Kindle Fire HD, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Roku, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and the Wii U gaming console.
Episodes of Under the Dome will also be available for purchase and download exclusively at Amazon Instant Video (www.amazon.com/AIV).
Under the Dome is the story of a small New England town that is suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an enormous transparent dome.
The story was first published as a novel by Simon & Schuster’s Scribner in 2009 and was an Amazon.com bestseller in both Books and Kindle Books in 2009, Amazon said.
“Amazon has the distinct combination of having a terrific video service with a huge fan base among their customers for Stephen King’s book, making them the perfect partner for this summer programming event,” stated Scott Koondel, CBS chief corporate content licensing officer. “With this innovative agreement, we’re giving fans more options to watch and stay current with this serialized series, and doing so in a way that protects the Television Network’s C3 advertising window.”
“Adding a current season major network TV series like Under the Dome to the Prime Instant Video library so shortly after its live airing enables us to increase our exclusive selection of great TV shows and give customers access how, when and where they want to watch it,” said Brad Beale, Amazon digital video content acquisition director.
Last week, Amazon announced that Prime Instant Video will also have an online subscription service exclusive for PBS series “Downton Abbey.”
The Prime Instant Video library now features more than 36,000 movies and TV episodes including fan-favorite shows such as Downton Abbey, Fringe, and The West Wing and blockbuster movies including Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Rango and Transformers: Dark of the Moon, for Amazon Prime members to stream, commercial free at no additional cost on Kindle Fire HD, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Roku, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and Wii U, among other devices. To sign up for Amazon Prime, visit www.amazon.com/primeinstantvideo.
