Prime Video: Difference between revisions

'''Prime Video''', also marketed as '''Amazon Prime Video''', is a subscription {{wp|video on demand}} service and digital media store owned and operated by {{wp|Amazon (company)|Amazon}}. Originally launched on September 7, 2006 as ''Amazon Unbox'' in the {{pmin|the United States|United States}}<ref name="launch" />, the service is now available worldwide (excluding Mainland China, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and Crimea). The service was renamed ''Amazon Video on Demand'' on September 4, 2008<ref>[https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/amazon-customers-can-now-instantly-watch-ad-free-movies-and-tv ''Amazon Customers Can Now Instantly Watch Ad-Free Movies'' - Amazon] (retrieved May 17, 2020)</ref>, then ''Amazon Instant Video'' on February 22, 2011<ref>[https://mashable.com/2011/02/22/amazon-prime-instant-video/ ''Hands On: Amazon's Prime Instant Video'' - Mashable] (retrieved May 17, 2020)</ref>, followed by ''Amazon Video'' from September 2015<ref>[https://www.geekwire.com/2015/amazon-drops-the-instant-from-video-service-now-called-simply-amazon-video/ ''Amazon drops ‘Instant’ from ‘Instant Video,’ streamlining its streaming brand'' - GeekWire] (retrieved May 17, 2020)</ref> and finally ''Prime Video'' in 2018. Some content is offered for free to customers with either an {{wp|Amazon Prime}} or dedicated Prime Video subscription; other content is available for rental or purchase.