Prime Instant Video to be the Exclusive Subscription Streaming Home for Carnival/Masterpiece Co-Production "Downton Abbey" on PBS

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Subscription streaming of "Downton Abbey" - the most watched TV series of all
time on Prime Instant Video - to become exclusive to Amazon
SEATTLE--(Business Wire)--
(NASDAQ: AMZN)-Amazon.com, Inc. today announced a content licensing agreement
with PBS Distribution that will make Prime Instant Video the exclusive
subscription home for streaming the Carnival/MASTERPIECE co-production "Downton
Abbey." Seasons 1 and 2 of the award-winning series are currently available on
Prime Instant Video, and are the most watched TV seasons of all time on the
service. Beginning June 18, 2013, Prime Instant Video will be the exclusive
subscription service for streaming the all-new Season 3 of "Downton Abbey", and
later this year, no digital subscription service other than Prime Instant Video
will offer any seasons of "Downton Abbey." Prime Instant Video will continue to
be the exclusive subscription home through Season 4 and, if produced, Season 5
of "Downton Abbey."

"Our Prime customers have spoken-they can`t get enough of the MASTERPIECE
CLASSIC series `Downton Abbey.` The series is consistently in our top most
watched TV shows each week, making it the most popular TV series with Prime
Instant Video customers, ever," said Brad Beale, Director of Digital Video
Content Acquisition for Amazon. "Prime Instant Video will soon be the exclusive
subscription video streaming home for `Downton Abbey.`"

For fans who want to own the original UK version now, all three seasons of
Downton Abbey are available for purchase on DVD and Blu-Ray on Amazon.com, and
digitally through Amazon Instant Video.

"Downton Abbey" is a Carnival/MASTERPIECE Co-Production and airs on PBS stations
nationwide. Produced by WGBH Boston, MASTERPIECE is the longest-running and one
of the most popular primetime drama series on television. Since the premiere of
"Downton Abbey, Season 1" on January 9, 2011, the critically acclaimed series
has gained popularity across a diverse audience and has been honored with nine
Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama
Series (Dame Maggie Smith). It has also garnered a Golden Globe Award for Best
Miniseries and a Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a
Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television (Dame Maggie Smith), a
Screen Actor's Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama
Series, a PGA (Producers` Guild of America) Award and a TCA (Television Critics
Association) Award.

Prime Instant Video offers 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, 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.

About Amazon Instant Video

Amazon Instant Video is a digital video streaming and download service that
offers Amazon customers the ability to rent, purchase or subscribe to a huge
catalog of videos. Customers can choose from more than 150,000 titles to
purchase or rent and content ranges from new release movies to classic
favorites, major television shows, entire seasons, or even day after air TV.
Prime Instant Video is Amazon`s video subscription offer-it includes more than
36,000 movies and TV episodes selected from the full assortment available at
Amazon Instant Video. This subscription offer allows US Prime customers to
stream as many titles from Prime Instant Video as they like, at no additional
cost.

About Prime

Amazon Prime is an annual membership program for $79 a year that offers
customers unlimited Free Two-Day Shipping on millions of items including books,
home and garden products, electronics, video games, clothing, and much more.
Amazon Prime members also get access to unlimited instant streaming of thousands
of movies and TV episodes and access to hundreds of thousands of books to borrow
for free, as frequently as a book a month, with no due dates from a Kindle
device. Customers who receive free Prime shipping benefits through our Amazon
Student or Amazon Mom programs can upgrade to an annual paid membership to
receive Amazon Prime`s digital benefits.

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