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Amazon will sell NBC Universal TV shows

NEW YORK
Tue Sep 4, 2007 6:18pm EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Online retailer Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday that it will sell NBC Universal television shows on its Unbox digital video download service.

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Amazon will sell shows such as "The Office," "Heroes" and "30 Rock" through Unbox, the companies said in a statement.

The companies are offering a variety of packages for the shows, including a discount of up to 30 percent when customers buy a full season's worth of shows. New shows will be available the day after they run on television, the companies said.

NBC is a unit of General Electric Co.

(Reporting by Robert MacMillan)
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