Amazon Instant Video Expands to Wii Console

SEATTLE: An Amazon Instant Video app is now available on Nintendo’s Wii, which means that users can access Amazon’s more than 145,000 movies and TV episodes through the game console.

The app provides instant streaming of more than 145,000 titles from the Amazon Instant Video library as well as more than 33,000 Prime Instant Video titles for members of the Prime service. Titles include new releases such as The Dark Knight Rises, Brave, The Amazing Spider-Man, ParaNorman and Frankenweenie. Also part of the offerings are TV shows such as The Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy, American Horror Story and The Big Bang Theory.

As of today, the free Amazon Instant Video app can be found in the Wii Shop Channel for customers.

“We’re focused on providing our customers with many choices to make their entertainment experience enjoyable and as easy as possible—whether it’s offering a wide selection of hit movies and popular TV shows, or a variety of ways to instantly stream all the content available in the Amazon Instant Video library,” said Anthony Bay, the VP of worldwide dgital video for Amazon.com. “Today, bringing the Amazon Instant Video app to the Wii console means we’re giving our customers even more ways to easily and instantly watch the videos they want right at home.”

“Since it arrived in November of 2006, Wii has been a cultural phenomenon,” added Duncan Orrell-Jones, the senior VP of network business at Nintendo of America. “With more than 40 million units purchased in the U.S. alone, the addition of Amazon Instant Video means more choice across a significant portion of the American entertainment landscape.”