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Amazon to Enter the Online DVD Rental Business

Posted by samzenpus on from the rental-race dept.

ChrisF79 writes "Wired News is reporting that Amazon.com is hiring programmers to work with online dvd rentals. From the article: "Advertising for positions based at the company's Seattle headquarters, the listings seek engineers to help in 'building systems and algorithms that must move inventory between our fulfillment centers and our customers in a way that gives customers exactly what they want, when they want it.' The postings indicate they are specifically for an online DVD rental service." Netflix seems to have a stronghold on the market so despite numerous advantages for Amazon, especially economies of scale, can Amazon enter the market and surpass Netflix?"

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  1. Hmm... by MaestroSartori · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...Amazon in the UK have been doing DVD rentals for a while now. Presumably this hasn't been true in the US until now?

    I wonder if they've held off to iron out the logistical problems that having a considerably larger distribution area will cause compared to us over in our tiny country :)

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  2. Amazon already does this in the UK by jockm · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Amazon already does this in the UK. Since learning about this from my friends over there, I figured it was just a matter of time before they brought the program over here.

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  3. Amazon already do this in the UK by dazzla_2000 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    They've been there done that http://www.amazon.co.uk/

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