Amazon Acquires LoveFilm, The Netflix Of Europe

Re:Amazon Acquires LoveFilm, The Netflix Of Europe by barrkel on Thursday January 20, 2011 @05:42AM (#2123249)

Netflix of UK would be far more apt.

I see on their website that they have versions for Germany and most of Scandinavia, but I have no idea how big they are there, and that's a far cry from the whole of Europe anyhow.

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Re:Amazon Acquires LoveFilm, The Netflix Of Europe by michael_dorfman on Thursday January 20, 2011 @06:11AM (#2123284)

I'm in Norway, and a film buff, and I've never heard of them before. If they've done any marketing at all, it has managed to escape me-- which seems unlikely.

So my guess is: not very big in Scandinavia.

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Re:Amazon Acquires LoveFilm, The Netflix Of Europe by pirko on Thursday January 20, 2011 @06:37AM (#2123322)

I'm in Sweden and I've heard of them but never used the service. I think they had some commercials on TV a few years ago.

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Re:Amazon Acquires LoveFilm, The Netflix Of Europe by Isofarro on Thursday January 20, 2011 @09:28AM (#2123699)

Number 1 in the UK, Number 1 in Germany. Big growth in Sweden, Norway and Denmark.

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Re:Amazon Acquires LoveFilm, The Netflix Of Europe by mzl on Thursday January 20, 2011 @06:59AM (#2123356)

They don't have streaming in Scandinavia yet, only the UK and Germany.

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Re:Amazon Acquires LoveFilm, The Netflix Of Europe by lemonad on Thursday January 20, 2011 @09:26AM (#2123690)

Actually, they have streaming in Sweden. Small selection though, only about 100 movies.

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Re:Amazon Acquires LoveFilm, The Netflix Of Europe by mzl on Friday January 21, 2011 @05:42AM (#2127045)

As far as I can tell from their homepage (lovefilm.se), there is no streaming available. Where did you find it?

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