Amazon is getting out of the DVD rental business with the closure of Lovefilm, the so-called “Netflix of Europe” that Amazon bought in 2011 for a reported $312 million valuation. The company, which ...

Major player enters competitive market... Amazon.co.uk has entered the increasingly crowded online DVD rental service, going head to head with existing pureplay dot-com services as well as online ...

Haven't heard of Lovefilm? If you live in North America (or anywhere outside of Europe, really), we wouldn't be surprised. But have you heard of Netflix? Essentially, Lovefilm is Netflix for Europe, ...

Amazon is getting out of the DVD rental-by-mail biz, conceding victory to Netflix, just like everybody else. Netflix is quickly becoming the Mike Tyson of the movie rental marketplace: it came out of ...

Amazon is closing down Lovefilm, its DVD rental service in the U.K. and Germany, later this year. The e-commerce giant said that while streaming is growing at a fast clip, the DVD business is slowing.

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In just five years, Netflix Inc. shot out of nowhere to create a new segment in the movie rental business with a simple business model that allows people to rent popular DVDs online and have the ...

Amazon.com (AMZN) is buying Lovefilm, a European game- and video-rental-by-mail company that some have called the Netflix of Europe, for an undisclosed price. The acquisition, which Amazon expects to ...

Amazon is shutting down its DVD rental service in the UK and Germany this fall. The service, Lovefilm, was acquired by Amazon in 2011, and does not operate anywhere else in the world, according to ...

Wal-Mart and Netflix have struck an agreement that calls for the retail giant to bow out of the online DVD rental business, a potentially huge victory for Netflix, but one that might only forestall ...

Amazon.com Inc. entered the increasingly competitive DVD rental-by-mail business with the introduction of a service aimed at movie fans in the United Kingdom. The Seattle Internet retailer unveiled ...