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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Amazon.com Inc. has launched a new textbook rental program, this time with old-fashioned print books. The program sends the print copies to students, for a fee, with the stipulation that they be ...