Amazon has announced that it will offer a streaming video service for Amazon Prime subscribers. These 5,000 movies and TV shows available for all Prime customers at no extra cost represents a shot across the bow for Netflix; they purchased European Netflix equivalent LoveFilm for $200 million recently.

Amazon Prime’s main purpose is to offer free two-day shipping for $79 a year. This new video stream service will be coming to Roku streaming devices, with Google TV devices, smart televisions and some Android mobile devices likely to follow.

Source: VentureBeat