Amazon Prime subscribers to get streaming Viacom video; Amazon Kindle Fire users included

Want to watch SpongeBob SquarePants on your Amazon Kindle Fire? Now there is a way to catch the droll yellow sponge, his starfish pal Patrick and the rest of the crew living in Bikini Bottom right on your tablet. Amazon and Viacom have reached an agreement on a deal that brings streaming video from Viacom's varied lineup of networks to Amazon Prime subscribers, which of course includes users of the Kindle Fire.

Under the terms of the deal, more than 15,000 Amazon Prime subscribers will be able to view Prime Instant Videos, streaming content from MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, TV Land, Spike, VH1, BET, CMT and Logo through 300 different devices. Amazon Prime members get to view  unlimited, commercial-free, instant streaming of movies and TV shows with Prime Instant Video along with Free Two-Day Shipping on millions of items from Amazon.com. Membership costs $79 annually and in addition to the unlimited video and the Free Two-Shipping, Amazon Prime subscribers can borrow a book a month from a library of tens of  thousands of books, with no due date from a Kindle device.

Amazon Prime customers get to choose from over 15,000 movies and television shows using their Prime Instant Video benefits. Amazon Instant Video allows those who are not Prime customers to rent or purchase movies or television shows from a selection of over 100,000 titles including new release movies and first-run television shows the day after they air. Both Amazon Instant Video or Prime Instant Video customers can view video on a number of devices including the Amazon Kindle Fire.

It is another money making content offering for the tablet by Amazon. Besides content, Amazon offers users of the Amazon Kindle Fire the opportunity to purchase apps and cloud-based storage.

source: Amazon