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Falling Skies, The Closer Come To Amazon Prime

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Amazon.com has inked an exclusive content licensing agreement with Turner Broadcasting System,  and Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution to add the TNT drama series Falling Skies and the Warner Bros. Television-produced TNT series The Closer to its Prime Instant Video catalog, giving Prime members instant access to these titles at no additional cost.

Prime Instant Video now features more than 30,000 movies and TV episodes for Amazon Prime members to stream instantly on Kindle Fire HD or any compatible Amazon Instant Video devices, including iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Roku, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and the Wii U.

[Image courtesy: TNT]

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