For all the Americans (and probably Europeans, I think LF is mostly a UK company) it's important to bear in mind that LoveFilm ain't Netflix.<p>On the other hand; it's the best we've got.<p>I have a love hate relationship with them - the selection is pretty good and the service is fine (with only a few hiccups which, given the state of our postal service is probably understandable). Although; their main UK depot is about 40 miles from me, and I have heard people out in the wilds have some issues.<p>On the down side the online streaming catalogue could be expanded (5,000+ films, but not always the latest releases) and I tend to have trouble getting popular disks (sometimes they seem to send me random disks from my list for no apparent reason).<p>I've been waiting for series 3 of Battlestar Gallactica for about 3 months now... :P<p>I'm pleased Amazon are buying them, that's a positive move IMO. Their easily one of my favourite companies and seem to manage to let their acquisitions flourish rather than die off. So... looking good :) (and if LF eventually merges into my Amazon account, win :D)<p>LF made a statement here btw: <a href="http://www.lovefilm.com/features/detail.html?editorial_id=32329" rel="nofollow">http://www.lovefilm.com/features/detail.html?editorial_id=32...</a><p>EDIT: their recommendations engine is pretty dire as well incidentally, that is probably the main difference from Netflix
This is weird. Amazon Germany used to operate a "Netflix" offering which they sold to LoveFilm in 2008. I was actually a customer and canceled at that point, LoveFilm's site was just terrible.<p>So now they are buying back what they partially sold in 2008?
LoveFilm also white-labels its service. List here:<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovefilm#Operate_rental_services_for_other_companies" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovefilm#Operate_rental_service...</a><p>It would be interesting to know what proportion of LoveFilm's business is under its own brand, versus under these other brands, and whether amazon will continue to white-label the service long term.