Amazon.com announced a new licensing agreement with EPIX for movies including The Avengers, Iron Man 2, The Hunger Games, Super 8, Thor, and more, expanding its catalog of title offerings for Prime Instant Video to more than 30, 000 movies and TV episodes.

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His Amazon Prime video streaming service is a direct competitor to Netflix (in the release, the company announced it reached a licensing agreement with EPIX giving their users access to movies like The Avengers, Iron Man 2, and the Hunger Games, meaning the cable channel ended its exclusivity with Netflix) and, to a certain extent, the Apple iTunes store.

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Amazon recently signed a deal with Epix that gives the company access to movies from Paramount, MGM and Lionsgate including The Hunger Games and Iron Man 2.

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Amazon prime subscribers will soon be able to stream movies like The Hunger Games and Iron Man 2 thanks to a new deal between Amazon and Epix, the cable network owned by Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM.

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