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Of course there are online video rentals available. We have Apple TV and just rent movies on that. I’m sure other services are available on Android based devices.

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It would be great if there was a way to rent original contents from different streaming sites. Let's say I want to rent 'Terrace House' and 'Sopranos' on the same night, this website would allow me to do that with one interface and one 'buy' button.

Google Search will let you locate such content (it has a special UI for it, which is both platform aware—it will note services that aren't available on your platform, like iTunes on Android, as such—and customizable) and pricing, but it doesn't have a purchase interface, since the services don't have purchase APIs. Most providers would probably be against anything that would facilitate such aggregation, since that would commoditize them.

> I’m sure other services are available on Android based devices.

Google Play Movies & TV is available on Android, iOS, and Web. There are plenty of services that aren't tied to major mobile OS providers, too.

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