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Amazon Freevee secures Xmas movie Hotel for the Holidays

Amazon Freevee has announced that its first Original holiday movie, Hotel for the Holidays, has cast Madelaine Petsch (Riverdale) and Mena Massoud (Aladdin) as the romantic leads. The film will debut this holiday season exclusively on Amazon Freevee in the US and UK. Hotel for the Holidays revolves around an ensemble of staff and guests […]

August 26, 2022

Study: VoD users increasingly accepting ads

The Q2 2022 wave of Hub Entertainment Research’s TV Advertising: Fact vs. Fiction study reveals strong satisfaction with ad-supported streaming TV platforms. Key findings from this year’s study: 1) The number of consumers using an ad-free streaming platform has increased impressively over the past several years. In Q2 2022, 55 per cent of consumers say […]

August 17, 2022

Pirozzi named Co-Head of Content at Freevee

Ryan Pirozzi has been promoted to Co-Head of Content and Programming at Amazon Freevee. In this role, Pirozzi will oversee all programming for Amazon Freevee, including development, production, licensing and strategy. Pirozzi has been with Amazon for close to 12 years. Prior to taking on this role, Pirozzi was the Head of Worldwide Television & […]

August 16, 2022

High School premieres on Amazon Freevee in October

Amazon Freevee has unveiled a first look at its new series High School, an eight-episode coming-of-age drama based on the New York Times best-selling memoir of the same name from Canadian music artists Tegan and Sara. The first four episodes of High School will premiere on October 14th, with new episodes available every Friday exclusively […]

August 15, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Amazon Freevee now on Apple devices in UK

Amazon Freevee, formerly IMDb TV, is now available in the UK through the App Store on iPhone and iPad, as well as Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD. Amazon Freevee offers a number of originals including crime drama Bosch: Legacy, home-design series Hollywood Houselift with Jeff Lewis, and the service’s first Original film, Love Accidentally, as well as the upcoming premiere […]

August 11, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Amazon Freevee now on Android TV OS

Amazon Freevee, formerly IMDb TV, is now available on Google TV on Android TV OS devices in the UK, with availability on Android mobile devices coming later this month. The Amazon Freevee app will launch across Google TV and other Android TV OS devices including Sony, Panasonic, Hisense, Phillips, Sharp, Vestel, Nvidia, Xiaomi, TCL and […]

July 5, 2022

FilmRise acquires World’s Most Evil Killers rights

FilmRise, the New York-based film and television studio and streaming network, has acquired all rights to the recently wrapped sixth and upcoming seventh seasons of Woodcut Media’s long-running true crime docuseries World’s Most Evil Killers, represented by Keshet International for world sales. The deal gives FilmRise exclusive digital SVoD, AVoD and FAST rights domestically to […]

June 13, 2022

Amazon Freevee picks up American Rust

Amazon Freevee (formerly IMDb TV) has picked up a second season of American Rust, starring Jeff Daniels and Maura Tierney. The second season of the crime drama will stream exclusively on the Freevee AVoD service after the show’s original home, Showtime, cancelled the series. Based on Philipp Meyer’s acclaimed novel of the same name, the […]

June 10, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Freevee on Apple devices

Amazon Freevee, the AVoD service formerly known as IMDb TV, is now available to watch on Apple TV, iPads and iPhones with the service available via a dedicated app from the App Store. Freevee previously announced that it will grow its Originals slate by 70 per pent in 2022, including the spinoff of the longest-running […]

May 17, 2022

Amazon Freevee announces multiple pickups

At the Amazon presentation at NewFronts, Amazon Freevee (formerly IMDb TV) has announced an increased slate of premium Originals, with multiple pickups of scripted and unscripted content. The free streaming service greenlit a new cooking competition series called America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation, the coming-of-age drama Beyond Black Beauty, the family competition series Play-Doh […]

May 3, 2022