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HBO Max on Prime Video US

Warner Bros Discovery and Amazon today announced that HBO Max is once again available on Prime Video Channels in the US. Prime customers can sign up for HBO Max for $14.99 per month. Subscribers will have access to 15,000 hours of curated premium content. Additionally, subscribers will have access to the expanded content offering that will […]

December 6, 2022

Prime subs overtake Netflix in US

Parks Associates has released its updated list of the top 10 US subscription OTT video services, based on estimated numbers of subscribers through September 2022 from the firm’s OTT Video Market Tracker. The research firm reports that 83 per cent of broadband households have at least one OTT service, with 23 per cent adopting nine […]

December 5, 2022

Prime Video reveals casting for The Boys Season 4

Prime Video has announced the casting of Rosemarie Dewitt (portraying “Hughie’s Mom”), Rob Benedict, Elliot Knight, and the return of Simon Pegg (portraying “Hughie’s Dad”) in season 4 of The Boys! Previously announced were Susan Heyward (portraying “Sister Sage”), Valorie Curry (portraying “Firecracker”), Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Cameron Crovetti (promoted to series regular and returning […]

December 2, 2022

Prime Video’s The Rings of Power announces new cast members

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has announced seven new recurring cast members for the forthcoming second season, currently in production in the UK. “Since its premiere, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has been bringing audiences together to experience the magic and wonder of J.R.R. Tolkien’s magnificent Middle-earth. […]

December 1, 2022

Perfect Addiction exclusively on Prime Video Internationally

Prime Video will launch Perfect Addiction, the new movie, based on the hit ‘Perfect Addiction’ web-novel from Wattpad and new adult romance writer Claudia Tan. The movie will be available to Prime Video members across Europe (excluding Germany/Switzerland/Austria), Latin America and the Caribbean, Australia/New Zealand, Africa, and Southeast Asia in spring 2023. Perfect Addiction is […]

November 30, 2022

Analysis: Many SVoD Originals based on pre-existing IP

Commissions based on adaptations, franchises and other forms of pre-existing Intellectual Property (IP) accounted for 64 per cent of leading global SVoD platforms’ slate of new Scripted Originals in the US in the first half of 2022, according to Ampere Analysis’s How original are SVoD Originals report? Including Unscripted Originals, the share of IP-based commissions […]

November 28, 2022By Colin Mann

Prime Video orders more of The Devil’s Hour

Prime Video will take viewers into The Devil’s Hour twice more, as the hit UK Original thriller is confirmed to return for a second and third series. Jessica Raine (Patrick Melrose) and Peter Capaldi (Paddington) will reprise their roles as Gideon and Lucy Chambers, alongside Nikesh Patel (Starstruck), Phil Dunster (Ted Lasso), Meera Syal (Yesterday), […]

November 23, 2022

The Making of The Rings of Power on X-Ray

Prime Video has announced that  – The Making of The Rings of Power – a special look at previously unreleased behind-the-scenes content from the record-breaking series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’s eight episodes – is now available exclusively on X-Ray, via a full-screen experience that can be launched anytime while watching […]

November 22, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Prime Video, MGM+ team for live-action Marvel series

MGM+ and Prime Video have ordered a suite of live-action television series based on the Sony Pictures universe of Marvel characters. The first series to be produced under the multi-series agreement is Silk: Spider Society, from Sony Pictures Television. Based on characters created by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos, Silk: Spider Society is inspired by […]

November 18, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Amazon Freevee saves Neighbours

Amazon Freevee and Fremantle have announced that iconic soap opera Neighbours will be returning to TV screens with a new series to begin filming in Australia next year. The continuation of the long-running daily drama – about the lives, loves, and challenges of the residents on Ramsay Street in Erinsborough, a fictional suburb of Melbourne […]

November 17, 2022By Nik Roseveare