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Sven-Goran Eriksson doc coming to Prime Video

Prime Video has announced a documentary about football legend Sven-Goran Eriksson, set to launch on the streaming service in the UK, Ireland and Nordics later this year. Titled Sven, the documentary will follow the highs and lows of the first foreign manager of the England National Team throughout his entire career. Following the rise (and […]

March 14, 2024

Outer Range Season 2 on Prime Video in May

Prime Video has announced that the second season of the genre-bending drama Outer Range will premiere on May 16th. All seven episodes will be dropping at once, exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. Building on Season One’s foundation that set the central mystery in motion, Prime Video teases that […]

March 13, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Boat Rocket sells Beacon 23 to Prime Video, Paramount

Boat Rocker, the independent entertainment company, has announced a raft of international sales of its scripted sci-fi thriller series, Beacon 23, starring Lena Headey and Stephan James, to leading broadcasters and streamers, including Prime Video (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Sub-Saharan Africa) and Paramount (UK and Ireland). Produced and distributed globally by Boat Rocker, the […]

March 13, 2024

Prime Video announces UK original Fear

Prime Video has revealed a new three-part psychological thriller series, Fear, about a family pushed to their absolute limits. Martin Compston (The Rig, Line of Duty) leads the cast, alongside Anjli Mohindra (Vigil, The Lazarus Project), Solly McLeod (Tom Jones, The Dead Don’t Hurt), BAFTA-winning James Cosmo (Jack Ryan, Game of Thrones), Maureen Beattie (Deadwater […]

March 12, 2024

Forecast: LatAm to add 55m SVoD subs

Latin America will have 165 million SVoD subscriptions by 2029, up from 110 million at end-2023, according to the Latin America OTT TV and Video Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. Brazil will provide 59 million SVoD subscriptions by 2029, with Mexico bringing in a further 43 million. Seven US-based platforms (Netflix, Prime […]

March 7, 2024

Fallout series premieres April 11 on Prime Video

Prime Video’s highly anticipated new series, Fallout, will premiere April 11th on the streaming platform, with all eight episodes dropping at once. Set in the future post-apocalyptic Los Angeles and world of Fallout, the series is an original story based on Fallout that will be part of the canon of the games. The series comes […]

March 7, 2024

Fox signs deal for Prime Video’s The 1% Club

Prime Video has announced that stand-up comedian, actor, and writer Patton Oswalt has been named the host of The 1% Club. The series based on the hit international format, produced by BBC Studios Los Angeles Productions and Magnum Media, will premiere on Prime Video in the US and Canada. The 1% Club will also have […]

March 5, 2024

Analysis: US streaming revenues set to pass pay-TV

Research from Ampere Analysis finds that total revenues from streaming (including advertising revenue from hybrid streaming subscription tiers) will overtake revenues from pay-TV subscriptions in the US for the first time in Q3 2024. The new analysis comes from Ampere’s continuously updated Markets Operators data service. Streaming will continue to race ahead as traditional pay-TV […]

February 26, 2024

Prime Video orders The Runarounds series

Prime Video has ordered The Runarounds to series. Produced by Skydance Television and created by Jonas Pate (Outer Banks, Aquarius), with a teleplay from David Wilcox (666 Park Avenue, Fringe), The Runarounds is a fictional YA drama, inspired by the real band of the same name. The new eight-episode series will premiere on Prime Video […]

February 26, 2024

Research: SVoD ad-tiers paying off in US

Following the news that Prime Video is introducing ad-funded content, research from Bango shows that ads are delivering serious gains for streaming and subscription giants. According to the data, the launch of ad-funded tiers has driven more than a third of US subscribers (36 per cent) to upgrade their services. But it’s a risky game […]

February 20, 2024