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Original Tastemade content for Prime Video, Amazon Freevee

Amazon MGM Studios and Tastemade have announced a first-look deal to produce unscripted lifestyle content. As part of the partnership, Amazon MGM Studios and Tastemade will bring 15 new shows to Prime Video and Amazon Freevee audiences over the next few years. Dish It Out will be the first unscripted series on the roster, hosted […]

January 17, 2024

Giannis: The Marvelous Journey on Prime Video in Feb

Prime Video has announced the upcoming release of Giannis: The Marvelous Journey, a feature-length documentary that chronicles the odyssey of NBA mega-star Giannis Antetokounmpo from an impoverished childhood in Greece as the son of Nigerian immigrants to the very top of the basketball world. The documentary will premiere February 19th exclusively on Prime Video in more […]

January 16, 2024

Shtisel on Prime Video US

yes Studios has announced that Shtisel, the multi-award-winning drama that helped launch the international careers of Shira Haas and Michael Aloni, is being made available on Prime Video in the US. The deal is for all three seasons (33 x 45’), with season one debuting on the platform on January 16th. This news comes on […]

January 15, 2024

Research: SVoD demand high despite password crackdown

As the new year begins, many households will be looking to ‘declutter’ their direct debits of unwanted outgoings, but research from subscription management platform Zuora shows that home entertainment subscriptions are the least likely to be cancelled. In fact, only 7 per cent of respondents claimed to have cancelled their streaming subscriptions in the past […]

January 10, 2024

New Judy Justice on Amazon Freevee, Prime Video

Amazon Freevee has announced the third season of court programme Judy Justice will debut on both Amazon Freevee and Prime Video in the US, UK, and DE on January 22nd with three new episodes. A new episode wil; then be released every weekday until April 5th, with a second instalment of episodes coming later this […]

January 10, 2024

Prime Video Matter Casting to devices

At CES, Amazon announced that Matter Casting support is coming to its Prime Video app so users can cast content to Amazon hardware devices. The feature is available now for the Echo Show 15 — Amazon’s largest smart display that’s also a Fire TV — and Amazon says support is coming soon to Fire TVs, […]

January 9, 2024

Paramount+ Essential on Prime Video Channels US

The Paramount+ Essential plan is now available as an add-on subscription via Prime Video Channels in the US. For $5.99 per month, Prime members can access the ad-supported offering from Paramount+ that includes thousands of original series and movies such as Lawmen: Bass Reeves, Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie and Frasier, along with live sports […]

January 9, 2024

Prime Video orders Criminal to series

Prime Video has ordered Criminal to series. Criminal is an interlocking universe of crime stories based on the multi-Eisner Award-winning graphic novel series created by Ed Brubaker (Westworld, Batman: Caped Crusader) and Sean Phillips, who are both set as executive producers for the series. Brubaker, who wrote the graphic novel and the pilot script, will […]

January 9, 2024

Helfand to lead Prime Video Advertising

Amazon has appointed Jeremy Helfand, the former EVP of advertising and data platforms for Disney entertainment and ESPN technology, to serve as the Vice President Head of Advertising for Prime Video. Writing on LinkedIn, Helfand said: “I joined Hulu in 2018 to jump into the then emerging streaming TV revolution, and what an incredible ride […]

January 5, 2024

Data: Saltburn tracks see Vevo uplift

Following the debut of the Saltburn movie on Prime Video, the music video to Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Murder on the Dancefloor (featured in the movie’s final scene) saw a 541 per cent surge in views in the UK, global music video network Vevo has reported. This equates to nearly 6.5x its average daily views. This spike […]

January 5, 2024