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Data: Fallout is Prime Video’s biggest premiere

Fallout, Prime Video’s latest big-budget series, premiered on April 11th. Available globally, this creation by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy is inspired by the celebrated Fallout video game series. Fallout draws heavily from Cold War and 80s classics such as Mad Max, The Postman and A Boy and His Dog and is credited by many […]

April 23, 2024

Prime Video renews Gen V for second season

Prime Video has ordered a second season of the hit series Gen V, which comes from the world of The Boys. Gen V, from Amazon MGM Studios and Sony Pictures Television, began its eight-episode freshman season on September 29th, and will conclude with an epic season finale on November 3rd. “Expanding the universe of The Boys with a series […]

October 20, 2023

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

Vodacom South Africa adds Prime Video Mobile Edition

Vodacom South Africa has announced that all new, existing and upgrading customers are now eligible to subscribe to Prime Video or Prime Video Mobile Edition, regardless of price plan, whether prepaid or post-paid. Vodacom is the first telecommunications company in Africa to offer Prime Video Mobile Edition. With Prime Video Mobile Edition, customers benefit from […]

October 12, 2022

Prime Video orders The Boys Season 4

Prime Video has officially ordered a fourth season of its hit superhero series The Boys, co-produced with Sony Pictures Television. The first three episode of The Boys Season 3 debuted on June 3rd with new episodes available each Friday, leading up to the season finale on July 8th. The eight-episode season streams exclusively on Prime Video […]

June 10, 2022By Nik Roseveare

The Boys Season 3: “Things get deeper and crazier”

At the Prime Video Presents showcase in London’s Leicester Square, the cast of The Boys, along with showrunner Eric Kripke, took to the stage to reveal what viewers can expect from the upcoming third season of the superhero drama, and why they feel the show has become such a huge success. Explaining where Season 3 […]

May 19, 2022By Nik Roseveare

The Boys Season 3 on Amazon Prime Video this June

The third season of the Emmy-nominated drama The Boys will debut on Amazon Prime Video on June 3rd. Three new episodes of the US superhero drama will be available to watch at launch with another new episode added every Friday leading up to the season finale on July 8th. The eight-episode season will stream exclusively on Prime […]

January 7, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Amazon Studios greenlights The Boys spin-off

As rumoured last year, Amazon Studios has ordered a new spin-off series of The Boys, the Emmy-nominated superhero drama from Sony Pictures Television. Set at America’s only college exclusively for young-adult superheroes (run by Vought International), Amazon says the new show will be “an irreverent, R-rated series that explores the lives of hormonal, competitive Supes […]

September 28, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Amazon Prime Video adds profile images

Amazon Prime Video has rolled out its newest feature, Amazon Original profile images. Users worldwide can now update their Prime Video profile image to feature a variety of Amazon Original characters, such as Midge from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel to Homelander from The Boys. Available on all devices that support Prime Video, the images can […]

August 20, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Analyst: Piracy threat evolving during lockdown

Content piracy remains a persistent problem for rights holders and content providers to tackle, says Tony Maroulis, Principal Analyst at Ampere Analysis. In a blog post, Maroulis notes that incidence rates of certain forms of pirate service usage, such as torrents and locker sites, have declined over the past three years. “But a combination of […]

March 11, 2021By Colin Mann