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Tulipop Studios grows US and international footprint

Tulipop Studios in-house sales team has secured a raft of new US and international distribution deals for its preschool series Tulipop Tales (52 x 7’) extending the brand’s global reach. New partners include partnerships with Amazon Prime Direct, HappyKids, Kidoodle, Zone·TV, Dreamscape, Cycle Kids and Ketchup TV. While several of the deals cover worldwide distribution, all […]

January 29, 2026

NTT DATA and AWS expand Cloud and AI partnership

NTT DATA, a specialist in AI, digital business and technology services, has announced a multi-year Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help enterprises modernise legacy systems, adopt agentic AI responsibly and scale innovation across industries. Combining NTT DATA’s expertise in cloud transformation, cloud-native modernization and Agentic AI with the scale and […]

January 29, 2026

Forecast: Retailers to control 47% of US TV OS share by 2029

Retailers are forecast to control 47 per cent of the North American TV operating system (OS) market by 2029, up from 27 per cent in 2025, according to Omdia’s TV Design & Features Tracker. The rapid shift underscores how retailers are prioritising e-commerce-driven retail media advertising over traditional TV shipment leadership. This trend was a […]

January 26, 2026

Amazon MGM Studios lays out genre-based restructuring

After joining Amazon MGM in September 2025, Netflix’s US Scripted Series boss Peter Friedlander (pictured) is re-organising the division into genre-specific units: drama & comedy, worldbuilding, animation and unscripted — for both development and current. The TV division had been previously structured around wholly owned series and co-productions. As part of the new arrangement, Laura […]

January 26, 2026

Bank: TeraWave not a direct threat to AST SpaceMobile

A report from analysts at Bank of America looks at the Blue Origin/TeraWave mega-constellation scheme. TeraWave’s constellation will consist of 5,280 LEO satellites and 128 MEO satellites. Deployment is scheduled to begin in Q4 2027. The bank said that TeraWave adds to the long list of planned satellite constellations but is not a direct competitive […]

January 26, 2026

Elle, the Legally Blonde prequel series, premieres in July on Prime Video

Prime Video has announced that Elle, the Legally Blonde prequel series from Hello Sunshine and Amazon MGM Studios, will premiere on July 1st, exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. Ahead of the series’ debut, Prime Video has also confirmed a second season of Elle. In Season One, Elle follows […]

January 22, 2026

Nigeria selects Amazon LEO for broadband by satellite

Nigeria, Africa’s largest telecom market, is opening its skies to more satellite internet providers with Amazon’s Leo securing approval to operate across the country. The decision places Amazon Leo in direct competition with Elon Musk’s Starlink which is already permitted to operate in Nigeria.. The country issued 7-year operation permits to Amazon for its Leo […]

January 21, 2026By Chris Forrester

Bait, starring Riz Ahmed, premieres on Prime Video this March

Prime Video has released a first-look and a preview clip for the upcoming comedy series Bait, starring Riz Ahmed. All six-episodes will be available on March 25th, exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.  Bait stars Ahmed as Shah Latif, a struggling actor, whose last chance to hit it big comes […]

January 20, 2026

AST SpaceMobile, Amazon Leo choose launch partners

AST SpaceMobile’s next BlueBird satellite (#7/FM2) launch will be aboard a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket. There had been speculation that a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket would be used, but it seems that SpaceX will be used for a slightly later Q1 flight and launch in February. The New Glenn launch date will be “no […]

January 19, 2026By Chris Forrester

Prime Video orders Fallout Shelter competition series

Prime Video has ordered Fallout Shelter, a major new unscripted competition series inspired by the celebrated Fallout universe. The 10-episode series will be produced by Studio Lambert (The Traitors, Squid Game: The Challenge) in co-production with Kilter Films (Westworld, Fallout) and in association with Bethesda Game Studios, the team behind the iconic game franchise. Fallout Shelter will […]

January 15, 2026By Nik Roseveare