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Prime Video reveals cast for Pimpinero: Blood and Oil

Prime Video has released the first look images and cast for Pimpinero: Blood and Oil, directed by the acclaimed filmmaker Andrés Baiz (Griselda, Narcos, The Hidden Face). The film marks Baiz’ triumphant return to the big screen after a successful career directing global series. Pimpinero: Blood and Oil explores the powerful and universal themes of […]

August 13, 2024

Survey: Roku most popular streaming player in US

Parks Associates has released its Tech Ecosystem Dashboard revealing Roku is the most popular brand of streaming media players in the US, followed by Amazon. Parks Associates’ consumer survey of 8,000 internet households reveals 43 per cent of streaming media player (SMP) owners report using Roku the most often. Thirty-five per cent of SMP owners […]

August 2, 2024

Citadel: Honey Bunny on Prime Video in November

Prime Video has announced that Original spy action thriller series, Citadel: Honey Bunny, will debut globally on the streaming platfrom on November 7th. The Indian series, born from the world of Citadel is directed by Raj & DK (Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK) and written by Sita R. Menon, along with Raj & DK. The […]

August 1, 2024

Report: TikTok Top 100 brands garner $11.9bn in EMV in 1 year

TikTok has revealed the top-performing US brands on its platform in a joint report with CreatorIQ – the creator marketing platform. The report leveraged CreatorIQ’s Earned Media Value (EMV) metric to measure and identify the brands generating the most conversation on TikTok. According to CreatorIQ, the TikTok Top 100 brands garnered more than $11.9 billion […]

July 29, 2024

Prime Video enhances streaming experience

Prime Video says it is “bringing clarity and simplicity back to streaming” with improvements to its user experience that will begin to roll out globally with immediate effect, and will become available to all customers in the coming weeks. Updates will enable users to be able to navigate across entertainment with extra ease. With more […]

July 23, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Amazon acquires Hammer horror studio

Amazon’s Prime Video division has acquired Bray Film Studios, the former home of the celebrated Hammer horror series of movies. The iconic studio, siuyated 25 miles from London, is approximately 53,600 square feet and includes five sound stages, 77,400 square feet of workshops, 39,400 square feet of office space, 182,900 square feet of backlot, and […]

July 22, 2024

Prime Video orders Muhammed Ali scripted series

Prime Video has ordered The Greatest, the first authorised scripted series about the life of global icon, boxing champion, and humanitarian Muhammad Ali. The series, which has unprecedented access to the estate of Ali, is produced by Michael B Jordan’s Outlier Society, Ben Watkins’ Blue Monday Productions, Authentic Studios, Roc Nation, Polygram Entertainment, a Universal […]

July 12, 2024

Cross debuts on Prime Video in November

Prime Video has announced that new crime thriller series, Cross, starring Aldis Hodge as Alex Cross, will premiere (with all eight episodes) worldwide in more than 240 countries and territories on November 14th exclusively on the streaming platform. From Paramount Television Studios and Skydance Television, Cross is a complex, twisted, pulse-pounding thriller created by showrunner and […]

July 8, 2024

Canada: PBS Documentaries on Prime Video Channels

PBS Distribution, a distributor of public media content, is launching a new documentary-focused Prime Video Channel in Canada – PBS Documentaries. Like its US counterpart, this subscription-based streaming channel will include thought-provoking documentaries from PBS’s library. Audiences will be able to discover and explore a  collection of documentaries and factual series across all genres, including […]

July 3, 2024

Amazon’s Project Kuiper slips again

Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband-by-satellite system, potentially the main rival to Elon Musk’s Starlink, has again delayed its launch date. Kuiper’s first satellites will not now launch much before the end of the year. The company talks about Q4, but has not given a firm date. Amazon had previously said that its debut satellites would launch […]

June 28, 2024By Chris Forrester