After a challenging 2023, WARC Media predicts global advertising spend will double its growth in 2024 with spend expected to top $1 trillion for the first time. Just five companies – Alibaba, Alphabet, Amazon, Bytedance and Meta – are forecast to attract over half (51.9 per cent) of global advertising spend this year as their […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Vidispine, an Arvato Systems brand, is now offering its VidiNet portfolio on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) marketplace. This step gives AWS customers access to the scalable and cost-transparent portfolio and offers an uncomplicated way to get in touch with the Vidispine team. With the launch of the VidiNet portfolio on the AWS Marketplace, customers […]
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, […]
Panasonic Entertainment & Communication has announced a collaboration with Amazon.com Services which consists of a licence agreement for Fire TV. In a press statement the companies said this collaboration “focuses on delivering optimal high-quality image and sound tailored to each family member’s viewing environment, ensuring a stress-free and seamless experience that aligns with the diversifying […]
Vodafone says it will not support Starlink with the satellite operator’s plans for orbiting ‘direct-to-device’ and cellular connectivity. Starlink last week orbited an initial six satellites capable of direct connection and plans to launch more than 800 extra satellites during 2024. Vodafone has ruled out a partnership with Starlink because it has already signed an […]
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 […]
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 […]