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The Baxters coming to Prime Video

Prime Video has acquired the family drama series The Baxters from LightWorkers Media. The series stars and is executive produced by actress, producer, and best-selling author Roma Downey as the family matriarch, Elizabeth Baxter. Also starring is Ted McGinley as John Baxter. The Baxters is slated to stream spring 2024 exclusively on Prime Video in […]

January 26, 2024

Ateliere signs collaboration agreement with AWS

Ateliere Creative Technologies, a developer of cloud-native media supply chain solutions, has announced a five-year Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS). This collaboration can redefine media production and distribution, offering innovative cloud-based solutions for the media and entertainment industry from the initial stages of capture via the business-to-business (B2B) supply chain right […]

January 25, 2024

Live action【OSHI NO KO】coming to Prime Video

Prime Video will exclusively premiere a live-action drama series adaptation of【OSHI NO KO】, worldwide in winter of 2024. Produced by Toei Company,【OSHI NO KO】 is one of the biggest manga series to be adapted as a drama series and a movie. Exclusive worldwide streaming will be launched on Prime Video and the film will be […]

January 24, 2024

Forecast: Content spend to grow 2% in 2024

In 2024, Ampere Analysis forecasts global content spend will increase by 2 per cent year-on-year, following a plateau in content investment growth in 2023. Last year was predicted to deliver comparable growth, but WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike action led to a two percentage point decline relative to original expectations. In 2024, broadcasters’ and streaming services’ […]

January 23, 2024By Colin Mann

MGM Alternative, Global Esports Federation content deal

MGM Alternative, a division of Amazon MGM Studios, and the Global Esports Federation (GEF) ahve announced a deal to create content surrounding the Global Esports Games, Ssports athletes, and the gaming lifestyle. In collaboration, MGM Alternative, which produces The Voice, Shark Tank and Survivor, and GEF, which promotes the eSports globally, will work to develop […]

January 22, 2024

Amazon rescues Diamond Sports

Amazon is taking a 15 per cent stake in Diamond Sports Group that owns television networks broadcasting league sports in some of the US’s biggest markets, expanding its footprint of live games into regional networks that carry NBA, NHL and MLB games. Amazon has agreed a $115 million (€105.9m) minority investment in the largest operator […]

January 18, 2024

Report: Brands face marketing challenges in an AI world

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 […]

January 17, 2024

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