Prime Video has announced the commencement of a series of masterclasses to be held across key film and television institutes in India. These masterclasses are a part of the Letter of Engagement (LoE), signed between Amazon India and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) earlier this year. The collaboration between Amazon and MIB seeks […]
Prime Video has won the top honours at the prestigious Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2023 Awards. Prime Video’s original series, Jubilee, won the coveted Best Series Award, while Vijay Varma bagged the award for Best Actor for his hard-hitting performance in the original series, Dahaad. In addition to this, blockbuster film Sita Ramam, […]
Prime Video is pulling back the curtain on the menacing monsters from Amazon Original series, The Wheel of Time. These fearsome foot soldiers of the Dark One’s army were first introduced in The Eye of the World, the first novel in Robert Jordan’s best-selling Wheel of Time book series. Insatiable and bloodthirsty killing machines who […]
The first two Project Kuiper broadband demo satellites are set to launch in September. The two satellites are very much prototypes and will test orbital frequencies and functionality. “We’ll use findings from the mission to help finalise design, deployment, and operational plans for our commercial satellite system, which will provide reliable, affordable broadband to customers […]
Prime Video will launch historical drama series Those About To Die, from director Roland Emmerich, in 2024 in the UK, Ireland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Turkey, Andorra, Monaco, Luxembourg and Belgium. Inspired by the non-fiction book of the same name by Daniel P. Mannix, the 10-episode series will immerse […]
WildBrain, a specialist in kids’ and family entertainment, is expanding its offering on Amazon’s SVoD services through a trio of new deals with Prime Video for Canada, Australia and New Zealand; Prime Video in Germany; and Amazon Kids+ in the US. Collectively the deals total over 850 episodes, plus movies and specials from WildBrain’s library […]
The new chapter of the hit Australian daily drama Neighbours will premiere exclusively on September 18th on Amazon Freevee. New episodes will be released daily, Monday-Thursday, on Amazon Freevee in the UK and the US. The series will also stream on Prime Video in Canada, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. Australia’s Network 10 […]
The Amazon-funded Project Kuiper mega-constellation of more than 3,000 low Earth orbiting broadband satellites, is promising download speeds of up to 400 Mb/s, significantly ahead of SpaceX’s Starlinks. Amazon has earmarked some $10 billion (€9.24bn) for the scheme. Most Starlink users report download speeds of around 100-150 Mb/s. There is no quoted certainty, but users […]
The Amazon-backed Project Kuiper low Earth orbiting (LEO) broadband satellite system moved a major step closer with the establishment of a satellite processing and test facility in Florida. Kuiper is investing $120 million in a 100,000 sq ft factory which is being built near the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. Kuiper received its FCC licence […]
Comedians Romesh Ranganathan and Tom Davis will provide a uniquely British perspective on the new Prime Video Japanese reboot of physical challenge show Takeshi’s Castle, which launches on August 30th exclusively to Prime members in the UK and Ireland. Davis and Ranganathan will guide viewers through the hilarious, dramatic, and, at times, baffling world of […]