Two prototype Amazon Project Kuiper satellites are due for launch today (october 6th), subject to last-minute weather considerations. Project Kuiper will be a direct challenger to Elon Musk’s Starlink. The launch will take place from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on an Atlas V rocket with the launch window opening at 2pm […]
The English Premier League (EPL) is to repackage its UK TV rights with plans to extend the duration of the deal to four years and remove the smaller bunldes of games (such as Amazon’s current deal) in favour of fewer, bigger packages. The UK government allowed the league and its broadcasters to roll over their […]
A new four-part documentary examining the notorious rivalry between British boxing legends Chris Eubank, Nigel Benn, Lennox Lewis and Frank Bruno will launch exclusively on Prime Video in the UK and Ireland in 2024. The documentary, titled Four Kings, follows the meteoric rise of these four men from the same London neighbourhood who heralded a golden […]
Nearly half (46 per cent) of viewers do not believe they are getting good value from major streaming services, with nearly a fifth (19 per cent) saying they could do better, according to a survey by Bitcentral’s ViewNexa, the unified workflow solution. The findings come from the company’s report How to follow the audience: the […]
Following in the footsteps of its rivals such as Netflix and Disney+, Amazon has confimed that it will soon add commercials to its Prime Video streaming service, unless subscribers pay extra for an ad-free tier. In a company statement, Amazon said: “To continue investing in compelling content and keep increasing that investment over a long […]
Amazon has announced a range of updates to its Fire TV family, adding enhanced conversational voice search with generative AI, upgrades to the Fire TV Ambient Experience, and what it calls its “most powerful Fire TV Sticks yet” – the all-new Fire TV Stick 4K Max, now with the Fire TV Ambient Experience, and Fire […]
In time for the 2023 Rugby World Cup, The Brighton Miracle, the dramatised sports film based on the Japanese victory at the 2015 Rugby World Cup, is being released globally for the first time, available now on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, Vimeo and Microsoft Video. The Brighton Miracle tells the story of what is regarded […]
Amazon and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) have signed a UK agreement that will see the recently launched discovery+ Premium (including TNT Sports) plan, available as a new Prime Video Channel. Prime Video UK customers can now access discovery+’s selection of live and on-demand sports and entertainment content, including live Premier League football and every UEFA […]
The cast of Amazon Freevee’s Neighbours came together for the opening of The Neighbours Experience – an immersive set in London – which celebrates the soap’s iconic 38-year history ahead of the series relaunch on Amazon Freevee on September 18th. The cast including Alan Fletcher, Mischa Barton, Rebekah Elmaloglou, Georgie Stone, Tim Kano and Stefan Dennis took part in […]
Recent seasons of iconic children’s series Sesame Street are set to debut on Amazon Kids+. Children in the UK will laugh and learn with eight of the latest seasons of Sesame Street, totalling 280 episodes, produced by nonprofit media and education organisation Sesame Workshop. From October 1st the all-in-one subscription service will be showing seasons […]