Prime Video has achieved record-breaking international success for two of its recent international Original title launches, with feature films My Fault (Culpa Mía, Spain) and Medellin (Medellín, France) becoming the biggest travelling non-English language local Original titles in the streaming platform’s history. The movies, which launched in the last two weeks in 240 countries and […]
Prime Video has revealed the premiere date for the highly-anticipated book adaptation of new thriller series, Harlan Coben’s Shelter from New York Times best-selling author Harlan Coben. The eight-episode series will premiere globally on August 18th exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide, with new episodes available each Friday, leading up to the season […]
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has announced the first phase of its development project to explore the power of AI solutions in content classification. Driven by the BBFC’s dataset and human insight from over a century of viewing content, and harnessing the power of AWS cloud services that support AI technologies, the project […]
CleverTap, the all-in-one engagement platform, further strengthened its compliance in the EU region, through data centers hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS) an Amazon company. These are aimed at enhancing the protection of personal data belonging to EU residents and citizens. “Whether it be with respect to our core product offerings or compliance with local […]
Datadobi, a specialist in unstructured data management, today announced its StorageMAP Assess solution andStorageMAP Unstructured Data Management software is now available in AWS Marketplace, a digital catalog with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors that make it easy to find, test, buy, and deploy software that runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS). StorageMAP […]
The Covid pandemic was a once in a lifetime stress test for many sectors. No customers on the streets represents the darkest of times for hospitality, retail and live entertainment. For streamers, though, ‘Happy Days’. Time on everyone’s hands and nothing else to spend their money on. The bump to their subscriber numbers and revenues […]
Amazon Freevee has agreed a deal with MGM and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) to add 23 FAST channels to its portfolio. MGM is to launch 12 FAST channels on Freevee, whilst the other 11 will feature WBD content. The new channels joins Freevee’s slate of over 280 FAST channels which can be accessed through the […]
Vevo, the music video network, has announced the launch of their live performance series, Extended Play. The new franchise starts with a series of special live performances from Niall Horan, performing intimate versions of songs from his new album, The Show. Horan previously worked with Vevo in 2019, releasing studio performances of Nice to Meet […]
Roku has expanded its Board of Directors with the election of Jeff Blackburn, who has a background in digital media and entertainment. “Jeff’s extensive experience in digital media and technologies makes him a great addition to our Board of Directors,” said Roku Founder and CEO Anthony Wood. “I look forward to his contributions to Roku […]
Amazon is considering an ad-supported version of its Prime Video streaming service. The company is cutting costs and laying off thousands of employees, but its advertising business is still growing. An ad-supported tier of Prime Video would add to advertising momentum, and help generate more revenue from entertainment. Advertisers are also pushing for more access […]