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AT&T scores well for customer satisfaction

When it comes to connectivity, there is no contest: Fibre Internet beats non-fibre service hands down, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Telecommunications Study 2022-2023. The former outpaces the latter by 9 points — 75 to 66 — for customer satisfaction (on a scale of 0 to 100. “Across the entire customer experience, […]

June 7, 2023

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart premires in August on Prime Video

Prime Video has announced that Amazon Original series The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart will launch exclusively on Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories on August 4th. Three episodes will be released at launch, with one episode rolling out weekly until the series finale on September 1st. Based on Holly Ringland’s best-selling debut […]

June 6, 2023

Analyst: “TV Industry consolidation inevitable”

Analysts at SVB MoffettNathanson (MN) recently held their first Media & Internet TMT Conference with a heavyweight portfolio of expert speakers. The consensus was that the broadcasting industry were “relatively optimistic” for advertising demand in the CTV, AVoD and sports-led linear segments. However, speakers were asked about the impact from some network programmers who ‘cheat’ […]

May 31, 2023

India: Animax + GEM on Prime Video Channels

KC Global Media, the Asian entertainment network, and Prime Video, India’s most loved entertainment destination, has announced the launch of Japanese entertainment pack, Animax + GEM on Prime Video Channels in India. Animax + GEM offers customers a selection of popular Japanese anime, drama, and variety programmes with English subtitles from KC Global Media’s linear […]

May 31, 2023

Dish in talks with Amazon over US cellular

Charlie Ergen’s pay-TV business Dish is reportedly in talks with Amazon about using Ergen’s near-nationwide cellular coverage (and Ergen’s ‘Boost’ mobile service). Details about the new plans sold through Amazon’s US website could be announced as soon as June, according to the WSJ. Financial terms of any potential arrangement between Dish and Amazon were not […]

May 30, 2023By Chris Forrester

Amazon Freevee boosts Neighbours library

Amazon Freevee has announced that more celebrated episodes of Neighbours will launch on the streaming service on June 15th. The drop will add 50 more episodes of the Australian soap opera to the existing library, which feature memorable moments from the series’ 38-year run. All episodes from Seasons 2017 and 2018 are also being added […]

May 30, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Sweden: Sandbox Kids on Prime Video Channels

Sandbox Kids, a provider of digital subscription content services for children and families, has launched a local-language preschool entertainment and learning channel in Sweden on Prime Video Channels. Offering young kids Swedish language entertainment, the Hopster channel brings together original productions and licensed family-favourite shows. Its lineup of content includes Octonauts (pictured), Teletubbies, Pingu, Louie […]

May 30, 2023

Amazon Freevee to release cast commentary edition of Jury Duty

Amazon Freevee has announced it will release an exclusive cast commentary edition of the hit docu-style comedy series Jury Duty on June 1st. All eight episodes of the series will include secrets from the jury box, as told by director Jake Szymanski, hero Ronald Gladden, and some of the jurors themselves – James Marsden (as […]

May 30, 2023

Wheel of Time S2 on Prime Video this September

Prime Video has announced that the second season of The Wheel of Time will premiere exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories around the world on September September. Prime subscribers can catch up on the first season of the epic fantasy series streaming now on Prime Video. Based on the best-selling […]

May 24, 2023By Nik Roseveare

UK audio producers call for more BBC competition

AudioUK, the trade body for independent audio production companies, is calling for more of BBC’s radio and audio non-news speech content to be open to competition for external producers. It has made the call in response to the publication of an internal radio and audio speech production review, the result of which is some speech […]

May 23, 2023By Colin Mann