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MPs to quiz Amazon, Google on connected tech

The UK House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport Committee is to question representatives from Amazon and Google about the future of their smart devices and data protection. The Committee is expected to ask about the level of data collected by devices and cybersecurity, which the Government has said “continues to be an afterthought […]

January 16, 2023By Colin Mann

Forecast: US sports OTT revenues to double by 2027

According to Parks Associates’ research, annual sports OTT subscription revenue in the US was $13.1 billion (€12.2bn) in 2022 and will almost double to approximately $22.6 billion in 2027, a 73 per cent increase over the next five years. The new industry report, OTT & Sports: Services and Strategies for Growth, examines key trends in […]

January 12, 2023By Colin Mann

Prime Video’s Thursday Night Football delivers increased engagement

According to Nielsen Media Research, the inaugural season of Thursday Night Football on Prime Video featured the most streamed NFL contests ever and attracted audiences that were considerably younger, watched more minutes of the game, and commanded higher household incomes than NFL viewers on broadcast and cable platforms. Thursday Night Football finished the season with the […]

January 10, 2023

Icons Unearthed: The Simpsons on Amazon Freevee

Icons Unearthed: The Simpsons will be available to stream exclusively in the UK on AVoD platform Amazon Freevee from January 13th. The six-part series, produced by the Nacelle Company and directed by Brian Volk-Weiss (The Toys That Made Us, Behind the Attraction), will reveal previously unknown and surprising details about the beloved animated series, which is officially […]

January 10, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Prime Video’s The Consultant premieres in Feb

Prime Video has debuted the first-look teaser for the new Christoph Waltz-led series, The Consultant. Prime Video has announced that the series will premiere all eight episodes exclusively on February 24th in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. Based on Bentley Little’s 2015 novel of the same name, the  characters and story in this […]

January 3, 2023By Nik Roseveare

KSI: In Real Life debuts Jan 26 on Prime Video

Prime Video has announced that KSI: In Real Life will launch exclusively on Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories worldwide on January 26th 2023. The trailer can be viewed here. On the eve of the release of his second album one of the world’s most influential young men, YouTube star KSI, is riding […]

December 26, 2022

France: CNC reveals foreign production funding

French public funding body Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC) has announced the extension of its financial support to French and European producers, established in France and working with foreign channels and platforms in genres such as drama, animation, documentary and live shows. As of January 2022, content producers such as Disney, […]

December 20, 2022From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Varun Dhawan to headline Prime Video’s Citadel franchise

Prime Video has confirmed the lead talent of the Indian installment of the Citadel universe, the first of its kind global-event series from Prime Video and the Russo Brothers’ AGBO. The untitled Citadel series based out of India will be led by renowned creator duo Raj & DK (Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK), who are […]

December 20, 2022

Report: Amazon Fire TV most impacted by sideloaded apps

Pixalate, the fraud protection, privacy and compliance analytics platform for connected TV (CTV) and mobile advertising, has released the Q3 2022 Sideloaded CTV Apps Report. Sideloaded apps are apps that are downloaded and installed on a device but not from the device’s official app store. Pixalate’s study of programmatic advertising on sideloaded apps reveals that […]

December 16, 2022

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power reveals directors for Season 2

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, which has been viewed by more than 100 million people worldwide and has been an unprecedented global success as the top Original series for Prime Video in every region in its first season, has confirmed three directors for the forthcoming second season, currently in production in […]

December 14, 2022