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Prime Video bringing The Wheel of Time experience to MCM Comic Con

At London’s MCM Comic Con, Prime Video will be hosting an exclusive experience for The Wheel of Time. Running from October 22nd and 24th, visitors to The Wheel of Time experience at London’s MCM will be greeted (virtually) by the cast of the new Amazon Original Series, before sitting down to view never-before-seen scenes from […]

October 21, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Bank: “Video game spend remains robust”

Media analysts from investment bank Berenberg, ahead of a major Video Gaming Conference they are hosting in November, say that the video game market has pulled back sharply in recent weeks, with the average share in their coverage down 13 per cent in the last month and c20 per cent in the year-to-date. The bank […]

October 19, 2021

Judy Justice exclusively on IMDb TV

IMDb TV has announced that courtroom series Judy Justice will be available to stream from November 9th. New episodes will be released every weekday exclusively on IMDb TV, Amazon’s premium free streaming service. The Honourable Judy Sheindlin, retired judge of the Manhattan Family Court, brings her signature wit, wisdom and unwavering honesty that has made her […]

October 19, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Bank: Streamers winning Hollywood battle

A report from investment bank Morgan Stanley looks at the impact Covid has had on the film industry and with movie-going restarting assesses future industry prospects. But there’s one powerful message from the bank; the streamers are winning. “The movie business is dead, long live the movie business,” says Morgan Stanley. “Since the onset of […]

October 18, 2021By Chris Forrester

Eleven Italy on Amazon Prime Video

Eleven has announced it will now be distributed on Amazon Prime Video in Italy. The deal will see Eleven Italy make the best of its Serie C coverage available through the Amazon Prime Video platform. Ten Serie C games will be offered up every matchday on Amazon in addition to the Serie C play-offs and […]

October 14, 2021

Forecast: Roku remains top US CTV device; Amazon second

In 2021, US Roku monthly users will increase by 11.5 per cent, reaching 111.7 million monthly users, according to eMarketer forecasts. With these figures, Roku will maintains it position as the most-used connected TV (CTV) device in the US market, but Amazon Fire TV is catching up. Roku users now make up a third of the US population. Despite […]

October 12, 2021

Prime Video unveils slate of new sports content

At the Prime Video Presents Sport 2021 showcase in London, Amazon Prime Video unveiled new updates and announcements across its premium live sports, films and TV series, featuring some of the biggest names in UK sport, including Nicola Adams, Thierry Henry and Wayne Rooney. The line-up of on-air talent and key broadcast details for the upcoming […]

October 12, 2021

New Alex Rider on IMDb TV

The second season of Alex Rider will be available to stream on IMDb TV December in the UK and US from December 3rd. Additionally, viewers can now stream the first season of Alex Rider on IMDb TV, Amazon’s free streaming service. Produced by Eleventh Hour Films, Alex Rider is a spy-thriller series based on the […]

October 11, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Eye Networks signs Nordic agreement with Amazon company eero

Norwegian wifi company Eye Networks has signed an agreement with eero, an Amazon company, for the distribution of mesh wifi products and services to Nordic broadband service providers. “This is our biggest distribution agreement to date,” said Jan Pedro Tumusok, CEO of Eye Networks. The eero for Service Providers program combines eero hardware with subscription […]

October 11, 2021

Hispasat to provide satellite capacity in Greenland

Hispasat, the Spanish telecommunications satellite operator, has signed an agreement with Tele Greenland, the national communications company in Greenland, to lease space capacity on the Amazonas Nexus satellite until the end of its lifetime. The agreement will make it possible for Tele Greenland to improve Internet access in all remote towns and villages in North […]

October 8, 2021