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Prime Video acquires After We Collided sequels

Amazon Prime Video has announced that the romantic dramas After We Fell and After Ever Happy, starring Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin, will launch exclusively on Prime Video in the UK and France. After We Fell and After Ever Happy are the film adaptations of the best-selling novels from the After franchise by Anna […]

August 4, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Amazon’s Lord of the Rings to debut Sept 2022

The Amazon Original The Lord of the Rings television series will launch on September 2nd 2022 on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide, with new episodes available weekly. Filming of Season One, which consists of eight episodes, concluded this week in New Zealand. Amazon has made a five season production commitment. The […]

August 3, 2021By Nik Roseveare

BET+ on VIZIO SmartCast

VIZIO SmartCast viewers can access the on-demand BET+ streaming service on SmartCast TVs from August 4th. BET+ offers thousands of hours of hit movies, TV shows, stage plays and more from the best Black creators. With new, exclusive originals premiering each month, BET+ offers the best of Black culture with titles like First Wives Club, […]

August 3, 2021

Netherlands: FEAR launches on Amazon

ODMedia, Source 1 Media, and Premiere TV have announced today debut of FEAR, a horror-themed subscription service channel available on Amazon Prime Video, exclusively in the Netherlands. FEAR offers a wide selection of both new and classic horror films from all over the world. Amazon Prime members in the Netherlands can subscribe to the channel […]

August 3, 2021

Peach announces Amazon Sizmek Ad Suite integration

Global video ad management platform Peach has announced an integration with Amazon Advertising’s Sizmek Ad Suite. Through a full Application Programming Interface (API) integration, Peach now enables customers to deliver their ads directly to Sizmek Ad Suite. Supporting brands and agencies, the management platform streamlines the process of managing and delivering digital advertising creative. The […]

August 2, 2021

Amazon’s PSG docu-series debuts Sept 10

Amazon Prime Video has announced hat the four-part Amazon Exclusive docuseries about the Paris Saint-Germain football club, PSG Ô Ville Lumière, 50 Ans De Légende, will be available on Prime Video globally (excluding China and the Middle-East) on September 10th. This four-part docuseries gives fans a look inside the famous Parisian club, following players, coaches […]

July 30, 2021

Research: OTT, pay-TV gap continues to grow

Findings from research firm Parks Associates Video Services Dashboard, part of its Consumer Insights Dashboard service, reveal that 82 per cent of US broadband households subscribe to at least one OTT service, up six points year-over-year, while 58 per cent subscribe to a traditional pay-TV service, down four points year-over-year. “The steady rise in online […]

July 29, 2021

ITV rules out BT Sport acquisition

ITV had declared it is not interested in acquiring a stake in BT Sport – although it is keen to collaborate with the sports broadcaster. “It’s not the kind of acquisition we would do but collaboration, cooperation with BT Sport absolutely,” Carolyn McCall told reporters after the group’s first-half results. When asked separately about Channel […]

July 28, 2021

The Q amps-up comedy quotient

Following the success of BakLol and recognizing the audiences’ burgeoning need for light hearted content, The Q, one of India’s fastest growing Hindi general entertainment channels  further strengthens its content slate with a stellar line up of new age sketch comedies. The channel aims to take the laughter quotient a notch higher with content that […]

July 28, 2021

Delroy Lindo joins cast of Amazon’s Anansi Boys

Amazon Studios has announced that Delroy Lindo will join the cast of the upcoming Amazon Original series Anansi Boys, based on Neil Gaiman’s best-selling novel of the same name. Anansi Boys follows Charlie Nancy, a young man who is used to being embarrassed by his estranged father. But when his father dies, Charlie discovers that his father […]

July 28, 2021