Amazon Prime Video will lift the lid of one of music’s most magnetic frontmen in Sexual Chocolate: Beneath the Wrapper. The ‘chocu-mentary’ will launch exclusively on Prime Video in the UK this weekend, and explores the vibrant career and enduring appeal of Sexual Chocolate’s iconic lead, Randy Watson, celebrating his musical revolution and his impact […]
Formula 1’s revenues of $485 million (€400m) for Q4 were 7 per cent lower year-on-year, and below market expectations. A report from investment bank Berenberg says that F1’s financial numbers were not a “miss” so much as a reflection of the opacity of Formula 1’s fundamentals during the pandemic. The bank says: “2021 looks set […]
Amazon Prime Video has announced a new UK produced Amazon Original six-part thriller series The Devil’s Hour, produced by Hartswood Films, penned by Tom Moran and executive produced by Steven Moffat (Doctor Who, Dracula, Sherlock), Tom Moran and Sue Vertue (Dracula, Sherlock). Filming will start later this year in the UK and the series will […]
Research from omnichannel sell-side advertising platform Magnite finds almost seven in 10 (69 per cent) UK consumers prefer streaming services to broadcast linear TV (31 per cent). The study, CTV: The Future Forward, identifies
Virgin Media has announced that the latest update in its TV line-up, Virgin TV 360, is now available to all of its customers. Virgin TV 360 offers modern menus, quick navigation and a whole host of popular apps and channels all in one place. This includes Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and BBC iPlayer – all […]
Korean, US and local content form the core of online video content consumption across Southeast Asia, according to a study published by Media Partners Asia (MPA). The report, Southeast Asia Online Video Consumer Insights & Analytics: A Definitive Study, wraps up 2020 with key insight to online video content consumption trends across four Southeast Asian […]
Video streaming platform solution OKAST has been chosen by one of the largest independent German distributors, Kinostar, for an expanded slate of SVoD channels. With a line-up ranging from Hollywood films, Turkish-language blockbusters to European arthouse films, Kinostar releases more than 30 films in theaters in more than 12 European countries, including Germany, the UK, […]
Music streaming service Spotify is adding 85 new international market to its portfolio of coverage. Sweden-based Spotify says the expansion adds 1 billion potential listeners around the world. Currently Spotify claims 343 active users spread over 93 countries. “Together these markets represent more than a billion people, with nearly half of them already using the […]
Amino, the global media and entertainment technology solutions provider, has announced that Amazon has certified the Prime Video application across Amino Amigo 7X and Kamai 7BA Android TV devices. This certification means operators with these devices can enable their Prime Video subscribing customers to access a multitude of titles and Amazon Originals TV series and […]
Ahead of the release of the Amazon Original film Coming 2 America on March 5th, Amazon has made a round-up of iconic films that Eddie Murphy has starred in over an almost four decade-long career, all available to stream on Prime Video. Titles available include 48 HRS and its sequel Another 48 HRS, Beverley Hills […]