Surf Girls Hawai’i, a four-part docuseries produced by Hello Sunshine in partnership with TOGETHXR, will premiere on July 18th exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. Surf Girls Hawai’i follows the next generation of Native Hawaiian female surfers as they compete to earn a coveted spot on the professional surfing […]
Data from Amazon reveals that it is one of the leading contributors across the breadth of the UK creative industries. Analysis from independent macroeconomic consultancy Capital Economics shows that Amazon’s investments in the creative industries supported more than 16,000 jobs in 2022, ranging from directly employed in-house designers to indirectly employed external producers, and Amazon […]
Streaming accounted for 36.4 per cent of time spent watching TV in the US in May, according to Nielsen’s May 2023 report of The Gauge, the media measurement company’s monthly snapshot of total broadcast, cable and streaming consumption that occurs via television. By comparison, 31.1 per cent of TV viewing was spent watching cable content, […]
Prime Video has achieved record-breaking international success for two of its recent international Original title launches, with feature films My Fault (Culpa Mía, Spain) and Medellin (Medellín, France) becoming the biggest travelling non-English language local Original titles in the streaming platform’s history. The movies, which launched in the last two weeks in 240 countries and […]
Prime Video has revealed the premiere date for the highly-anticipated book adaptation of new thriller series, Harlan Coben’s Shelter from New York Times best-selling author Harlan Coben. The eight-episode series will premiere globally on August 18th exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide, with new episodes available each Friday, leading up to the season […]
Production company marblemedia has started production in Toronto on a new original, single camera teen comedy series, Davey & Jonesie’s Locker (10×30). The series is created by Evany Rosen who also serves as showrunner. The show has been co-commissioned by two of the world’s largest streaming platforms, Prime Video in Canada, Australia and New Zealand […]
Amazon is considering an ad-supported version of its Prime Video streaming service. The company is cutting costs and laying off thousands of employees, but its advertising business is still growing. An ad-supported tier of Prime Video would add to advertising momentum, and help generate more revenue from entertainment. Advertisers are also pushing for more access […]
TVB, the trade association of America’s local broadcast television industry, has published an analysis regarding local TV news and subscription streaming audiences. “In response to industry reports about growing streaming viewership, TVB did an analysis comparing local broadcast TV news audiences in five geographically diverse LPM markets and streaming service viewing in those same markets. […]
Netflix saw a drop of over 13 per cent in subscriber numbers in Portugal during the first four months of 2023 compared to the same period last year, according to Marktest’s BStream study published by Portuguese daily Público. Between November 2022 and February 2023, the drop in subscribers was 4.6 per cent. The negative performance […]
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 […]