Albert Cheng has been promoted to vice president of Amazon Prime Video US. He previously served as chief operating officer of Amazon Studios. The news came via a staff memo composed by Mike Hopkins, senior vice president of Prime Video and Amazon Studios. Cheng enters the newly created position effective immediately and will report to […]
Amazon has announced that a Blade Runner TV series is in development for its Prime Video streaming service. Ridley Scott, director of the celebrated 1982 Blade Runner movie will return to the sci-fi franchise as executive producer of the series, set to be titled Blade Runner 2099 on account of being set 50 years after […]
Prime Video has announced its programming block and consumer experience for this year’s New York Comic Con. The line-up will feature live, in-person panels from returning fan-favourite series and highly anticipated new series, including The Legend of Vox Machina, Good Omens, The Wheel of Time, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and […]
Kaltura, the Video Experience Cloud, has released a report titled Go With The Stream, a global survey of 200 streaming service provider executives. As the streaming market becomes hyper-competitive and consumers have more options than ever before, the report delves into how streaming providers are adapting to fast-changing technology and consumer expectations. Consumers today are […]
Global streaming services’ share of investments in European original content grew to 16 per cent in 2021, according to a report from the European Audiovisual Observatory. Although Netflix accounted for over half (56 per cent), it was down from 92 per cent two years earlier as other streamers, in particular Prime Video, increased their share. […]
Green Streams, the IPTV and OTT platform, has published its 2022 industry survey for which TV experts, senior managers and C-level executives at European network operators were surveyed over three months earlier this year. The Network Operator TV & Entertainment Report shows that the strategic importance of strong TV and Entertainment products for network operators […]
Amazon has revealed that The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power attracted more than 25 million global viewers on its first day, breaking all previous records, marking the biggest premiere in the history of Prime Video. The series launched exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. “It is somehow fitting that Tolkien’s […]
TV manufacturer Samsung Electronics is collaborating with Prime Video offering fans the opportunity to experience exclusive 8K content from the upcoming The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power series. Before the September 2nd premiere of the much-anticipated series on Prime Video, Tolkien fans and newcomers alike also will have early access to exclusive content […]
Prime Video has announced a new British high school romantic comedy movie, How To Date Billy Walsh. Filming on the production has already begun, and the movie will premiere exclusively on Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories worldwide. The cast features Sebastian Croft (Heartstopper), Charithra Chandran (Bridgerton), and Tanner Buchanan (Cobra Kai). Further […]
Prime Video has revealed further investment into documentary filmmaking with two new UK Original series, The Greatest Show Never Made and Fake Sheikh. Both documentaries will launch on Prime Video in 2023. These new docu-series will sit alongside the chilling Patricia Hall documentary, The Confession, three-part series Three Mothers (working title), and previously announced documentary […]