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EU takes Spain to court over new TV law

Brussels is taking Spain to the European Court for the delay in the approval of its new TV law that transfers the European directives to tSpanish legislation. Spain failed to meet the September 19th 2020 deadline to integrate the European rules into the Spanish legislation, resulting in Brussels taking the case to Court – seeking […]

May 19, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid

Prime Video invests £1bn in TV, movies, live sport

Prime Video has revealed has invested more than £1 billion in TV, movies, and live sport since 2018. The announcement was made at its UK showcase, Prime Video Presents, where Prime Video UK Head Chris Bird was joined at The Londoner Hotel in Leicester Square by Amazon Studios’ Georgia Brown and Dan Grabiner and a host […]

May 19, 2022Colin Mann @ Prime Video Presents

Mendes fronts Stokes documentary for Prime Video

Prime Video has announced an Original documentary on the life and career of England cricket captain Ben Stokes will launch exclusively on the streaming platform later this year. The announcement was made at the Prime Video Presents Showcase in London, where Stokes spoke to Academy Award-winning director Sam Mendes via a pre-recorded interview to explain […]

May 19, 2022Nik Roseveare @ Prime Video Presents

The Boys Season 3: “Things get deeper and crazier”

At the Prime Video Presents showcase in London’s Leicester Square, the cast of The Boys, along with showrunner Eric Kripke, took to the stage to reveal what viewers can expect from the upcoming third season of the superhero drama, and why they feel the show has become such a huge success. Explaining where Season 3 […]

May 19, 2022By Nik Roseveare

France: Prime Video enhances Roland-Garros coverage

Co-hosting the forthcoming Roland-Garros French open tennis tournament along with France Télévisions, streaming platform Prime Video has confirmed coverage of all the main matches in 4K. This will be complemented with an audio multi-track option that allows the choice of watching a match with or without commentary. This option will be available via the web, […]

May 17, 2022From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Prime Video orders Upload season 3

Following the success of the first two seasons, sci-fi comedy series Upload has been renewed for a third season on Prime Video. Season Two premiered on March 11th, and has remained a Top 10 series on the service ever since. The series also landed on Nielsen’s Top 10 Originals list. Upload is a sci-fi comedy series from Emmy […]

May 16, 2022

Extreme E docu-series for Prime Video UK

The inaugural season of the pioneering Extreme E racing series has been captured in a new docu-series, set for release on Prime Video in the UK and Ireland this summer. Race for the Planet is a five-part series giving audiences a comprehensive look at Extreme E’s 2021 season and the climate change story that underpinned […]

May 12, 2022

ANGA COM readies to open doors

ANGA COM 2022 will kick-off on May 1th with 390 exhibitors from 33 countries on the Cologne fairgrounds. The successful restart of the Exhibition and Conference for Broadband, Television & Online will take place on more than 22,000 sqm of exhibition space until May 12th.According to the event’s slogan ‘Where Broadband meets Content’, ANGA COM […]

May 9, 2022

Report: Ad-spend on SVoD platforms over $369m in Q1

This year, 1.88 billion people around the world will use SVoD services like Netflix, Disney+ and Prime Video. Recently, a number of services – including Netflix – have announced they will likely introduce ad supported options to make up for loss of revenue from dwindling subscriptions. MediaRadar recently reviewed advertising across multiple ad-supported streaming platforms, […]

May 5, 2022

Study: UK needs guidance to optimise streaming spend

In March, Netgem teamed with Point Topic and commissioned an independent firm to conduct a UK survey on TV and streaming habits, ISPs and what channels people were watching. The study suggests that even though bundling of pay-TV is still high at 45 per cent of households, adoption of streaming services is even higher – […]

May 5, 2022