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Netherlands: Film1 on Amazon Prime Video Channels

Film1 is has announced that Film1 Action, one of the best performing linear channels in the Film1 bouquet, is now available on Amazon Prime Video Channels in the Netherlands. Film1 Action will be included in the Film1 add-on package where Prime members can access a special curation of Hollywood blockbusters, popular movies and now exciting […]

June 18, 2021

Amazon reveals 2021/22 Premier League games

The Premier League has confirmed the fixture rounds for the 2021/22 season and Amazon has revealed the next 20 fixtures to be broadcast on Prime Video this December. Prime Video’s exclusive coverage will feature every Premier League team in two different matches, as they broadcast all games across two fixture rounds, featuring 20 matches in total. […]

June 16, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Paddy Power moves into TV content

Irish bookmaker Paddy Power is moving into longform content by producing its own sitcom to be broadcasted on terrestrial TV and streaming services. Entitled The VAR Room, the four-part series takes a tongue-in-cheek look at what ‘really’ happens behind the scenes at Stockley Park – the home of VAR in England. The series will features a number […]

June 16, 2021By Nik Roseveare

A1 Austria launches Zappware’s advanced TV solution on Fire TV

Austria is a very Amazon-centric country with a high share of subscribers with Amazon Prime Video. Amazon Fire TV sticks belong to the most popular devices used to watch TV in Austria. A1 Austria is now launching their Zappware-powered video service on Fire TV. Johannes Natterer, Head of Residential TV & Services at A1 Telekom […]

June 15, 2021

Cruel Summer on Amazon Prime Video

Amazon has announced that the psychological thriller Cruel Summer, from leading independent studio Entertainment One (eOne) alongside Iron Ocean Productions, will launch exclusively on Prime Video worldwide on August 6th, excluding the US and Canada. The 10-part Amazon Original series is from executive producers Jessica Biel and Michelle Purple (The Sinner), with creator and executive […]

June 9, 2021

Moonbug, Amazon Kids+ production partnership

Moonbug Entertainment, the digital media company, and Amazon Kids+ are working together to create, produce and distribute entertaining and educational content for kids. The first joint project includes an original production of Arpo Robot Babysitter, based on the hit YouTube show Arpo, premiering exclusively on Amazon Kids+, and a new Arpo mobile game. “Our partnership […]

June 4, 2021By Nik Roseveare

FindAnyFilm.com adds Disney+ titles

Online movie search aggregator service FindAnyFilm.com, in cooperation with Disney UK, is integrating Disney+ titles into the listings service, allowing FindAnyFilm users to search Disney content across all formats; from cinema screenings to physical disc, digital transactional and now SVoD. Insight from pro-copyright education body the Industry Trust for IP Awareness, who manage FindAnyFilm.com on […]

June 1, 2021By Colin Mann

Modern Love s2 debuts August 13 on Prime Video

Amazon has announced that Modern Love Season 2 will launch on August 13th exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. Amazon also confirmed the addition of Tobias Menzies (The Crown) and Sophie Okonedo (Ratched) to complete casting for the star-studded second season. They appear in an episode directed by John […]

May 27, 2021

National Theatre productions on Amazon Prime Video

Amazon Prime Video and National Theatre have announced a collaboration which will see four productions filmed by the National Theatre broadcast exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in the UK and Ireland from June 11th. The productions include the National Theatre’s Frankenstein, directed by Academy Award winner Danny Boyle and written by Nick Dear, in which […]

May 25, 2021

Call My Agent! remake on Prime Video UK

Amazon Prime Video will premiere the British remake of acclaimed French series Call My Agent! exclusively in the UK and Ireland. BAFTA award winner John Morton (Twenty Twelve, W1A) is writing and directing the first two episodes and executive producing the series. It will feature cameos from Hollywood stars Kelly Macdonald, Helena Bonham Carter, Jim Broadbent, […]

May 21, 2021