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Prime Video greenlights Burning docu-series

At Prime Video Presents Australia 2021, Amazon Prime Video announced the greenlight of its first Australian Original feature-length documentary made in Australia, titled Burning. From executive producers Cate Blanchett and Eva Orner, who also serves as director, Burning takes an unflinching look at the deadly Australian bushfires between 2019-2020, known as the ‘Black Summer’. The […]

May 19, 2021

Amazon eyes MGM in $9bn deal

Amazon is in talks to buy MGM Studios, one of the world’s oldest production studios, for $9 billion (€7.3bn). A deal would see Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service gain access to a vast back catalogue of iconic content – including the James Bond franchise, the Rocky movies, The Hobbit trilogy and The Handmaid’s Tale TV […]

May 18, 2021

Nine Perfect Strangers heading to Amazon Prime Video

Drama series Nine Perfect Strangers, starring Nicole Kidman and Melissa McCarthy, based on the 2018 novel by Australian author Liane Moriarty and directed and produced by Jonathan Levine, will launch exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in the UK, China other countries outside the US (where it will air on Hulu) later this year. The series […]

May 18, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Crystal Palace docuseries on Amazon Prime Video

The new Crystal Palace Football Club docuseries, When Eagles Dare, will launch exclusively on Amazon Prime Video worldwide on June 4th. When Eagles Dare charts Crystal Palace FC’s remarkable resurgence from financial ruin and administration in 2010, to playing in the 2013 Championship Play-Offs for promotion to the Premier League. The docuseries tells the extraordinary […]

May 6, 2021

Amazon: “Over 175m use Prime Video”

Amazon has reported its Q1 2021 results, as its Prime Video streaming service turns 10 years old. The web giant saw operating income increase to $8.9 billion (€7.3bn) in the first quarter, compared with operating income of $4 billion in Q1 2020. Net income increased to $8.1 billion, compared with net income of $2.5 billion […]

April 30, 2021

Switzerland: Amazon Prime Video app on UPC TV

The Amazon Prime Video app is now available in the app store of UPC TV. Existing Amazon Prime Video customers in Switzerland will incur no additional costs, they can just sign-in through the app or use their existing credentials to start watching content on their UPC TV. For new customers, the first seven days are […]

April 29, 2021

BritBox UK joins Amazon Channels

BritBox UK and Amazon Prime Video have announced that BritBox is now available to Prime members in the UK with an add-on subscription. BritBox UK offers subscribers a collection of British box sets including the likes of Broadchurch, Downton Abbey, Vera, Only Fools and Horses and Love Island. Subscribers will also have access to original, […]

April 27, 2021

Research: Netflix dominates “watch free” searches

Netflix is the UK’s most popular streaming service – that people are hoping to access for free. Research from IVA Advice has revealed the streaming platform receives the most online searches when accompanied by phrases like “free” and “how to get free”. The company accounts for half (50 per cent) of all searches looking for […]

April 23, 2021

Rodrigo Santoro and Álvaro Morte to in Amazon’ Boundless

Amazon Prime Video and RTVE has announced that actors Rodrigo Santoro (Last Call) and Álvaro Morte (Money Heist) will play Magallanes and El Cano in Boundless, an adventure-packed drama series that will bring to television the story of the first sailing trip around of the world ever completed, in the year of the fifth centenary […]

April 22, 2021

Amazon’s Solos premieres May 21st

Amazon Prime Video has announced that its Amazon Original anthology series Solos, created by David Weil and starring Academy Award-winning actors Morgan Freeman, Anne Hathaway and Helen Mirren, Emmy Award-winning actor Uzo Aduba, Nicole Beharie, Anthony Mackie, Dan Stevens and Constance Wu will launch on May 21st exclusively on Prime Video. The seven-part anthology series […]

April 20, 2021