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BritBox to launch on Amazon Prime Video channels

BritBox UK and Amazon Prime Video have announced that BritBox will join Prime Video Channels and be available to Prime members in the UK with an add-on subscription in spring 2021. Prime Video Channels allows Prime members to add-on channel subscriptions through Prime Video for a monthly fee, available individually without the need to sign […]

March 8, 2021

Spain: Virgin 50% off and Amazon free

Euskaltel-owned Virgin Telco has cut its subscription fee by 50 per cent, and is also offering Amazon Prime Video for free to boost subscriptions. The promotion launches just two months before its first anniversary. The platform’s 50 per cent discount will last for 6 months, whilst Prime Video will be free for a year. Virgin […]

March 8, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

Eddie Murphy as King Akeem lands at Trafalgar Square

Today ( March 5th), sees iconic landmarks across Europe taken over by The Kingdom of Zamunda on behalf of Prince Akeem Joffer to celebrate the launch of Coming 2 America on Amazon Prime Video, the sequel to Eddie Murphy’s classic 1988 film, Coming to America. The attractions and buildings, including the National Gallery in London, […]

March 5, 2021

Amazon Prime Video launching Sexual Chocolate: Beneath the Wrapper doc

Amazon Prime Video will lift the lid of one of music’s most magnetic frontmen in Sexual Chocolate: Beneath the Wrapper. The ‘chocu-mentary’ will launch exclusively on Prime Video in the UK this weekend, and explores the vibrant career and enduring appeal of Sexual Chocolate’s iconic lead, Randy Watson, celebrating his musical revolution and his impact […]

March 4, 2021

Amazon announces The Devil’s Hour

Amazon Prime Video has announced a new UK produced Amazon Original six-part thriller series The Devil’s Hour, produced by Hartswood Films, penned by Tom Moran and executive produced by Steven Moffat (Doctor Who, Dracula, Sherlock), Tom Moran and Sue Vertue (Dracula, Sherlock). Filming will start later this year in the UK and the series will […]

March 3, 2021

Amino STBs receive Amazon Prime Certification

Amino, the global media and entertainment technology solutions provider, has announced that Amazon has certified the Prime Video application across Amino Amigo 7X and Kamai 7BA Android TV devices. This certification means operators with these devices can enable their Prime Video subscribing customers to access a multitude of titles and Amazon Originals TV series and […]

February 25, 2021

The Best of Eddie Murphy on Prime Video

Ahead of the release of the Amazon Original film Coming 2 America on March 5th, Amazon has made a round-up of iconic films that Eddie Murphy has starred in over an almost four decade-long career, all available to stream on Prime Video. Titles available include 48 HRS and its sequel Another 48 HRS, Beverley Hills […]

February 25, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Amazon orders All or Nothing: Juventus

Amazon Prime Video and Juventus Football Club have announced a new Italian Amazon Original exclusive behind-the-scenes docu-series, All or Nothing: Juventus, following the team through the current 2020/21 season. The new series will launch exclusively on Prime Video later this year in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. All or Nothing: Juventus will take […]

February 23, 2021By Nik Roseveare

VIS to produce Historias para no Dormir for Amazon and RTVE

VIS, a division of ViacomCBS Networks International, has announced Historias Para No Dormir (Stories To Stay Awake), its new production for Amazon Prime Video and RTVE, commissioned to production company Prointel e Isla Audiovisual, which reboots the iconic horror series by Chicho Ibáñez Serrador. The 4 episodes-series will be directed by Rodrigo Cortés, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, […]

February 16, 2021

Icon Film Channel joining Amazon

Icon Film Distribution is launching its Icon Film Channel on Amazon Prime Video Channels in the UK on March 18th. More than 150 new and classic films will be available to stream, including Drive, Apocalypto, The Mummy (pictured), The Butterfly Effect and The Passion of the Christ, for a monthly subscription fee. Spencer Pollard, CEO […]

February 11, 2021