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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

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