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Prime Video bringing The Wheel of Time experience to MCM Comic Con

At London’s MCM Comic Con, Prime Video will be hosting an exclusive experience for The Wheel of Time. Running from October 22nd and 24th, visitors to The Wheel of Time experience at London’s MCM will be greeted (virtually) by the cast of the new Amazon Original Series, before sitting down to view never-before-seen scenes from […]

October 21, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Prime Video unveils slate of new sports content

At the Prime Video Presents Sport 2021 showcase in London, Amazon Prime Video unveiled new updates and announcements across its premium live sports, films and TV series, featuring some of the biggest names in UK sport, including Nicola Adams, Thierry Henry and Wayne Rooney. The line-up of on-air talent and key broadcast details for the upcoming […]

October 12, 2021

Report: Prime Video leads Japan SVoD market

Premium video streaming in Japan reached 85 billion minutes during January – August 2021, or 13 per cent of total time spent on video according to the first of a series of quarterly reports from Media Partners Asia (MPA) measuring the Japanese streaming economy. The report, titled Japan Online Video Consumer Insights & Analytics, leverages […]

October 4, 2021

Spain: 58% watch 2+ pay-TV platforms

Some 83.1 per cent of Spaniards have access to pay-TV, up 2.2 per cent in the last quarter, with 58.3 per cent watching at least two different pay-TV platforms, according to a report from consultancy firm Barlovento Comunicación. On average, every Spanish household has access to 2.6 platforms. Netflix leads the market with a 59.9 […]

October 4, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

Guy Ritchie movie to premiere on Prime Video UK

Amazon Prime Video will exclusively premiere Guy Ritchie’s new action film, Wrath of Man, in the UK and Ireland on December 10th. The movie sees the director reunite with Hollywood star Jason Statham for the first time in 15 years. Based on the French film Le Convoyeur, Wrath of Man also features a cast including […]

September 30, 2021By Nik Roseveare

IMDb TV launches in UK

IMDb TV, Amazon’s free streaming service, is now available in the UK. The AVoD service debuts with IMDb TV Originals Luke Bryan: My Dirt Road Diary, Moment of Truth, and Top Class: The Life and Times of the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers, as well as a library of thousands of movies and television shows, including Pulp […]

September 29, 2021By Nik Roseveare

discovery+ on Amazon Prime Video Channels UK

Discovery UK has announced that discovery+, the subscription streaming platform, is now available on Prime Video Channels in the UK. discovery+, which launched in late 2020, went live in the US and Italy earlier this year, and now expands its rollout on Prime Video Channels with this new announcement in the UK. Viewers can engage […]

September 28, 2021

Amazon Studios greenlights The Boys spin-off

As rumoured last year, Amazon Studios has ordered a new spin-off series of The Boys, the Emmy-nominated superhero drama from Sony Pictures Television. Set at America’s only college exclusively for young-adult superheroes (run by Vought International), Amazon says the new show will be “an irreverent, R-rated series that explores the lives of hormonal, competitive Supes […]

September 28, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Prince Charles launches RE:TV on Prime Video

Prince Charles has launched a new channel on Prime Video called branded RE:TV. The channel provides a showcase of the best examples from global business of how to tackle climate change. Covering a range of innovation from recycling coffee, reseeding rainforests, and refining solar to revitalising cities and remodelling fashion, the films focus on positive, […]

September 27, 2021

India: ShortsTV on Amazon Prime Video Channels

ShortsTV, the global short film network, has announced a partnership with Amazon to launch ShortsTV on Amazon Prime Video Channels in India. ShortsTV is already broadcasted in India across major DTH platforms including Tata Sky, Airtel TV, Dish TV and d2h, and, earlier this year, entered India’s OTT world through the Airtel Xstream App, reaching […]

September 24, 2021