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Report: Word of mouth top source for VoD content

Conviva, the intelligence cloud for streaming media, has released its State of Streaming: Content Discovery report for 2021, revealing how consumers find new streaming content to watch. The report showed content streamed for the first time was discovered in four ways: word of mouth (59 per cent), advertising (52 per cent), social media (49 per […]

September 22, 2021

Murphy signs 3 picture and first-look deal with Amazon

Amazon Studios has closed a three-picture and first-look film deal with Academy Award-nominee and Emmy Award-winner Eddie Murphy. The deal follows the success of Coming 2 America on Prime Video. Murphy will now star in three films for Amazon Studios and develop original film projects for Prime Video and Studios with the potential to star. […]

September 22, 2021By Nik Roseveare

After We Fell launches Oct 22 on Prime Video UK

Amazon Prime Video has announced that young-adult romantic drama Amazon Exclusive After We Fell, starring Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin, which will launch on Prime Video in the UK on October 22nd. After We Fell finds Tessa starting an exciting new chapter of her life but as she prepares to move to Seattle for […]

September 22, 2021

Little French Fish to have European premiere on ShortsTV

London-based filmmaker Eva Lanska’s award-winning drama short Little French Fish will have its European premiere on leading short movie entertainment network ShortsTV on September 19th. The film first premiered on ShortsTV in North America on September 9, 2021 on DirecTV, AT&T U-Verse, Google Fiber, Frontier Communications and Hotwire. LittleFrenchFish draws attention to the global stigma against interracial marriages by exploring […]

September 16, 2021

Prime Video reasserts commitment to UK productions

Amazon Studios Head of European Originals, Georgia Brown, and Head of UK Originals, Dan Grabiner, took part in an address on September 14th during which they recommitted Prime Video’s long-term ambitions for making original television in the UK. As part of a Q&A, hosted by comedian Katherine Ryan (due to star in Amazon Original Series Backstage […]

September 14, 2021

Amazon branded TVs unveiled

As heavily rumoured, Amazon has announced an all-new lineup of Fire TV devices with its first-ever Amazon branded smart TVs, the Amazon Fire TV Omni Series and 4-Series smart TVs, and the all-new Fire TV Stick 4K Max. “We’ve reimagined what a TV can do by building it with two of our most popular experiences […]

September 10, 2021By Colin Mann

US Open final highlights on BBC

Following Emma Raducanu’s historic run to the US Open final, the BBC has announced that it has secured the rights to a TV highlights show of the competition. Raducanu, the first British woman in a major singles tennis final in 44 years, will face Leylah Fernandez on September 11th. The game will be availble to […]

September 10, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Prime Video to premiere Your Christmas Or Mine?

Amazon Prime Video has announced the British movie Your Christmas or Mine? will premiere on Prime Video in over 240 territories worldwide in December 2022. The movie, made for Amazon Prime Video by Shiny Button, part of Banijay UK, follows young couple James (Asa Butterfield, Sex Education) and Hayley (Newcomer, Cora Kirk), who, after a […]

September 9, 2021

The Green Knight simultaneous cinema/Amazon UK debut

The Green Knight movie, delayed several times due to the pandemic, has been given a UK premiere date of September 24th when it will become available on Amazon Prime Video and in cinemas simultaneously. From renowned filmmaker David Lowery, the medieval fantasy is based on the timeless Arthurian legend, The Green Knight, and tells the […]

September 8, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Curse of the Chippendale on Prime Video UK

Amazon Prime Video has announced that the Curse of the Chippendales will launch later this year on Prime Video in the UK. The new four-part series from the multiple Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning team at Lightbox, tells a true crime story, rooted in a decade with its own quintessential style and all fuelled by […]

September 7, 2021