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Prime Video extends NFL push with UK’s Box To Box, orders Derek Haas drama
Amazon’s Prime Video is pushing further into sports with a docuseries from the UK’s Box…
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Prime Video reveals ‘Yakuza: Like A Dragon’ drama as latest video game adaptation
Amazon’s Prime Video has unveiled its latest video game adaptation, with Yakuza: Like A Dragon…
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Amazon orders Waller-Bridge’s ‘Tomb Raider’ & remakes C4 format amid unscripted push
Amazon has made a series order for its Phoebe Waller-Bridge penned adaptation of Tomb Raider…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Unpicking Prime Video’s strategy for ‘Fallout’
Amazon Prime Video’s release of Fallout marked the streamer’s first video game-based TV series. With…
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Prime Video confirms Travis Kelce for ‘Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?’ spin-off
Amazon’s Prime Video has ordered a 20-episode celebrity spin-off from Are You Smarter Than A…
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Amazon rejigs as MGM unscripted & MGM+ exec Chris Brearton exits
Amazon MGM Studios exec Chris Brearton is leaving the company, which is in turn reshuffling…
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Amazon’s MGM+ strikes deal for Lionsgate & Starz shows in UK
Amazon’s streamer MGM+ has picked up rights to Lionsgate and Starz programming in the UK,…
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Prime Video adapts Anne Holt’s ‘1222’ in Nordics with Nordic Drama Queens
Prime Video has ordered an adaptation of Anne Holt’s crime novel 1222 from Fifth Season-backed…
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Fox to share Prime Video show & snags ‘Baywatch’ remake
Fox has struck an innovative deal with Amazon Prime Video to secure rights to the…
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MGM+ names Michael Katzer as head of international
Amazon-owned streamer MGM+ has appointed Michael Katzer to become its head of international. Katzer is…
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WBD networks pick up Prime Video flagship duo ‘Clarkson’s Farm’ & ‘The Grand Tour’
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has picked up two of Amazon Prime Video’s flagship unscripted shows…
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Prime Video to serve Roger Federer tennis doc based on ‘home video’ footage
Amazon streamer Prime Video is expanding its sports output with a new documentary exploring the…
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Amazon Prime Video restructures in Europe & slashes original efforts in Africa
Amazon Prime Video is slashing spending in Africa and the Middle East as part of…
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Amazon’s Jon Wax joins Disney Entertainment to oversee int’l originals
Jon Wax has left Amazon to join Disney Entertainment as EVP of international original television….
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Prime Video partners with Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips to adapt comic series ‘Criminal’
Amazon streamer Prime Video has ordered a series adaptation of Criminal, the graphic novel series…
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Amazon lands Disney exec ahead of Prime Video’s advertising push
Amazon has landed former Disney exec Jeremy Helfand to oversee Prime Video’s advertising push, while…
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News round-up: Amazon exit & orders; NBC renews ‘Found’ & ‘The Irrational’; MGM+ extends ‘Godfather Of Harlem’
Amazon exit & orders CJ Yu has exited as head of unscripted development, global formats,…
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Content London: ‘Clarkson’s Farm’ to return to Prime Video; Sony’s Ahuja talks ‘cooling’ US market; MGM+ unveils roll-out plans
Prime Video’s Clarkson’s Farm to return Prime Video’s Clarkson’s Farm will return for a fourth…
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News round-up: Newen snags Paramount’s ‘Serial Killers’; NPO, Amazon extend Hat Trick deals; FilmRise buys BuzzFeed Studios library
Newen snags Paramount’s Serial Killer’s Wife Newen Connect has acquired distribution rights to Clapperboard Studio’s…
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Amazon Prime Video to introduce advertisements from 2024
Amazon is to introduce advertisements on its Prime Video service from next year, the retail…
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WGA West urges US regulation to halt Disney, Amazon and Netflix’s ‘anti-competitive practices’
The Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) has called on the US government to more…
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Prime Video UK orders comedy-thriller ‘Dead Hot’ from Quay Street Productions
Prime Video in the UK has expanded its scripted offering with a comedy-thriller from Nicola…
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News round-up: Be-Entertainment to shop ‘Swipe Around’; The CW picks up ‘Fantastic Friends’; Campanario & Addiction House strike pact
Be-Entertainment to shop ‘Swipe Around’ Be-Entertainment has acquired the global distribution rights to Swipe Around,…
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Roku adds Amazon’s former global streaming chief Jeff Blackburn to board
Former Amazon exec Jeff Blackburn, who until recently oversaw its streaming and content operations, is…
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Writers unions in UK, Australia & Canada tell members to turn down Hollywood work amid WGA strike
Writers unions in Australia, Canada and the UK have told its members to turn down…
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Amazon supercharges Freevee with Prime Video originals, picks up ‘Mock The Week’ for US
Amazon is aiming to supercharge its Freevee service with 100 Prime Video originals set to…
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Hollywood grinds to a halt as WGA strike after ‘wholly insufficient’ talks with US studios
The US production industry is braced for widespread disruption after The Writers Guild of America’s…
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MGM+ moves forward with ‘Emperor Of Ocean Park’
Amazon-owned streamer MGM+ is moving forward with Emperor Of Ocean Park, an adaptation of Stephen…
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Amazon strikes Lionsgate pact ahead of relaunching MGM streamer in Europe
Amazon is relaunching MGM’s international streaming service across Europe and is stocking it with shows…
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Amazon takes 1999 movie ‘Cruel Intentions’ to series
Amazon has ordered an adaptation of 1999 movie Cruel Intentions. The eight-part series is being…