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Left Bank lands Amazon Indian original

Amazon has ordered an original drama pilot for its soon-to-launch Indian service, with Slumdog Millionaire…

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Hugh Hefner series set for Amazon

Amazon has given the green light to a new original series about the life of…

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Amazon doubling content spend, tripling originals

Amazon is dramatically ramping up its spending on original content, telling investors it will almost…

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Universal Channel buys Mr. Robot for UK

UK pay TV net Universal Channel has acquired hot US cable series Mr. Robot. The…

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Amazon lines up Japanese originals

Amazon has reportedly launched a slate of Japan-produced original series for its Prime Video service….

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Amazon lands AMC’s Preacher

Amazon has picked up buzzy US drama Preacher for its Prime Instant Video service in…

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Amazon Direct Video is ‘serious threat’ to Netflix

Amazon’s new video platform could be a “serious threat” to Netflix and other SVOD platforms,…

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Amazon prescribes to Doctor Thorne drama

Amazon Prime Instant Video has acquired exclusive US streaming rights to British period drama Doctor…

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Over 40% of TV time is now OTT

Video streaming has “fundamentally changed” the TV industry’s competitive landscape, with 42% of TV time…

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Amazon takes on Netflix with standalone service

Amazon is going head-to-head with streaming rival Netflix by launching its Prime Video as a…

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Napster creator plots premium VOD movie service

The founder of influential music sharing platform Napster is behind a new on-demand service planning…

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Amazon to leave Ripper Street

The fifth season of period crime drama Ripper Street will be its last, Amazon Prime…

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Amazon ‘eyes Oz SVOD launch’

Amazon could use the launch of its new Top Gear rival motoring show to launch…

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Netflix confirms German original

Netflix is following Amazon Prime Instant Video into the German originals market. The US-based streaming…

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Amazon bags new Woody Allen movie

Woody Allen’s latest feature film will go out exclusively in North America on Amazon Prime…

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Netflix ‘sets first German original’

Netflix’s latest original content play is reportedly the streaming platform’s first German-language drama from an…

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SVOD data: Jessica Jones tops High Castle

Netflix action drama Marvel’s Jessica Jones is the most in-demand original streamed series in the…

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Hulu ‘could make international return’

American on-demand platform Hulu could make a return to the international market, according to a…

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Amazon bags classic X-Files for UK

Amazon Prime Instant Video UK has acquired all nine seasons of the original X-Files series,…

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Amazon’s Christmas viewing doubles

Amazon Prime members doubled their total viewing hours of Prime Video titles over the Christmas…

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EC plans ‘threaten production, distribution’

Another independent film and television producers body has attacked the European Commission’s Digital Single Market…

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UK TV viewers are most ‘tech-savvy’

Some 70% of UK adults will watch TV using free-to-air, catch-up services like the BBC…

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Amazon orders David E. Kelley court drama

Amazon Prime Instant Video has ordered a court drama from Ally McBeal creator David E….

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Virgin UK captures Ash Vs Evil Dead exclusive

Virgin Media has acquired first-run rights to comedy-drama Ash Vs Evil Dead, a move that…

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Amazon, BBCWW coproduce fashion drama

Amazon Prime Instant Video and BBC Worldwide have greenlit an eight-part fashion-themed drama from UK…

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Amazon reaches out to TV scribes

Amazon has launched a new online tool to allow TV scribes to submit projects for…

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Research: half of Americans use Netflix

Half of all Americans have used Netflix to stream television series and movies, new research…

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‘HBO, Netflix lead Amazon in digital originals’

Demand for key original series from HBO Now and Netflix far out-strips that for Amazon…

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Time Warner ‘eyes Hulu stake’

Time Warner could become the latest media giant to invest in American on-demand platform Hulu….

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Time Warner may extend SVOD holdback window

Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes has indicated his media giant may begin holding back key…