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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…
Hugh Hefner series set for Amazon
Amazon has given the green light to a new original series about the life of…
Amazon doubling content spend, tripling originals
Amazon is dramatically ramping up its spending on original content, telling investors it will almost…
Universal Channel buys Mr. Robot for UK
UK pay TV net Universal Channel has acquired hot US cable series Mr. Robot. The…
Amazon lines up Japanese originals
Amazon has reportedly launched a slate of Japan-produced original series for its Prime Video service….
Amazon lands AMC’s Preacher
Amazon has picked up buzzy US drama Preacher for its Prime Instant Video service in…
Amazon Direct Video is ‘serious threat’ to Netflix
Amazon’s new video platform could be a “serious threat” to Netflix and other SVOD platforms,…
Amazon prescribes to Doctor Thorne drama
Amazon Prime Instant Video has acquired exclusive US streaming rights to British period drama Doctor…
Over 40% of TV time is now OTT
Video streaming has “fundamentally changed” the TV industry’s competitive landscape, with 42% of TV time…
Amazon takes on Netflix with standalone service
Amazon is going head-to-head with streaming rival Netflix by launching its Prime Video as a…
Napster creator plots premium VOD movie service
The founder of influential music sharing platform Napster is behind a new on-demand service planning…
Amazon to leave Ripper Street
The fifth season of period crime drama Ripper Street will be its last, Amazon Prime…
Amazon ‘eyes Oz SVOD launch’
Amazon could use the launch of its new Top Gear rival motoring show to launch…
Netflix confirms German original
Netflix is following Amazon Prime Instant Video into the German originals market. The US-based streaming…
Amazon bags new Woody Allen movie
Woody Allen’s latest feature film will go out exclusively in North America on Amazon Prime…
Netflix ‘sets first German original’
Netflix’s latest original content play is reportedly the streaming platform’s first German-language drama from an…
SVOD data: Jessica Jones tops High Castle
Netflix action drama Marvel’s Jessica Jones is the most in-demand original streamed series in the…
Hulu ‘could make international return’
American on-demand platform Hulu could make a return to the international market, according to a…
Amazon bags classic X-Files for UK
Amazon Prime Instant Video UK has acquired all nine seasons of the original X-Files series,…
Amazon’s Christmas viewing doubles
Amazon Prime members doubled their total viewing hours of Prime Video titles over the Christmas…
EC plans ‘threaten production, distribution’
Another independent film and television producers body has attacked the European Commission’s Digital Single Market…
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…
Amazon orders David E. Kelley court drama
Amazon Prime Instant Video has ordered a court drama from Ally McBeal creator David E….
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…
Amazon, BBCWW coproduce fashion drama
Amazon Prime Instant Video and BBC Worldwide have greenlit an eight-part fashion-themed drama from UK…
Amazon reaches out to TV scribes
Amazon has launched a new online tool to allow TV scribes to submit projects for…
Research: half of Americans use Netflix
Half of all Americans have used Netflix to stream television series and movies, new research…
‘HBO, Netflix lead Amazon in digital originals’
Demand for key original series from HBO Now and Netflix far out-strips that for Amazon…
Time Warner ‘eyes Hulu stake’
Time Warner could become the latest media giant to invest in American on-demand platform Hulu….
Time Warner may extend SVOD holdback window
Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes has indicated his media giant may begin holding back key…