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Amazon Prime Instant Video
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Account sharing a ‘challenge’ for SVOD
Some 11% of all US broadband households rely exclusively on shared accounts when using subscription…
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Seinfeld SVOD auction ends in Hulu win
Hulu has beaten off stiff competition to acquire US SVOD rights to classic comedy Seinfeld…
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Amazon deal monitor: Prime’s time
Amazon’s initial slate of originals was mostly well received, but failed to set the TV…
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OTT to ‘end broadcast TV as we know it’
The emergence of the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime Instant Video signals “the end…
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Amazon subs ‘more likely to use Netflix’
Amazon Prime subscribers in the US are more likely to use Netflix than Prime Instant…
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OTT subs to hit 100 million this year
The total number of subscribers to online streaming services will pass 100 million on a…
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SVOD battle underway for Seinfeld rights
Various SVOD and digital platforms are battling for rights to iconic US comedy Seinfeld, although…
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US SVOD hits 40%, Amazon gains ground
Four in ten homes in the US have an SVOD service, according to new research…
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HBO launches SVOD Netflix rival
HBO has unveiled HBO Now, its OTT subscription on-demand service that will allow consumers access…
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Worldwide strikes worldwide SVOD deals
BBC Worldwide has struck a raft of deals with digital platforms around the world, shopping…
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Mad Dogs, High Castle go to series on Amazon
Amazon Prime Instant Video has sent a pair of dramas, an unscripted series and two…
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Nintendo scraps European TV plans
Nintendo has cancelled plans to launch its Nintendo TVii service in Europe, citing unexpected challenges…
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Amazon rebooting 70s kids show
Amazon is making a modern-day version of 1970s live-action kids series Sigmund and the Sea…
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The state of the kids VOD industry
Nick Walters, founder and CEO of kids SVOD service Hopster, identifies the trends driving the…
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Amazon causes Catastrophe with SVOD deal
Amazon Prime Instant Video will get exclusive SVOD rights to Channel 4 comedy Catastrophe. Amazon…
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Amazon buys The White Queen
Amazon has taken exclusive US streaming rights to period drama The White Queen. The series…
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Streaming media player ownership to hit 40% in US
Streaming media player penetration is set to reach 40% of US broadband homes by 2017,…
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Online retailer readies Amazon OTT challenger
US-based online retail company Overstock.com has revealed an Amazon Prime Instant Video rival at the…
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Amazon to rival Netflix with original movies
Amazon Studios is to begin to produce and acquire original movies for early window distribution…
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Woody Allen making TV series with Amazon
Amazon has pulled off a coup by signing up director Woody Allen’s first ever television…
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MGM: A lion in the TV jungle
Of all of the Hollywood studios, none has been bought and sold as many times…
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Amazon buys Shaun the Sheep, Ben 10
Amazon Prime Instant Video has acquired exclusive UK streaming rights to Aardman Animation’s stop-motion series…
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Amazon secures long-term AMC drama deal
On-demand platform Amazon Prime Instant Video has secured an exclusive multi-year agreement for original series…
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UK PSB programme spend, viewing figures drop
British public service broadcasting is “performing well” despite falls in both programme spend and viewing,…
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Amazon adds 4K content to Prime Instant Video
Amazon has added 4K, Ultra High-Definition movies and TV shows to its subscription VoD service,…
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Netflix originals viewing on the up, research shows
More than seven out of ten US Netflix viewers have watched “at least some” of…
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Netflix dominates traffic as Amazon ups share
Netflix remains by far the most-used paid-for website in North America during peak hours, while…
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Debut docu-show for Amazon
Amazon Prime Instant Video’s latest pilot season includes the SVOD service’s first docu-series pilot. The…
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Amazon lines up Constantine, Ripper Street slot
Streaming service Amazon Instant Video has acquired US supernatural drama Constantine, and lined up a…
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Amazon extends StudioCanal movie deal
Amazon Prime Instant Video has renewed its movie deal with Europe’s StudioCanal. The multi-year extension…