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Amazon snags HBO shows with exclusive deal
Amazon has struck an exclusive licensing deal with HBO and will carry a raft of…
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Netflix makes UK gains as Amazon’s OTT share dips
Netflix has expanded its share of the UK market in the last six months as…
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Amazon buys Batman series from Warner Bros.
Amazon has picked up UK rights to animated series Beware the Batman. Its UK Prime…
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Amazon and BBC Worldwide cut content deal
Amazon has struck a programming deal with BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the UK…
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Amazon takes on Apple, Roku with Fire TV launch
Amazon has launched its much-anticipated TV streaming device, Amazon Fire TV, taking on the likes…
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Amazon, Netflix sued by ex-content buyer
Amazon and Netflix are being sued for US$1 million-plus by a former employee of both…
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Shine builds digital sales unit with Kerry Ball hire
Shine Group’s sales wing has hired Kerry Ball to lead its digital business development efforts….
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Amazon denies free-streaming service plan
Amazon has denied a Wall Street Journal report claiming it is looking to launch an…
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Orphan Black joins Amazon family
Amazon’s Prime Instant Video service has become the exclusive subscription streaming home of BBC America…
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Amazon rebrands Lovefilm in UK and Germany
Amazon is replicating its SVOD offering in the UK and Germany, rebranding Lovefilm to Prime…
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OTT leads the way on 4K
As if the OTT players weren’t bumping heads with traditional broadcasters enough already, they’ve now…
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Amazon launches second wave of pilots
Amazon’s production arm Amazon Studios has debuted a host of new original programme pilots spanning…
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X Factor ratings, currency issues weigh on Fox results
Poor X Factor ratings, extra programming costs and currency issues in several international markets have…
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Report: Amazon in talks over online pay TV service
Amazon has reportedly approached a number of large entertainment companies over plans to license live…
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Amazon gets on board Barbarella series
Streaming service Amazon has reportedly come on board the Barbarella TV series. The show, from…
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CBS, Amazon score Extant streaming agreement
CBS and Amazon have replicated the deal they struck for Under the Dome and made…
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Amazon partners with studios, programmers in 4K push
Amazon has revealed that it is working with major Hollywood studios and TV programmers, including…
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Lovefilm snags more Vikings
Amazon’s UK streaming service Lovefilm has bought rights to season two of drama series Vikings….
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Analysis: OTT to the rescue…
…or how streaming services are saving TV series and allowing others to get made. Pay…
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Amazon pledges to make all originals in 4K
Amazon Studios, the original film and TV production arm of the online shopping giant, has…
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No confirmed date for Amazon originals outside the US
The Amazon original series launching on the Prime Instant in the US still have no…
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News brief: Amazon adds new movies to streaming service
Amazon has agreed a content deal with A24. It will add movies from the studio…
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Amazon says original series Alpha House wins the weekend
Having launched the first episodes of Alpha House last Friday (November 15), Amazon said its…
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Viacom looks to growth in Europe after difficult 2013
Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman has said that its business in Europe is stabilising after a…
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LoveFilm launches on iPhone
Amazon-owned subscription video-on-demand service LoveFilm has launched a version of its streaming app for iPhone…
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Microsoft announces Xbox One launch partners
Microsoft has announced the “first wave” of launch partners for its new Xbox One games…
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Still ‘early days’ for Lovefilm content strategy
Amazon-owned VOD service Lovefilm is looking to up its exclusive content and original show commissions,…
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Viewpoint: In VOD we trust – how pay TV can combat OTT
In television, as with many other things in life, you have to keep the faith….
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Nielsen says almost 40% of US consumers use Netflix
US research and ratings firm Nielsen says that 38% of Americans now “use or subscribe…
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Tesco’s Blinkbox takes on Lovefilm, Netlflix in autumn offensive
Blinkbox is taking on Netflix and Lovefilm with its biggest ever marketing campaign. The UK…