Nitesh Kripalani


Turner India & Amazon reach kids licensing deal

Turner India and Amazon Prime Video have paired to bring a range of Cartoon Network shows to the latter’s Indian SVOD service. The content licensing deal will see Ben 10, Grim Adventures of Billy Mandy, Johnny Bravo (pictured), Powerpuff Girls, Dexter’s Laboratory and more play on Amazon Prime Video India under the ‘Kids and Family TV’ section. Amazon said in a […]

BBCWW strikes 600-hour Amazon India deal

BBC Worldwide has shopped a huge package of BBC content to Amazon for its recently-launched Prime streaming service in India. The programming is in the popular factual and preschool kids categories. Several kids shows will be heading into the Indian market for the first time under the terms of the deal, including CBeebies’ Clangers, Dinopaws […]

Amazon brings British Bear Hunt toon to US

Amazon Prime Video has acquired exclusive US streaming rights to British animated special We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. The 25-minute film aired on UK terrestrial Channel 4 on Christmas Eve (December 24) last year and attracted eight million views – the network’s highest-rated programme of 2016. The Michael Rosen- and Helen Oxenbury-created toon, which […]

Left Bank lands Amazon Indian original

Amazon has ordered an original drama pilot for its soon-to-launch Indian service, with Slumdog Millionaire and 24 star Anil Kapoor on board. The series will be based upon the Michael Faber novel The Book of Strange New Things and will be produced by Sony’s UK-based prodco Left Bank Pictures (The Crown). Kevin MacDonald (The Last King […]

Amazon snags local content ahead of India launch

Amazon has inked another deal for streaming rights to local movies ahead of its launch in India. The e-commerce giant is about to debut Prime Video service in the country as part of a wider international rollout of the SVOD service, and has been striking local movie deals ahead of launch. The latest agreement is […]