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The Grand Tour
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Amazon signs up for Clarkson’s ‘Farm’, ‘Walking Dead’ spin-off
Amazon Prime Video has greenlit eight-part Jeremy Clarkson-fronted series I Bought The Farm (working title)…
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Amazon spent $1.7bn on content in first quarter of 2019
Amazon spent $1.7 billion on video and music content during the first quarter of this…
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Amazon’s global profile sparks Grand Tour format change
Jeremy Clarkson has said that The Grand Tour’s increasingly international profile on Amazon Prime Video has led…
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Amazon replaces Schuster with Castallo for unscripted post
Amazon Studios has named former CBS head of alternative programming Chris Castallo as its new…
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In-demand: UK (June 4-10, 2018)
Record-breaking format Love Island has taken the UK by storm this week becoming the most…
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Amazon to up video spend throughout 2018
Amazon said it plans to increase its spend on video throughout 2018, after the company…
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Leak lays bare Amazon originals effect
The effects of Amazon’s original programming strategy have been laid bare for the first time…
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In-demand chart: Belgium (February 26-March 4, 2018)
Belgium’s week in demand expressions saves the top spots for The Walking Dead, Star Trek:…
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In-demand chart: UK (January 15-21, 2018)
Brit drama Peaky Blinders saw its demand rise significantly in the UK for this week,…
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Amazon reveals subs’ streaming habits
Amazon Prime Video has unveiled a number of “curious facts” and “milestones” related to its…
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TBI’s top ten stories of 2017
In many ways, 2017 was a landmark year for television and the wider world, with…
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In-demand chart: Netherlands (October 23-29, 2017)
Our latest chart throws up a surprise, considering the amount of marketing, social media posts…
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Riggs exits as Schuster rises in Amazon shake-up
Another one bites the dust at Amazon Studios after Conrad Riggs, the company’s head of…
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Grand Tour beats rivals in Europe – again
Jeremy Clarkson petrol-head series The Grand Tour remains the most in-demand digitally produced original programme…
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Making Amazon tick
Amazon’s original content strategy is a risk but could pay off in a big way,…
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In-demand chart: Benelux (July 31-Aug 6, 2017)
In the Benelux region, returning favourites are leading our latest In-demand lists, with digital titles…
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In-demand chart: Ireland (July 17-23 2017)
Ireland’s latest in-demand chart strongly features soon-to-be returning favourites along with popular new shows. The…
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Amazon reveals originals trends in UK
Amazon Prime Video has revealed that Bryan Cranston-created drama Sneaky Pete is its most popular…
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Amazon touts local originals as Inside Edge scores
Amazon’s first original Indian drama, Inside Edge, has quickly become the most watched title on…
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In-demand chart: Germany (July 3-9, 2017)
Germany’s latest demand chart features returning favourites as well as new star players on its…
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Netflix ‘under threat as top VOD net for UK youth’
Netflix remains the most popular service for British children and teenagers, but Amazon Prime Video…
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Grand Tour pushes Netflix from global demand top spot
A non-Netflix show – The Grand Tour – was the most popular digital title in…
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In-demand chart: Austria (April 9 to 15, 2017)
Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why went straight in at number one in the latest in Demand…
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Amazon greenlights McLaren racing series
Amazon Prime Video’s focus on motoring programming has picked up pace with the commission of…
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Amazon Studios, MTG bosses to keynote MIPTV
Amazon Studios content chief Roy Price and MTG president and CEO Jørgen Madsen Lindemann are…
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The Grand Tour drives Amazon above Netflix
New data shows that Amazon has stolen a march on Netflix in the UK and…
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In-demand chart: UK (January 15-21, 2017)
Following a surprisingly inauspicious start, The Grand Tour is now motoring ahead of the competition….
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In-demand chart: Norway (January 1-7, 2017)
Skam was undeniably the most unexpected Norwegian drama series to make international headlines last year….
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TBI Digital: Year in Review
Twenty-sixteen was bookended by subscription VOD services taking their limited offers and launching them globally…
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New launches will drive Amazon’s SVOD share
Netflix will become less dominant in western European SVOD over the next five years as…
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