Tag: Amazon

Amazon is planning to phase out its free, ad-supported streaming service Freevee, with its original series remaining on Prime Video.

Amazon has completed its acquisition of certain MX Player assets in India, merging the free streaming app with its own Amazon miniTV service.

Amazon's Prime Video is acquiring Bray Film Studios in the U.K., which has been the production home for the second season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Amazon has entered into a strategic deal that delivers Lionsgate and Starz programming to MGM+ customers in the U.K.

Amazon, Disney+, Netflix, Vevo and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) U.K. & Ireland have joined Thinkbox, the marketing body for commercial TV in the U.K. in all its forms, as associate members.

Amazon has revealed that starting in early 2024, Prime Video shows and movies will include limited advertisements, with an ad-free option available at an additional cost.

Mark Burnett, chairman of MGM’s worldwide television group, is exiting the company, which was recently acquired by Amazon for $8.5 billion.

With the official closing of Amazon's acquisition, MGM has joined Prime Video and Amazon Studios in the company's fold.

Kelly Day, formerly the president of streaming at ViacomCBS Networks International, is joining Amazon as VP of Prime Video International.

Amazon has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MGM for a purchase price of $8.45 billion.