Mike Hopkins is departing Sony Pictures later this month to take on a new role overseeing Amazon’s video entertainment businesses, including Prime Video and Amazon Studios, reporting directly to Amazon Chairman and CEO Jeff Bezos.
Read More »Amazon Reveals Most-Binged Prime Original Series
Amazon has released some insights into what Prime Video members have been streaming, revealing Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan as one of its two most-binged original series.
Read More »Ampere: Netflix Leads FAANGs in Original Content Creation
New analysis by Ampere examines the original commissions coming from the FAANGs (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google), led by Netflix with its original sci-fi and comedy series.
Read More »Amazon Sets Premiere for Podcast-Inspired Lore
Amazon Confirms NFL Streaming Pact
Amazon Prime is set to deliver a live OTT digital stream of Thursday Night Football following an agreement with the National Football League (NFL).
Read More »Amazon Unveils Projects Featuring Tony Shalhoub, Anil Kapoor & Others
SEATTLE: Amazon has revealed the lineup for its spring 2017 pilot season, which includes The Legend of Master Legend, from Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue (Transparent).
Read More »Video Interview with Fleabag’s Lydia Hampson
NEW YORK: Lydia Hampson, producer of Fleabag, sat down with World Screen Newsflash’s Anna Carugati to discuss the critically acclaimed six-part scripted show, which is part of the all3media International catalog.
Read More »Study: Netflix & Amazon to See Revenues More Than Double
New data from Juniper Research has found that revenues from SVOD services such as Netflix and Amazon are set to more than double from $14.6 billion this year to $34.6 billion in 2021. Juniper’s latest report, Digital TV & Video: Network and OTT Strategies 2016-2021, found that SVOD providers can expect to see substantial returns on their expansion and growth strategies, as more countries and markets move to this method of video consumption, in a continual move away from linear, scheduled TV.
Read More »Jill Soloway Project Among Amazon’s Comedy Pilot Season Lineup
SEATTLE: Amazon has unveiled the lineup for its 2016 comedy pilot season, which includes projects from creators such as Jill Soloway (Transparent) and features such on-screen talent as Kevin Bacon and Jean-Claude Van Damme.
Read More »GfK: Netflix & Amazon Should Consider Ads vs. Fee Hikes
Following its latest study, GfK suggests that commercial-free streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon may need to consider accepting advertising as an alternative to raising their subscription fees in order to achieve revenue and profit growth.
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