Amazon Lands Three New CBS Summer Series for Streaming

SEATTLE: Amazon has signed a new multiyear, multi-series agreement that makes Prime Video the exclusive subscription streaming home for three new CBS summer series through 2018. 

The comic thriller Braindead is the first of the new summer series that will be available to Prime members in the U.S. for streaming just four days after its linear broadcast. Amazon is already home to the CBS summer series Under the Dome and Extant. 

Additionally, the pact extends and expands the CBS and Showtime titles available to Prime members, with programs such as Medium, The Tudors, the original Twin Peaks, America's Next Top Model, The Amazing Race and more. CBS films available for Prime members include Inside Llewyn Davis and Pride. 

“Prime members have loved having access to series like Under the Dome and Extant just four days after broadcast, and we’re excited to continue to offer in-season availability of more great CBS summer series over the next three years,” said Brad Beale, Amazon's VP of digital video content acquisition. “We are also always working to ensure our Prime members have the best selection, and we know they will continue to enjoy unlimited access to a wide array of CBS titles to binge watch anytime, anywhere.” 

“We’re thrilled to build on our relationship with Amazon with new original summer series and more programming from CBS and Showtime,” said Scott Koondel, the chief corporate licensing officer at CBS Corporation. “With a truly original, genre-bending concept from outstanding creative auspices, Braindead will be one of the most talked-about shows next summer by CBS viewers and Prime members.”