‘American Gods’ To Launch On Amazon Prime In Germany, Austria, UK & Japan
Starz’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed contemporary fantasy novel American Gods will launch exclusively for Amazon Prime members in Germany, Austria, the UK and Japan in 2017. Amazon picked up...
View ArticleAmazon Offers HBO And Cinemax, But At A Full Price
Amazon is famous for offering low — or at least competitive — prices. But that doesn’t seem to apply to today’s announcement that Amazon Prime members can now subscribe to HBO for $14.99 a month, and...
View ArticleFranceTV Opens Feature Sales Unit With ‘The Red Collar’; Finland’s Aito...
FranceTV Distribution, the commercial arm of French national broadcaster France Televisions, is launching a feature sales division. The unit will kick off with The Red Collar, the next film from Les...
View Article‘Catastrophe’ Season 3 Premiere Date & Teaser: Creator-Stars Kick It...
EXCLUSIVE: For those clamoring for more of the intercontinental adventures of Sharon and Rob, take heart: As noted in the promo video above, the third season of the irreverent comedy Catastrophe...
View Article‘All Or Nothing’ Renewed For Season 2 On Amazon; LA Rams Featured
Get ready for more of All or Nothing. Amazon said today that it has ordered a second season of the NFL Films-produced docuseries that will follow the Los Angeles Rams during their inaugural...
View ArticleAmazon Video Direct Takes Film Festival Stars Program To Tribeca Film Festival
Amazon has a deal for Tribeca Film Festival official sections. If they give the e-retailer exclusive subscription VOD rights on its Amazon Video Direct platform, then it will pay them as much as...
View ArticleInjured ‘Grand Tour’ Co-Host Richard Hammond Explains His “Swiss Army Knee”...
Update, With Hammond Message Richard Hammond posted a brief video message today on his Drivetribe channel from his hospital bed in Switzerland, cheerfully thanking the emergency workers who rescued him...
View ArticleWill Amazon’s Deal With Whole Foods Boost Its Media & Retail Ecosystem?
Amazon isn’t just a master at selling stuff. It’s also a shrewd buyer — as its $13.7 billion agreement this morning to acquire Whole Foods demonstrates. Usually, in a big deal like this one, investors...
View ArticleAmazon Seeks $2.8M For Ad Packages With NFL Video Streams: Report
Amazon hopes to make back some of the $50 million it committed to stream 10 Thursday Night Football games this fall by charging advertisers $2.8 million for packages with 30-second spots, Reuters...
View Article‘Grand Tour’s Jeremy Clarkson Out Of Action For “Quite Some Time” With Pneumonia
UPDATE, with Amazon statement: The Grand Tour co-host Jeremy Clarkson has been diagnosed with pneumonia, forcing a break from work for “quite some time.” The former Top Gear star was admitted to a...
View ArticleAmazon Orders Docuseries On University Of Michigan’s 2017 Football Season
Amazon is going deep with an untitled series that will follow the University of Michigan football team and its alumnus-coach Jim Harbaugh throughout the 2017 season. Produced by BTN Originals, the...
View Article‘Lore’ Trailer: First Footage Of Amazon’s Horror Anthology Series Based On...
“Be gone from this house!” We’re getting the first look (if you dare) at footage from Amazon’s new horror anthology series Lore, based on the popular podcast. The six-episode anthology series combines...
View Article‘Good Omens’: Jack Whitehall, Michael McKean, Miranda Richardson & Adria...
Jack Whitehall, Michael McKean, Miranda Richardson and Adria Arjona are aboard for Amazon’s six-part TV adaptation of Good Omens, based on the book by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. Described as...
View Article‘Red Oaks’ Season 3 Trailer: The Kids Are All Grown Up (Join The Club)
It is game-set-match time for Amazon’s Red Oaks, the 1980s country club-set comedy that is launching its third and final season beginning October 20. The renewal gave creators Gregory Jacobs and Joe...
View ArticleAmazon Boards ITV Thriller ‘White Dragon’ From Two Brothers Pictures; Cast Set
Amazon Prime has boarded ITV mystery crime drama White Dragon from Two Brothers Pictures, the maker of ITV/Sundance’s Liar, Cinemax/BBC One’s Rellik and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag. The streaming...
View Article‘The Grand Tour’ Trailer: Clarkson & Hammond Back After Health Issues, Injuries
"It's so good to be back," says Jeremy Clarkson in the trailer for the second season of big-budget motoring series The Grand Tour. The show is returning for its sophomore run on December 8 via Amazon...
View ArticleAmazon Looks To Mount Free, Ad-Supported Version Of Prime: Report
After getting a taste of ad-supported television with this fall’s live streams of Thursday Night Football, complete with commercial time-outs, Amazon has reportedly taken a serious look at a more...
View Article‘Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle’ To Swing In Early For Amazon Prime Members
Amazon Prime members are set for an early call of Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle. Sony’s continuation of the 1995 classic will screen for Prime customers at 7PM local time on December 8, 12 days before...
View Article‘Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle’ Amazon Prime Sneaks Sell Out Grossing Near $2M
EXCLUSIVE: We had been hearing throughout last weekend that Sony’s Dec. 8 sneak of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle drew sold out crowds in north of 1,200 major circuit theaters. And that was no line....
View Article‘Patriot’: Debra Winger Joins Amazon Series As Season 2 Regular
Hey John, your mom is here. Debra Winger has signed for a series-regular role on Season 2 of Amazon Prime’s quirky genre-bending spy dramedy Patriot. The three-time Oscar nominee will play Bernice...
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