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Amazon Prime Instant Video launches with Alpha House promo
Amazon Prime Instant Video will launch under its new brand – replacing Lovefilm – in…
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Amazon cuts UK TV content deal with Warner Bros.
Amazon Prime Instant Video has sealed a deal with Warner Bros. for UK rights to…
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Amazon drops Lovefilm brand for SVoD
Amazon is replicating its US SVoD offering in the UK and Germany, rebranding Lovefilm to…
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Amazon launches second wave of original pilots
Amazon’s production arm Amazon Studios has debuted a host of new original programme pilots spanning…
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OTT and cord shaving ‘not a threat to broadcast model’
The rise of OTT and ‘cord shaving’, cutting down on pay TV services, will not…
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Amazon plans Prime price hike
Amazon said that it is considering upping the price of its Prime subscription service in…
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Lovefilm acquires fresh kids content
Amazon-owned subscription video-on-demand provider Lovefilm has signed new content deals with kids entertainment producers HIT…
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Amazon in talks over online pay TV service
Amazon has reportedly approached a number of large entertainment companies over plans to license live…
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Amazon partners with studios, programmers in 4K push
Amazon has revealed that it is working with major Hollywood studios and TV programmers, including Warner Bros, Lionsgate,…
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Lovefilm agrees exclusive Vikings deal
Amazon’s UK streaming service Lovefilm has bought rights to season two of drama series Vikings. The…
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Amazon makes 4K production commitment
Amazon Studios, the original film and TV production arm of the online shopping giant, has…
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Lovefilm deal could rescue BBC’s Ripper Street from axe
The BBC has confirmed it is looking to revive recently axed period drama Ripper Street…
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Amazon originals yet to make date with Lovefilm
The Amazon original series launching on the Prime Instant in the US still have no…
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Lovefilm launches on iPhone
Amazon-owned subscription video-on-demand service Lovefilm has launched a version of its streaming app for iPhone…
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Amazon commissions first drama pilots
Amazon Studios has greenlit its first two hour-long drama pilots, which will launch on Prime…
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Smart TV owners’ sets now 90% web-connected
Some 90% of US smart-TV owners said that they connect their set to the internet,…
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‘Early days’ for LoveFilm content strategy
Amazon-owned VOD service LoveFilm is looking to up its exclusive content and original show commissions,…
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LoveFilm signs new kids content deal for Marvel Anime series
Amazon-owned video-on-demand service LoveFilm will premier four new animated series in the UK based around…
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Lovefilm launches new app for LG TVs
Amazon-owned Lovefilm has launched an enhanced Lovefilm Instant streaming application on LG Smart TVs in…
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Amazon aiming to step up pilot production
Amazon is looking to up the volume of original productions it takes to pilot by…
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Lovefilm signs exclusive deal for NBC drama Crossing Lines
Amazon-owned video-on-demand service Lovefilm has taken exclusive rights to NBC crime-drama Crossing Lines in the…
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Amazon prepares for internet-streaming STB launch
Amazon is reportedly planning to release a video-streaming set-top box in time for Christmas, going…
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Amazon Instant and Lovefilm to air new comedy pilots
Amazon has greenlit three new half-hour pilot comedy originals for the Amazon Instant Video and…
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Amazon, Xbox cool on Netflix’s binge model
The executives running the content arms of Amazon and Xbox have separately told DTVE’s sister…
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Lovefilm secures Warner Bros deal
Lovefilm has agreed a programming deal with Warner Bros. giving it access to a raft…
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Amazon eyes Russian video streaming
Amazon looks set to launch a video streaming service in Russia, following local reports that…
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Amazon picks up Emmy for video discovery
Amazon Instant video has picked up a 2013 Technology and Engineering Emmy Award for its…
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Rastamouse makes tracks for Lovefilm
Amazon-owned streaming service Lovefilm has acquired a children’s programming package including Rastamouse from NBCUniversal International…
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Lovefilm signs Scripps Networks Interactive deal
Amazon-owned video-on-demand service Lovefilm has signed a deal with Scripps Networks Interactive to offer viewers…
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Lovefilm launches new Wii app
Amazon-owned Lovefilm has launched a new Lovefilm Instant streaming service application on Nintendo’s Wii home…