Until now Amazon’s OTT service has been available in only a handful of countries, but its new show The Grand Tour, will stream in more than 200 countries around the world, Jeff Bezos said Thursday. Amazon began pursuing the worldwide rights to shows this year, a signal of its expansion plans.
Amazon plans to roll back the primacy of its own brand on its Fire TV devices. Now HBO, Netflix and other competitors will get equal placement on the devices’ home screens, following a similar move by Apple.
Amazon.com is pursuing video rights to a wide range of sports, including the French Open tennis championship and professional rugby, as the company looks for ways to draw new customers to its online TV service, people with knowledge of the matter said.
The first would be $10 a month like its leading competitors and would stream as much as consumers want, anywhere they want it. The second service would go for $4-$5, but the catch is it would be streamable only on Amazon Echo devices.
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Facebook, Amazon, Verizon and Yahoo (at least in a perfunctory gesture) have all submitted bids to the NFL for the rights to stream up to 18 regular season games. Apple, however, doesn’t think the draw is strong enough to set its Apple TV box apart from the rest, and is abstaining.
Subscription streaming services such as Netflix, Hulu and Amazon take up nearly two-thirds of all online viewing, according to a new report. Streaming services have a 65% share of all online video viewing — with video sharing sites like YouTube and Vine at a “surprisingly low” share of 19% of total viewing, according to media researcher RealityMine.
At the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, the big streaming services, not the traditional studios, are driving the deal-making.
Netflix shares performed better than any other company in the S&P 500, with rival Amazon in second place.
The two account for a third of the $535 million in retail spending in November, with Walmart leading at $101 million. Big this year: Social media, especially Instagram. Not so big: Black Friday promotions.
People familiar with the matter say Amazon is exploring the creation of an online pay TV service to complement its existing video offerings and has reached out to major media companies including CBS and NBC about carrying their channels.
CBS and Amazon announced a multi-year agreement today that will give Amazon Prime exclusive streaming rights to three CBS summer shows, like they did with Under the Dome and Extant this past year. A new show called Brain Dead, from creators Michelle and Robert King, will be the first to be available on the video service next summer.
The Seattle e-commerce giant wants to “avoid customer confusion” by directing buyers to other options, including its own Fire TV.
Tech giants including Amazon, Netflix and Google have joined up as the Alliance for Open Media to create a new open source video format. The new format would make it easier to move away from Adobe Flash, would support copy protection and would be suitable for low-power devices.
The nation’s biggest online video distributors would rather the FCC not do them any favors by regulating over-the-top services like it does cable. Representatives from Microsoft, Amazon and Apple, companies that haven’t been regulated by the FCC, have been increasing their face time at the FCC to keep the agency from advancing a proceeding that would regulate some OTT services like facilities-based multichannel video distributors.
Amazon on Thursday launched an advertising platform for mobile app developers wanting to distribute their Android apps through Amazon’s Appstore and Google Play. Advertise Your App with Amazon lets developers promote apps across Amazon’s network through placements on the Amazon Mobile Ad Network to create awareness and drive installations. The ads appear on phone and tablet screens, including the Fire tablet wakescreen.
Frustrated with the Federal Aviation Administration’s slow action on drones, Amazon has made good on its threats to experiment with the technology outside of the U.S. The company is now working out of a secret site in British Columbia, where it is conducting test flights on a tree-lined plot with the blessing of the Canadian government.
After years of battling traditional players in the television business, the big three streaming services must defend against a variety of new offerings.
The Oscar-winning filmmaker will write and direct all of the episodes of the half-hour series. A full season has been ordered for Amazon’s Prime Instant Video, the company announced Tuesday. The series is expected to premiere in 2016.
The Oscar-winning filmmaker will write and direct all of the episodes of the half-hour series. A full season has been ordered for Amazon’s Prime Instant Video, the company announced Tuesday. The series is expected to premiere in 2016.
The Amazon.com original series Transparent picked up two Golden Globe Awards Sunday, beating rivals such as HBO and highlighting the progress the online retailer has made as a player in Hollywood. The awards will likely encourage the Seattle-based e-commerce company and other online entertainment networks to continue investing in original programming.
