Amazon unveils most downloaded titles ahead of summer holiday surge

Amazon Prime Video is bracing itself for a summer holiday surge in streaming this weekend, as schools are out for the year and families rush to download series ready for their travels.

Friday 20th July was dubbed Download Day for 2018 by Amazon, … Read More

Streaming services overtake pay TV for first time

Streaming services have overtaken pay TV services in UK living rooms for the first time, new Ofcom research reveals.

There are now more UK subscriptions to Netflix, Amazon and NOW than to traditional pay TV services, the data shows, as … Read More

Amazon Prime Day offers 3-month free trials of Shudder, BFI Player+ and MGM

It’s Monday 16th July, which means one thing if you’re a global retail giant named after a rainforest: it’s Amazon Prime Day.

Amazon’s annual shopping promotion is a self-proclaimed event that sees products across the online store slashed in price … Read More

Netflix leads Emmy nominations for the first time

Netflix is leading the nominations for the 2018 Emmys for the first time. HBO has held the most-nominated crown for 17 years in a row, but this year, Netflix has overtaken the cable network and knocked it off the top … Read More

Sky Cinema to release Amazon’s Life Itself in the UK

Dan Fogelman’s new film Life Itself will be released by Sky Cinema in the UK.

Amazon Studios’ latest original project, the movie is a multi-generational love story, with characters’ lives intersecting over several decades in New York and the Spanish … Read More

Mr. Mercedes Season 2 to premiere on STARZPLAY this August

Mr. Mercedes returns for Season 2 this August, with episodes set to premiere day-and-date in the UK on STARZPLAY.

Based on the best-selling Stephen King novel, and starring Brendan Gleeson and Harry Treadaway (Penny Dreadful), Mr. Mercedes is a thrill … Read More

ITV and Amazon’s Vanity Fair gets a trailer

This year, ITV and Amazon are teaming up to produce a new adaptation of Vanity Fair, starring Olivia Cooke.

The project, which joins Good Omens in Amazon’s slate of co-productions with UK broadcasters, is written by Gwyneth Hughes (Dark Angel, … Read More

Amazon orders three young adult pilots

Amazon is looking to win over new fans while they’re young with an order for three new pilots from young adult series.

Amazon Studios is going through a slight shake-up in its strategy and focus, since the online giant cleared … Read More

Amazon heads to Comic-Con with Jack Ryan, The Expanse, The Tick and Good Omens

Amazon is heading to Comic-Con this summer, with a string of panels for its growing line-up of high-profile originals and an “immersive Jack Ryan fan experience”.

One panel for the comic book and fan convention will feature the creators and … Read More

Amazon unveils trailer for Beautiful Boy

Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell are teaming up for Amazon’s new original film, Beautiful Boy, and a new trailer unveiled this week gives us a first look at the star-studded cast in action.

Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs … Read More