Stream on: Video downloads and subscriptions overtake DVD and Blu-rays for first time

Digital video revenue has overtaken DVD and Blu-ray sales for the first time in the UK.

The rising popularity of online streaming of both films and TV surged in 2016, reveal new figures from the Entertainment Retailers Association. Subscription services … Read More

Amazon invests in wave of Indian original series

Amazon has announced a wave of new Indian originals to go with its expanding global presence.

The streaming service launched around the world earlier this week, bringing Amazon Prime subscribers in India new release Bollywood and regional Indian blockbusters, as … Read More

Amazon Prime Video is now available around the world

Amazon Prime Video is going global today, with the streaming service now available in more than 200 countries around the world.

Customers worldwide can sign-up for a Prime Video membership and enjoy popular new shows, such as The Grand … Read More

Golden Globes 2017: Amazon leads Netflix as Stranger Things duels Game of Thrones

Amazon is leading Netflix in this year’s Golden Globes race, as the streaming service looks to repeat its awards success for a third year running.

Netflix first picked up awards acclaim at the Golden Globes three years ago, when House … Read More

Falling Water to premiere on Amazon on 15th January

Recently, we reported that Amazon was negotiated with USA Network to nab the exclusive UK rights to Falling Water. The good news? It was successful.

All episodes of the drama will premiere on Amazon Prime Video in the UK on … Read More

VOD film review: Chi-Raq

Witty, funny and powerful, Spike Lee’s rallying cry to disarm demands to be seen.Read More

Adam Rose joins Amazon’s pot comedy pilot

Adam Rose will co-star in Amazon’s pilot for its pot comedy series Budding Prospects.

Directed by Bad Santa’s Terry Zwigoff, the series is based on the TC Boyle novel of the same name, following three hapless city boys move from … Read More

Amazon has found its Man in the High Castle

Amazon has officially found its Man in the High Castle.

Despite being the titular character, the mysterious man is absent entirely from the first season of Amazon’s series, which is based on Philip K. Dick’s alt-history novel about life in … Read More

Amazon orders kids originals Bug Diaries and Sigmund and the Sea Monsters

Amazon has ordered two new kids originals series: Bug Diaries and Sigmund and the Sea Monsters.

The Bug Diaries is an animated comedy series for preschoolers based on the books by best-selling author Doreen Cronin and best-selling Illustrator Harry Bliss. … Read More

Kevin Smith drops out of Amazon Buckaroo Banzai series

Kevin Smith has dropped out of Amazon’s Buckaroo Banzai TV series, following a legal challenge from MGM over the rights to make it.

MGM launched a lawsuit against Earl Mac Rauch and Walter Richter, the writer and director of the … Read More