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Amazon releases Transparent Season 2 trailer
November 10, 2015 | David Farnor
Amazon has released the first teaser trailer for Transparent Season 2.
The Golden Globe-winning series, which was ranked the best TV show of 2014 by yours truly, will return in December for another bout of soul-searching, as the Pfefferman family … Read More
Amazon Video now available on Roku UK
November 10, 2015 | David FarnorAmazon Prime Video is finally available on Roku UK.
The subscription service, which rebranded from LOVEFiLM Instant in 2014, has established itself as a major contender on the streaming scene with a host of major deals. Agreements with Warner … Read More
Amazon acquires Nicolas Winding Refn’s The Neon Demon
November 9, 2015 | David Farnor
Amazon has acquired the exclusive rights to Nicolas Winding Refn’s The Neon Demon.
The streaming site has long faced the tough task of establishing itself as a rival to Netflix, but Amazon has wasted no time in snapping up high-profile … Read More
Amazon’s autumn pilot season is here
November 5, 2015 | David Farnor
Amazon’s autumn pilot season is here and it boasts a host of familiar faces, from 24’s Mary Lynn Rajskub and Christina Ricci to David Strathairn and Shaquille O’Neal.
The pilot episodes, which range from period biopic to a Shane Black … Read More
Amazon releases trailer for Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq
November 4, 2015 | David Farnor
Amazon has released the trailer for Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq.
The first Amazon original movie is a serious statement from both the streaming service and Lee, whose film is a modern adaptation of the Greek play Lysistrata, by Aristophanes. Teyonah Paris … Read More
Amazon UK extends eOne deal to acquire Trumbo, Spotlight and more
November 3, 2015 | David Farnor
Amazon has extended its deal with eOne to secure the exclusive rights to a range of new films for Prime Video in the UK.
Entertainment One has long had a good relationship with Amazon. The Homesman will be the latest … Read More
Amazon lands exclusive UK TV rights to Lucifer
October 28, 2015 | David Farnor
Amazon has landed the exclusive UK rights to Lucifer.
The FOX TV series, which premieres in the US next year, will skip linear UK TV channels altogether and air exclusively on Amazon Prime Video within a short period of its … Read More
Amazon acquires exclusive UK rights to AMC’s Into the Badlands
October 23, 2015 | David Farnor
Amazon has acquired the exclusive UK rights to AMC’s Into the Badlands.
The genre-bending martial arts series, loosely based on the Chinese tale Journey to the West, is set in “a devastated future world controlled by powerful feudal baron”, where … Read More
Amazon to release first two episodes of The Man in the High Castle for free this weekend
October 22, 2015 | David Farnor
Amazon is releasing the first two episodes of The Man in the High Castle for free this weekend.
The show, produced by Ridley Scott, is based on Philip K. Dick’s Hugo Award-winning 1962 novel and poses a disturbing question: what … Read More
Extant cancelled by CBS, as ratings trump streaming deals
October 13, 2015 | David Farnor
Extant has been cancelled by CBS after two seasons.
The CBS sci-fi show, about an astronaut (Halle Berry) who returned from an isolated period in space impregnated by aliens, debuted with a healthy 9.58 million viewers back in 2014. CBS, … Read More
