Amazon lines up five new kids’ TV pilots

Amazon has greenlit five new kids’ TV pilots, ranging from a pre-school whodunit to an epic quest to defeat darkness.

Amazon Prime Instant Video has already seen the arrival of three original childrens’ shows through its public voting pilot scheme: … Read More

Breaking Bad is the most streamed programme in the UK

Breaking Bad is the most streamed programme in the UK, according to new research.

The study conducted by GfK is the first real insight we’ve had into subscription VOD trends. Indeed, we’ve written before about the lack of data available … Read More

David Gordon Green talks Amazon’s Red Oaks

David Gordon Green has praised Amazon’s approach to his pilot for Red Oaks – one of the company’s new batch of five TV pilots released on Thursday 28th August.

The sitcom, produced by Steven Soderbergh, is set in a 1980s … Read More

Amazon to air uncut version of BBC’s Ripper Street Season 3

Amazon will air an uncut version of Ripper Street Season 3 ahead of the BBC’s edited broadcast.

Ripper Street was cancelled after its second season, until Amazon announced that it would resurrect the programme alongside the BBC for Prime Instant … Read More

Amazon Prime Instant Video picks up Peppa Pig and more kids TV shows

Amazon Prime Instant Video has picked up Peppa Pig and a load more kids TV shows in a new wave of deals with various distributors.

Amazon’s agreements inked this week include partnerships with Aardman, Hasbro Studios, DHX Media, Entertainment One … Read More

Why Netflix and Amazon are fighting over your kids

From fast food to toys, kids have always been a big target market in this commercial age. Film is no exception: 12A certificate movies accounted for 51.8 per cent of gross UK box office last year in the cinema, as … Read More

1 in 3 Amazon Prime users don’t watch Instant Video

1 in 3 Amazon Prime users do not watch videos, according to a new report from RBC Capital Markets.

The Canadian investment experts conducted a survey (published by TIME) following Amazon’s recently-launched Amazon Prime Music, which in turn followed Amazon … Read More

Extant available to watch online in the UK on Amazon Prime Instant Video

Extant will be available to watch online in the UK on Amazon Prime Instant Video in July.

The TV series, produced by Steven Spielberg, premieres in the US on Wednesday 9th July and will have its UK air date on … Read More

Amazon finalises NBCUniversal deal for Heroes, Battlestar and more

Amazon has finalised a deal with NBCUniversal for shows such as Heroes, Battlestar Galactica and more on Prime Instant Video.

US TV series such as Parks and Recreation, Suits and Grimm have already been added to the streaming service in … Read More

Will Amazon’s Fire TV set top box win the VOD war against Netflix?

Amazon has entered the streaming device market today with the unveiling of Fire TV, a set top box that doubles as both a video player and games console.

There is no UK release date yet for Fire TV, but the … Read More