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By Sean P. Aune | May 17, 2013

Rhett Reese, the writer and producer of Zombieland, took to his Twitter account last night with some bad news for fans of the franchise.…

By Brandon Russell | Apr 24, 2013

Amazon will reportedly introduce its own streaming box that’ll be available in the fall. According to sources speaking with Bloomberg, the company’s plans are to offer a device for your living room that’ll connect directly to Amazon’s warehouse of Instant and on-demand video. As if…

By Sean P. Aune | Apr 19, 2013

Amazon has launched all 14 original pilot episodes it commissioned for users to view and rate to decide which ones will move on to full series productions. The great experiment put on by Amazon to film 14 pilot episodes and post them for customer feedback…

By Brandon Russell | Mar 27, 2013

When Amazon introduced the Kindle Fire HD, the company also unveiled a neat feature called X-Ray for movies that pulls information from IMDB and puts it right onto your screen. And now it’s available for select TV shows. The feature is better than you think.…

By Sean P. Aune | Mar 25, 2013

Amazon has finally announced one of the worst kept secrets around: Zombieland is coming to the company as an original series. Zombieland, based on the 2009 film of the same name, marks the seventh comedy pilot that Amazon has given the greenlight to, and the…

By Sean P. Aune | Mar 6, 2013

Amazon has given the greenlight to its first original children’s series pilot, Sara Solves It. It seems Amazon is wasting no time when it comes to getting its original shows into production. While six pilots are already in the casting phase, Amazon announced last month…

By Sean P. Aune | Feb 26, 2013

Amazon has struck once again and has scooped up the online streaming rights to two hit FX series, The Shield and Justified. It appears that Amazon is going a different route than say Netflix and instead of trying to secure the entire catalog of a…

By Sean P. Aune | Feb 13, 2013

Amazon and CBS announced today that the two companies will be expanding the existing relationship to encompass more content on Amazon’s streaming service. Following up news earlier in the week that Amazon would be the exclusive streaming home for the upcoming CBS mini-series Under the…

By Sean P. Aune | Feb 11, 2013

Amazon has announced that it will be the exclusive streaming and download provider for the upcoming Stephen King television series, Under the Dome. In a bold move by Amazon, it has secured exclusive online video rights from CBS to the upcoming Under the Dome mini-series based…

By Sean P. Aune | Feb 10, 2013

It appears that Amazon isn’t going to be pulling any punches with making the slew of upcoming pilots as appealing as possible to viewers. Amazon is sparing no expense when it comes to casting its upcoming comedy pilots. John Goodman, known for a slew of…

By Sean P. Aune | Feb 2, 2013

Amazon has announced a line-up of five children’s shows that will be receiving pilots for the public to vote on. In Dec. of last year Amazon announced six pilots were being produced that would then be shown to the public to decide which ones would…

By Sean P. Aune | Feb 1, 2013

Amazon announced today that it will be the exclusive home for Downton Abbey for some time to come. Chances are if you aren’t hooked on Downton Abbey that you’ve at least heard of it. The BBC series has taken the United States by storm and…

By Sean P. Aune | Jan 27, 2013

According to recent reports, Amazon is looking to get serious about original programming by launching a series based on Zombieland. Ever since the film Zombieland had a decent turn at the box office back in 2009 there has been talk of either a second movie or…

By Adriana Lee | Jan 9, 2013

This is a big day for our neighbors to the north, as Amazon has finally launched its Amazon Prime service in Canada. Now all that two-day shipping goodness is finally available for millions of eligible products to most Canadian cities for just $79 per year plus…

By Sean P. Aune | Jan 6, 2013

Amazon announced today that it has launched a new Finder toll today for its Instant Video service that will allow you to further sort all that it has to offer. One of the biggest complaints from customers in regards to Amazon’s Instant Video service has…

By Sean P. Aune | Dec 17, 2012

Amazon is once again expanding its Prime Instant Video offerings, this time with two exclusive TNT series. Popular TNT series The Closer and Falling Skies are both coming to Amazon Prime Instant Video exclusively. “Today’s agreements with TNT and Warner Bros. Domestic TV add two great…

By Sean P. Aune | Nov 6, 2012

Amazon has begun offering a new pricing plan for Amazon Prime that will put it in direct competition with Netflix and Hulu.…

By Killian Bell | Oct 30, 2012

Netflix has released a new app for the Amazon Kindle Fire for users in the United Kingdom and Ireland, following the tablet’s rollout in Britain on October 25. Like Netflix’s other mobile apps, the new release allows subscribers to stream movies and TV shows directly…

By Sean P. Aune | Oct 25, 2012

Amazon Instant Video is on its way to becoming more of a serious threat to the likes of Netflix as it now adds a native Samsung TV app to its arsenal. One of the biggest hurdles for any streaming media service is accessibility. Netflix has made…

By Killian Bell | Sep 6, 2012

Bloomberg reports that there will be no new “TV product” from Apple this year as the Cupertino company struggles to reach deals with cable operators. It is reportedly working on a new set-top box that will offer live and on-demand television content — as well…

By Kevin Kerns | Sep 4, 2012

Amazon has struck yet another blow in the streaming media content wars and has snagged the Epix catalog. Epix has been offering its own streaming content for some time now, and then signed an exclusive deal with Netflix that bolstered that company’s more recent video…

By Sean P. Aune | Aug 24, 2012

Amazon announced this morning that it has struck a deal for more video content from NBCUniversal. The number of hours of free television episodes available to Amazon Prime members via the Instand Video service got a major boost today. Thanks to an expanded agreement with…

By Sean P. Aune | Jul 20, 2012

For a service that is just supposed to be a bonus to Prime members, Amazon does seem to love adding content to its Instant Video service. Amazon announced today that it has struck a deal with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution for several its series…

By Brandon Russell | Jun 6, 2012

HBO is giving you one more reason to call in sick to work. The company on Wednesday announced the availability of HBO GO on Amazon’s Kindle Fire. Ugh, just ignore the cheesy promo video, though. “Get Ready… To Play With Fire.” Good one, HBO. I’ll…