By Sean P. Aune |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 Sean P. Aune |
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 |
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 |
Amazon has begun offering a new pricing plan for Amazon Prime that will put it in direct competition with Netflix and Hulu.…
By Sean P. Aune |
Amazon doesn’t appear to have any interest in slowing down on acquiring the rights to video content for its Prime Instant Video service. Speaking during an earnings call last week, Amazon CFO Tom Szkutak didn’t mince words when it came to the subject of how Amazon…
By Kevin Kerns |
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 |
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 |
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 Sean P. Aune |
Amazon Has gotten very serious about creating original video content, and to that end, it has announced its first four original series contenders. Last month Amazon Studios, the development arm of the popular Internet shopping portal, announced that it was accepting submissions for original…
By Roy Choi |
Amazon announced today they have made an agreement with MGM to add hundreds of classic movies and TV shows for Amazon Prime’s Instant Video library. This brings the total number of available videos to more than 18,000 movies and TV episodes all available to stream…
By Joey Davidson |
The Xbox 360 has now joined the ranks of the PlayStation 3, Kindle Fire, Roku and capable TVs with its new ability to stream Amazon Prime’s Instant Video service. The Amazon Prime app on the 360 will make use of the system’s optional Kinect add-on.…
By Sean P. Aune |
Amazon has announced a new deal with Paramount that will see hundreds of its hit movies coming to Prime Instant Video for free. This newest deal for Amazon will see them once again increasing the size of the catalog the company offers as a free…
By Sean P. Aune |
Amazon may be joining the ranks of Netflix and Hulu as rumors circulate that the company is in talks to save ABC’s canceled drama series, Pan Am. Hulu is in the process of launching more original content, and Netflix has been going around discussing saving…
By Sean P. Aune |
As of today, hopeful show creators of comedies and children’s shows can submit their proposals to Amazon Studios. First hinted at back in February thanks to some job listings on Amazon for content creative executives, it was pretty obvious that the site best known for…
By Sean P. Aune |
Netflix had better watch out as it appears Amazon is attempting to move in on their territory when it comes to device support. Earlier today, Barclays downgraded its rating on the Netflix stock citing concerns over growing competition for the company. A few hours later…
By Sean P. Aune |
Americans are going to watch a lot more movies at home this year, but the entertainment industry won’t be making nearly as much money from it. According to a new report from IHS Screen Digest, the number of films bought or rented online this year will…
By Sean P. Aune |
Amazon announced this morning that has struck yet another deal to bolster its Prime Instant Videos selection. Hit shows from Discovery Communications will be joining the growing roster of content available via Amazon Prime Instant Videos. The new selection will include previous seasons of shows…
By Sean P. Aune |
According to a new job listing from Amazon, it appears that the e-commerce giant is looking to get into producing its own original video content. GigaOm stumbled across some new job postings from Amazon that hint that the retailer is looking to expand the reach of…
