After decades of weekly installments of television shows, the last few years have seen a titanic shift in the way we ingest television. While episodic stuff is still chugging along on network and cable televison, the act of “binge watching” has become the preferred way to watch shows for many. If you don’t suffer from Fear Of Missing Out or, worse yet, being spoiled, you might be the...
Alright, media companies, we need to talk. The streaming thing was really cool for a while, but the luster has worn off, and we're left with a situation that's somehow even worse than having to pay for a bunch of cable channels we don't watch. Something has to change, and I think we're reaching a breaking point with regard to how many discrete streaming services people are willing to...
Amazon is back with six new pilots for everyone to sink their teeth into and determine which are worthy to go on to a series order. Set to debut later this fall, Amazon is launching six pilots that cover a wide range of genres. They are also certainly not lacking in the talent department as you read through these descriptions. Edge Based on George G. Gilman’s best-selling book...
Curious as to what you can catch on Amazon Prime Instant Video in April? We've got the info. As was recently revealed in a Nielsen study, Amazon Prime Video may not be everyone's first choice for streaming media, but it isn't stopping the retail giant from adding more and more for you to watch. April has a few new films, but it appears to be a month dedicated mainly to increasing the...
Netflix has made its way into more homes than ever, but it has some company coming along for the ride as well. According to a recently released study from Nielsen, nearly 40 percent of American homes now subscribe to at least one streaming video service. The study was conducted in November of last year, and at that time 36 percent of the total respondents were Netflix subscribers. This...
Amazon is wrapping up another pilot season and five series have come out on top. Amazon announced on Wednesday that it has given season orders to five series including two new kids shows. The shows you can expect to see later this year and into 2016 include The Man in the High Castle, Mad Dogs and The New Yorker Presents along with the new children's programming entries, Just Add Magic...
There's a new player coming to the streaming video arena, and it's not a name you may have thought of. Overstock CEO Patrick M. Byrne was speaking at the NATPE show in Miami on Monday when he announced that his company would be launching a streaming media service some time this year. It will launch in mid-2015 with 30,000 titles to start with and will feature both acquired programming...
Amazon is launching a new initiative that will see it gaining a foothold in your local cineplex as a new player on the studio scene. With the success of its original episodic programming online, Amazon is now setting its sights on the biggest screen there is, the movie theater. Amazon has announced that it is going to jump into original films that will enjoy theatrical runs and then...
Amazon is not messing around any more when it comes to its original programing as today it releases a huge batch of new pilots. For some time now Amazon has been taking a different take on how to decide what original programming it will air. First it selects shows to film a pilot episode of, and then it releases those episodes to the public to vote. The latest batch of pilots features...
Amazon rolled out a massive update to its official Android app today, offering up access to the company's video streaming service and AppStore. Version 5.0 of the Amazon app should be available for all Android devices today, though according to some reports it's still not working on most tablets. The big news is access to Prime Instant Video, though before you start watching you'll...