Prime Video to include ads starting next year
Subscribers will have to pay out an extra $3 per month if they want to remove commercial interruptions from Prime Video shows.
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Amazon ($AMZN) is an online retailer and technology company based near Seattle, Washington. The company operates the popular Amazon.com online warehouse, which offers discounted prices and shipping with the purchase of a monthly or annual subscription called Amazon Prime. The company also operates the Amazon Prime Video streaming service, Amazon Web Services cloud computing solution, Amazon Music streaming service and Audible audiobook streaming service, and manufactures a line of tablets and smart TV devices under the Fire and Fire TV brands.
Amazon to offer Discovery Plus Premium through Prime Video Channels
Amazon will offer an upgraded version of Discovery Plus that includes TNT Sports in the United Kingdom.
Amazon brings NBC, MGM channels to Freevee users in U.K.
Amazon is bringing a handful of free streaming channels from NBC, MGM and UKTV to Freevee viewers in the United Kingdom.
Nielsen will include Amazon’s own ratings for ‘Thursday Night Football’
Nielsen will include data from Amazon in its ratings report for Thursday Night Football, marking the first time the company has included first-party data.
Paramount executives open to more streaming bundles
Paramount is open to partnerships that will see its flagship streamer Paramount Plus bundled with other services, executives said on Monday.
Freevee begins offering NBC Universal streaming channels
Amazon is now offering more than 30 FAST channels programmed by NBC Universal through its free service Freevee.
Amazon to change revenue-share model for Fire TV apps
Developers will have to fork over 30 percent of their earnings to Amazon if they want to continue offering ad-supported Fire TV apps after September.
NBC brings free, ad-supported channels to Freevee, Xumo Play
NBC is offering its portfolio of 50 free, ad-supported streaming channels to Xumo Play and Amazon’s Freevee under a new deal announced on Thursday.
British lawmakers to question TV executives amid Media Bill debate
Executives from several major television companies and streaming services will appear before British lawmakers on Tuesday.
Roku Channel gets picked up by Nielsen’s The Gauge
The free streaming service captured 1.1 percent of the domestic television audience in May.
