Amazon
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 says Panasonic will produce Fire TV sets
Amazon and Panasonic are teaming up on a new line of Fire TV sets that will sport OLED displays and other premium features.
Amazon hires Disney executive to oversee Prime Video ads
Jeremy Helfand has left Disney to join Amazon, where he will oversee the company's new ad initiatives for Prime Video.
Prime Video sees viewership gains for Thursday Night Football
Amazon says Prime Video had a 24 percent year-over increase in viewership, with 12 games scoring an average of 10 million viewers or more.
Amazon to subject Prime Video streamers in UK to ads, too
The move will take place in February, about a month after the Amazon-owned service incorporates ads into the American version of Prime Video.
Amazon to roll out ads on Prime Video in late January
Customers can opt-out of commercial interruptions by paying extra to remove them.
MGM Plus to enter Latin America through partnership with Lionsgate
MGM Plus has forged a partnership with Lionsgate that will help it expand into certain Latin American territories.
Streamers overwhelmed by hundreds of premium, free options, Dish exec says
Viewers are having a difficult time wading through hundreds of premium and free, ad-supported streaming options, the executive said.
Amazon steps in to rescue boxing abandoned by Paramount
Prime Video will become the exclusive distributor of Premier Boxing Champions events and pay-per-view bouts, starting next year.
Amazon’s Freevee adds streaming channel from CNN
The free, ad-supported content streams offers news headlines and featured clips from CNN programs.
Amazon adds Bloomberg to Freevee in U.S., U.K
The launch of Bloomberg TV Plus and Bloomberg Originals comes after Freevee added the channels in Canada, Mexico and other countries.
Netflix, Prime Video have most-loyal subscribers, study reveals
Netflix and Amazon's Prime Video boast the most loyal subscribers, according to a study by research firm Parks Associates.
Nokia sues Amazon, HP over common streaming video codec
Nokia claims Amazon and HP utilize certain functions of the H.264 and H.265 codecs without paying for a license, in violation of its patents.