Amazon adding Apple TV Plus to Prime Video Channels
Amazon will soon offer subscriptions to Apple TV Plus through its Prime Video Channels marketplace, the companies announced.
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Prime Video (or “Amazon Prime Video”) is a subscription-based streaming video service and online video rental marketplace owned and operated by Amazon. The service includes Amazon original TV shows and movies, licensed content and access to a handful of partner streaming services like Max, Discovery Plus, Paramount Plus, AMC Plus, MHz Choice and Britbox.
Prime Video shares common ownership with the free, ad-supported streaming television service Freevee.
Cowboys-Giants game is most-streamed on Prime Video
The Dallas Cowboys have the top three most-watched “Thursday Night Football” games on Amazon.
EverPass Media gets distribution rights to Amazon’s “Thursday Night Football”
The NFL’s joint venture EverPass Media will distribute Thursday Night Football to enterprise customers on an exclusive basis, starting this week.
Antenna: Amazon driving subscription growth to smaller streaming services
Amazon’s Prime Video Channels marketplace is responsible for more than half of new sign-ups to smaller, niche and specialty streaming services during Q2, according to a new report.
NBC gets 33 million viewers for Ravens-Chiefs game
Most football fans chose to watch the game on NBC rather than Peacock, according to ratings data reviewed by The Desk.
Sports fans open to streaming, but still favor broadcast TV
Sports fans say broadcast TV networks typically do a better job producing and distributing sports coverage, though they’re increasingly excited about the prospect of streaming video platforms.
NBA seeks dismissal of WBD’s lawsuit over telecast rights
The professional basketball league says WBD’s offer was not substantially the same as one made by Amazon for games on Prime Video.
Olympics help increase total TV time in July, Nielsen says
Streaming accounted for more than 40 percent of all TV consumption for the first time since Nielsen began tracking that data.
Samsung TV Plus begins offering Prime Video’s “Lord of the Rings” TV series
Samsung and Amazon have inked a distribution deal for a Lord of the Rings TV series that will be available on Samsung’s FAST platform through August.
WBD launches “CNN Originals” free streaming channel
WBD has debuted a new free, ad-supported streaming channel that offers documentaries and docuseries from CNN.