Prime Video (Amazon)
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.
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.
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.
American streamers to dominate global subscription landscape by 2029
Netflix and Prime Video will lead the pack with overall global streaming subscriptions, according to Digital TV Research.
Streaming deals abound for Black Friday, Cyber Monday 2023
Save big on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Tablo, Google TV and services like Max, Peacock, Paramount Plus and more during Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2023.
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.
Viewpoint: Remoting is futile
"Owning what’s on is big media, big tech, big data, and big money."
By:
Charles Benaiah
British streamers willing to tolerate ads for free TV, study shows
As in other areas, British streamers are becoming increasingly weary of costs associated with premium services.
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.