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News round-up: Electric expands FAST en Espanol; Amazon buys Finestripe doc; Taraji P Henson joins ‘Candid Camera’ reboot
Electric expands FAST en Espanol LA-based Electric Entertainment has launched ElectricNOW en Español, the Spanish…
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Amazon ups Martin Backlund to oversee Prime Video Nordics
Amazon has promoted Martin Backlund to managing director of its SVOD service Prime Video for…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: How Japan’s streaming landscape is embracing consolidation
Japan’s streaming landscape is evolving rapidly and the merger between U-Next and Paravi looks set…
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Netflix, Prime Video & Disney+ to face Ofcom scrutiny as UK gov’t reveals media reforms
The UK government has outlined plans to bring global services including Netflix, Amazon Prime Video…
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Prime Video, Trevor Noah & BBCS’s Blue Rapid prep ‘LOL’ as first South African original
Amazon Prime Video has partnered with Trevor Noah to launch its first South African original,…
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News round-up: Prime Video & S4C announce sports docs; Showtime axes ‘The L Word: Generation Q’
Prime Video orders Newcastle Utd doc Amazon SVOD Prime Video has ordered a sports docuseries…
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Amazon Prime Video’s James Farrell looks to grow ‘Citadel’ franchise model
Amazon Prime Video’s international chief James Farrell is on the look-out for more international franchises…
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Prime Video investigates Woodcut Media’s Suffolk Strangler & Ian Brady true crime docs
Amazon’s Prime Video SVOD service has picked up two true crime docuseries as exclusives for…
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Prime Video cancels Canadian detective drama ‘Three Pines’
Amazon Prime Video has cancelled Left Bank Pictures’ detective drama series Three Pines after one…
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TBI Weekly: Why 2024 could look rather like 2014 as streamers hunker down
It’s almost a decade since Amazon Prime Video struck a pact with the BBC that…