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Streaming round-up: WarnerMedia lines up ‘Dune’, Amazon teams with Bullock
WarnerMedia taps ‘Blade Runner 2049’ director for ‘Dune’ series adaptation WarnerMedia has tapped French-Canadian Blade Runner…
History Play launches in UK and Germany on Amazon Channels
Amazon has added the A+E Networks’ History Play streaming service to its line-up of Prime Video Channels…
Amazon spent $1.7bn on content in first quarter of 2019
Amazon spent $1.7 billion on video and music content during the first quarter of this…
Amazon explores free music service to take on Spotify
Amazon is in talks to launch a free music streaming service that will see it…
Exclusive: Amazon taps TF1 exec to head up unscripted in France
Amazon has hired TF1’s non-scripted development manager Thomas Dubois to head up unscripted in France….
A “new game” for German drama
The floodgates have opened for premium German drama after a comparatively slow start in the…
PBS launches streaming channel on Amazon
PBS distribution has launched streaming channel PBS Living on Amazon’s Prime Video Channels, which will…
Amazon gets European exec teams in place as it “bulks up” unscripted
Amazon is staffing up across Europe with commissioning and business affairs teams in major markets,…
TBI Weekly: Berlinale spotlights Netflix’s sour reception amidst Europe’s scripted boom
The growing influence of European series was evident at Berlinale’s fourth TV market, which hosted…
“Netflix for Walking” future-proofs against Amazon over-reliance
Walks Around Britain has set up a direct-to-consumer offering to protect its following, which it…