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Emmys to Move to Prime Video Next Year

By Phil Kurz Published 6 October 26

Six year agreement marks second major U.S. entertainment awards show to move from traditional broadcast to streaming

Broadcast

Spectrum Offers Lower-Income Internet Customers Free Amazon Prime

By George Winslow Published 27 August 26

New and existing customers who currently qualify for Spectrum’s low-income Internet Assist can enjoy all the benefits of Prime as part of their broadband subscription

Streaming

Forecast: Amazon Prime Video Advertising to Hit $806 Million in 2025

By George Winslow Published 8 August 25

S&P Global Market Intelligence Kagan estimates that subscribers to Amazon Prime will hit 128 million by year's end and that nearly 75% of those access Prime Video content

Trends

Amazon Prime Testing AI-Translated Closed Captioning

By Tom Butts Published 6 March 25

AI-aided pilot program will take a hybrid approach to dubbing in which localization professionals collaborate with AI to ensure quality control

Streaming

Amazon Launches Ads on its Prime Streaming Service

By Tom Butts Published 29 January 24

Subscribers now have to pay an extra $3 per month to avoid ads

Streaming

Amazon Prime’s Thursday Night Football Viewership Up 24% in 2023

By Tom Butts Published 3 January 24

SPORTS Prime Video’s TNF audience is almost seven years younger than those watching the NFL on linear networks

SPORTS

The Changing World of Movie Windowing in the US and Europe

By Mark Moeder Published 20 July 23

Studios are shifting to a vertically integrated SVOD model

Opinion

FTC Files Suit Against Amazon

By George Winslow Published 21 June 23

Amazon knowingly "duped millions of consumers" into unknowingly enrolling in Amazon Prime,” FTC says in a legal action that could impact the streaming business

Streaming