Category: Amazon News
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Amazon is Reportedly Paying Close to $150 Million to Stream an NFL Playoff Game Next Season
Amazon wants to stream an NFL playoff game next season, and is apparently willing to pay top dollar for the privilege. The online retail giant is paying close to $150 million for the rights to a single playoff game, according to CNBC Reporter Alex Sherman. This comes on top of an earlier report by Front…
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Amazon Denies Freevee Will Be Shut Down
It looks like Amazon’s free streaming service Freevee isn’t dead after all. “There are no changes to Freevee. Amazon Freevee remains an important streaming offering providing both Prime and non-Prime customers thousands of hit movies, shows, and Originals, all for free,” a company spokeswoman told Cord Cutters News. The denial comes after AdWeek reported that Freevee…
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Amazon Reportedly Killing its Freevee Free Streaming Service
Amazon plans to shut down Freevee, its free, ad-supported streaming video service, according to AdWeek. Update: Amazon called the AdWeek report inaccurate, and said there were no changes to Freevee. The company could sunset the service during the second quarter, although the exact timing is still up in the air, according to the report. Freevee’s…
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LSU Athletics Get $1M From Prime Video’s Upcoming Sports Docuseries
Last month, Prime Video gave the go-ahead for a college sports docuseries called Money Game. The production is already living up to that name with Louisiana State University nabbing a $1 million pay day to become the focal point of the show. Production company Campfire Film & TV struck the million-dollar deal with LSU for…
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The Recap: A Possible Peacock-Paramount+ Marriage, Sports JV Drama, and More
A busy week was capped off by another shocking revelation: Paramount and Comcast discussing combining their respective streaming services, Paramount+ and Peacock. We also continued to see the ripple effects of last week’s announcement from Walt Disney’s ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery to form a streaming sports joint venture, with a lot more unhappy…
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Amazon’s Ads Maybe Annoying, But Few People Are Going to Quit Prime Video
Amazon’s decision to introduce ads into its Prime Video represents a big shake up for the streaming video service. But, it turns out, just a small number of people are actually going to leave because of them. That’s according to research firm Hub Entertainment Research. Its study found that that 59% of respondents would continue…
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Amazon Hangs Up The Echo Connect This Month, Ending Its Ability to Make Calls
Amazon will discontinue its Echo Connect at the end of February, leaving those who still use a landline just over three weeks to find another way to make voice calls through Alexa. The Echo Connect is an adaptor that lets users make landline calls through Alexa using voice commands. While Amazon has already stopped selling…
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Amazon Prime Video Slapped With Class Action Lawsuit Over Introduction of Ads
Some Amazon Prime customer were angry enough at Prime Video’s introduction of ads that decided to take legal action. The retail giant is facing a proposed class action lawsuit filed on Friday that alleges it breached its terms of service and misled customers by introducing ads into Prime Video service and then requiring users to…
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Amazon’s New Home Internet Service Is Arriving Later This Year, But What Will It Cost? – Ask Luke
One of the big questions about Amazon’s new home Internet service has been the cost. As we get closer to the launch of the service later this year, the question of cost is more important. Amazon’s CEO says he expects the new Internet service to offer a low price that will help it reach the…
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Amazon Joins US Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute to Promote Responsible AI
Today, Amazon announced it is taking steps to work with AI partners to develop safety, fairness, and security for the AI they develop. The hope is through a group of companies and governments to build regulatory frameworks and guardrails for AI at the same time developing them going forward. To do this, Amazon has joined…