Category: Amazon News
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Conviva: Big Screens are the Preferred Way of Streaming With Smart TVs up 37% YoY
Conviva has released its State of Streaming Report for Q4 2021, and one of the biggest takeaways is that viewers prefer watching content on big screens compared to anything else. Big screens continued to dominate viewership globally, claiming 50% of share in every region except Asia. However, even Asia saw growth in the amount of…
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Weekend Wrap-Up: Amazon’s Prime Price Hike, 2022 Winter Olympics, and More
This week, Amazon announced it’s raising the price of its Prime Membership and several ABC-Owned Stations started offering local 24/7 streaming channels. Elsewhere, we published a full schedule so you can keep up with the 2022 Winter Olympics, and Netflix unleashed a list of original movies coming to the service this year. We also saw…
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Celebrate 25 Years of ‘Arthur’ with Four Final Episodes Coming to PBS KIDS Prime Video Channel
PBS Prime Video Channel is getting four new episodes of Arthur on February 22 in honor of the series’ 25th anniversary. The Aardvark-starring show is the longest running children’s animated TV series, and will be wrapping up next month with the conclusion of Season 25. The episodes will see Arthur and his friends solve a mystery,…
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Amazon is Increasing the Price of Prime Memberships to $139
In a quarterly earnings report Thursday, Amazon announced that it will be raising the price of its annual Prime membership to $139 from $119. The monthly price of a Prime membership will go up from $12.99 to $14.99. The price change will go into effect for new members on February 18th and for current members…
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The Biggest Streaming Series Coming in February 2022, Including ‘Reacher’ and ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Season 4
There’s nothing quite as exciting as your favorite show returning for another season, unless it’s discovering a brand new series to fall in love with. This February, there are a lot of new arrivals heading to streaming, and Whip Media has ranked them in order of what viewers are most excited for. According to users,…
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Here’s Everything Coming to Netflix, Hulu, and Prime Video the Week of Jan 31, 2022
This week marks the last day of January (unofficially the longest month ever) and the new arrival of all the February content on these streaming services. Highlights for the week include Nightmare Alley coming to Hulu, along with Pam & Tommy, and Season 5 of Rick & Morty just to name a few. Netflix will…
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Nielsen: Viewers Spent Christmas Watching ‘The Witcher’ and ‘Emily in Paris’
in Nielsen’s most recent rankings, The Witcher stayed strong as the number one title overall, holding on to well over 2 billion minutes streamed for the week ending Dec. 26. The fantasy drama series has proven to be one of Netflix’s major titles and has already been renewed for a third season. And speaking of…
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Report: HBO Max Gained 2% Marketshare With Netflix Down 2% in Q4 2021
The gap continues to narrow between the big original streaming services and popular newcomers like HBO Max and Disney+. A new report from JustWatch reveals Q4 2021 data on each streaming service’s marketshare, and the findings show which platforms ended the year on a high note. According to the data, HBO Max saw the most…
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Amazon Prime Video is the Fastest-Growing Streaming Service in the UK
Amazon’s streaming platform Prime Video is on a roll in the UK. In fact, Prime Video is the fastest-growing streaming service in the UK according to new research by Kantar. The data shows that Prime Video gained about 700k new subscribers between October-December 2021, making up about 45% of all new subscribers during that timeframe.…
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Amazon Reveals More Details About Its Upcoming ‘Lord of the Rings’ Series, Including the Name
Amazon has revealed the official name of its anticipated Lord of the Rings series based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. The prequel series will be titled The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and is set to be released September 2 on Prime Video. “This is a title that we imagine could live on…