Category: Amazon News
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The Recap: Huge Cable TV Losses, Prime Video’s Ad-Free Tier Gets Priced, and More
It was another busy week of earnings, which meant a load of revelations from the various companies. It was a bloodbath for the cable companies, while the wireless companies once again saw strong growth in 5G home internet. Amazon also finally shared how much you’ll have to pay to get rid of ads in its…
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Amazon is Using AI to Generate Ads That You’re More Likely to Click on
Creating a successful ad campaign is a challenging task. Amazon is cutting through some of the difficulties by launching a generative artificial intelligence system to help advertisers create images that resonate better with consumers. Amazon created the generative AI tool to overcome the obstacles advertisers run into during the creation process. The tech helps generate…
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Amazon Will Charge $2.99 a Month For Ad-Free Prime Video Service
Amazon CEO Andy Jassey unveiled how much Prime subscribers will have to pay to eliminate the commercials that are expected to arrive early next year. By default, all Prime customers will see ads starting in 2024. Customers who want to eliminate those ads can pay $2.99 a month. Jassey noted that Prime Video aims to…
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Amazon’s Profit More Than Tripled to $9.9 Billion As Online Sales Rebounded Sharply
Amazon posted a third-quarter profit of nearly $10 billion as it was able to wring more earnings out of its online store business in North America. The online retail giant posted a profit of $9.9 billion, or 94 cents a share, in the period, compared with year-ago earnings of $2.9 billion, or 28 cents a…
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Amazon Can Now Treat Your Cough, Cold, Or Flu, Replacing The Need to See Your Doctor
Amazon will let people too busy to make a doctor appointment consult with a clinician on a quick video chat or through direct messages through its Amazon Virtual Clinic and get prescriptions to help address colds, coughs, or the flu. With Amazon Clinic, you can now complete a short form with your current symptoms and…
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Amazon’s Freevee Service Now Offers Over 400 Free Live Channels
Amazon’s free streaming service Freevee first launched as IMDb Freedrive back in 2019. Now, it has become one of the largest sources for free movies and TV shows since it was renamed to Freevee in early 2022. Now Amazon has announced that Freevee now offers over 400 free live TV channels. “With over 400 FAST…
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Amazon’s Freevee Adds Three New Free Live Channels Next Week
Today, Amazon and Wondery announced that three new channels will be added to Amazon’s free ad-supported streaming service Freevee. These channels will go live next week on October 31, 2023. “With podcast video being a means of discovery for many podcast newcomers, we’re excited at the chance to grow our listener community through free ad-supported…
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Crunchyroll Launches on Prime Video Channels
Amazon Prime Video and Crunchyroll, the go-to place for all things anime, have partnered to offer Prime members two memberships to access ad-free streaming. Crunchyroll hosts an extensive anime library with 24,000 hours of content spanning 46,000 episodes and more than 1,3000 films and series, including the fantasy adventure Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, the swashbuckling…
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‘Fallout’ TV Series by ‘Westworld’ Creators Debuts on Prime Video Next Year
Fallout is coming to Amazon next year, this time as a television series from the creators of Westworld. Prime Video celebrated the 26th anniversary of Fallout Day, a date in the game marking the beginning of the Great War, the catalyst that turned the planet into a nuclear wasteland, by launching the series’ official social…
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Amazon is Expanding its One-Hour Drone Delivery Service
Amazon Prime has been making deliveries by drone in the U.S. since December 2022, and is looking to expand its Prime Air service, which drops off your items in an hour or less, to more places. Starting next year, Amazon customers in the U.K., Italy, and three more U.S. cities will be able to order…