Category: Amazon News
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Amazon Has 8 Useful Accessibility Features Available on Prime Video, Alexa, and Other Amazon Devices
Amazon has been working with disability and accessibility experts to design features to help those with disabilities more effectively use Prime Video, Alexa, and its other products. The Audio Description feature plays a spoken audio track that describes what’s happening on the screen. For people who are blind or have low vision, the accompanying audio…
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NASCAR’s $7.7 Billion Media Deal Launches Racing Into the Streaming World
NASCAR reached several new media rights agreements for the NASCAR Cup Series with FOX Sports, NBC Sports, Prime Video, and Warner Bros. Discovery’s TNT Sports that are worth a combined $7.7 billion. The deals will give the sport a major presence on both traditional TV and streaming. Starting in 2025, FOX Sports will get the…
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NASCAR Will Stream Live on Prime Video As Amazon Expands Into More Sports
Today, Amazon and NASCAR announced a deal that will see NASCAR rCup Series races stream live on Amazon Prime in the early summer starting in 2025. “We’re thrilled to bring the excitement and power of NASCAR to our Prime members, with five Cup Series races coming to Prime Video each season, starting in 2025,” said…
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Fire TV Refreshes Home Screen to Make it Easier To Find What You’re Binging
Amazon has refreshed the Fire TV interface to make it easier for users to pick up content from where they left off with its new Continue Watching feature. The Continue Watching feature loads the top row with your recently watched list, bringing what you’re currently binging to the top of the home screen. What makes…
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Amazon Says its New Satellite Internet Service Will Run Faster and More Securely Thanks to This Partnership
Amazon on Tuesday said its Project Kuiper satellite-based internet service will get a big helping hand from its Amazon Web Services division, enabling the service to run faster and more securely. Amazon Web Services, or AWS, powers websites and cloud services around the world, and is quietly the most profitable part of the retail giant.…
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Amazon’s Freevee Adds Bloomberg TV+ & Bloomberg Originals Channels
Today, Amazon and Bloomberg announced a deal that will add Bloomberg TV+ and Bloomberg Originals to Freevee’s growing lineup of free live channels. Amazon’s Freevee is available on Roku, Fire TV, the web, iOS, Android, and more. With these channels, you will find Bloomberg’s premium video content, global business coverage and analysis on Bloomberg TV+…
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Disney+ Doubled Its U.S. Catalog Over the Last Two Years, But This Streaming Service Has More Than Quadrupled its Library
Streaming services like Disney+ have gotten more expensive, but many are at least offering more bang for their buck. Streaming guide Reelgood put together a breakdown of the various subscription services and their libraries, and found a virtually all of them have seen their catalogs of films and shows have grown over the years. Both…
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Amazon’s Fire TV Channels Are Adding Free 24/7 Channels Dedicated to The NBA, Big Ten, SEC, Big 12, Fox Sports, & More
Today Amazon announced that the Fire TV would be adding free 24/7 channels to some of the biggest sports brands out there. Now, Fire TV owners will find 24/7s feeds covering the NBA, Big Ten, SEC, Big 12, Fox Sports’ 24/7 linear channel, and the Locked On Podcast Network. These channels join a growing list…
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Amazon is Turning The Fire TV Cube Into A Cheap Desktop Computer
Amazon today announced that they are turning old Fire TV cubes into desktop computers for companies. This new Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client uses old Fire TVs as desktop computers for companies. These new $195 Fire TV Cubes run a custom-built OS on Amazon Web Services (AWS). They allow companies to quickly get employees online and…
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Amazon Fire TV Channels Launch beIN SPORTS XTRA and VOD Live Sports Content
Amazon Fire TV Channels is adding extra sports coverage from beIN SPORTS by launching beIN SPORTS XTRA and video-on-demand content. Sports fans will have expanded access to world-class sports content through Fire TV Channels, such as new curated video-on-demand playlists organized by categories, such as soccer. While a free English-language channel from beIN SPORTS EXTRA…