Tag: Amazon
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Amazon Paid $18 Million in Royalties to Independent Filmmakers in 2017
For years independent filmmakers have struggled to find outlets for their content. While YouTube and others may have offered a place for the movies to be seen many often hoped for a place to truly profit from their content. Now it looks like Amazon is becoming that place and is even pulling content creators away…
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Set TV is Being Sued By Netflix, Amazon, & Other Major Studios
This week a long list of studios including Netflix and Amazon sued a Set TV. The lawsuit claims Set TV committed “mass infringement” of the content owned by the studios. The suit was filed on Friday in U.S. District Court in Central California, and the list of plaintiffs includes Amazon, Netflix, Disney, 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures,…
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Amazon Tops 100 Million Prime Members
This week Amazon announced that for the first time they have over 100 million Prime members. This announcement came in the form of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’s letter to shareholders. From the Jeff Bezos letter: Prime – 13 years post-launch, we have exceeded 100 million paid Prime members globally. In 2017 Amazon shipped more than five billion…
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Amazon Prime Members Can Get 3 Months of Kindle Unlimited For Just $1.99
Love to read? Right now Amazon has a great dal for you! You can get three months of KindleUnliited for just $1.99. You need to act quickly though as this deal ends 11:59 p.m. (BST), May, 6th 2018. (Existing Kindle Unlimited subscribers are NOT eligible.) Terms: Enjoy unlimited access to over 1 million books. Explore a rotating selection of popular…
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Does Netflix, Hulu, & Amazon Track What You Watch? You Asked, We Answer
Recently online privacy has taken center stage around the world. This has resulted in many writing into Cord Cutters News to ask if their favorite services are tracking what they are doing. So does Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and other services track what you watch? Yes, they track that and likely more. How do we know?…
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Amazon Just Announced a New Line of 4K Smart TVs Powered By The Amazon Fire TV
This morning Amazon announced a new line of 4K Fire TV Edition Smart TVs that will be sold exclusively at Best Buy and from Amazon. “Amazon and Best Buy have a long history of working together, and today we take our partnership to a new level,” said Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO. “These Fire Edition…
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Amazon Updates The Fire TV With a New Look For Amazon Prime & Amazon Channels
Today Amazon has quietly started to update the Amazon Fire TVs, Fire TV Sticks, and Fire TV Edition Smart TVs with a new OS update. One of the main features you will find in the is that Amazon Prime Video content and Amazon Channels are easier to access. Amazon Channels Amazon Channels lets you manage…
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DIRECTV NOW Drops Support For The 1st Gen Fire TV
Last night we reported that DIRECTV NOW had dropped support for the 1st gen Fire Stick. Well, now according to AFTVnews it looks like DIRECTV NOW has also dropped support for the 1st gen Fire TV box. No explanation has been given but after an update, last night the 1st gen Fire TV owners found a…
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DIRECTV NOW Drops Support For The 1st Gen Fire TV Stick
Well, it looks like DIRECTV NOW has without warning dropped support for the 1st gen Fire Stick. No explanation has been given but after an update, today 1st gen Fire Stick owners found a message from DIRECTV NOW telling them they need to download the new DIRECTV NOW app. At first many had hoped this meant…
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Here is Everything New on Netflix, Hulu, & Amazon For The Week of April 16th 2018
Here is Everything New on Netflix, Hulu, & Amazon For The Week of April 16th 2018 Netflix April 17 The Chalet: Season 1 The Honeymoon Stand Up Special: Collection April 18 Friend Request Pelé April 19 Charité: Season 1 Chasing the Dragon April 20 Aggretsuko: Season 1 Dope: Season 2 Dude Kodachrome Mercury 13 Spy Kids: Mission Critical: Season 1 April…