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Prime Video is not about to let rival Netflix forget about its previously benevolent attitude toward password sharing. Replying to a blissed-out 2017 tweet by Netflix (“Love is sharing a password”), the UK Twitter handle of Prime Video delivered a jab embedded in a graphic. (See the exchange…

“Freedom of expression” will be front and center of Ofcom’s thinking when the UK regulator draws up the new code governing the streamers, according to chief Melanie Dawes. The Ofcom boss used her appearance at yesterday’s Deloitte & Enders Media and Telecoms 2023 & Beyond Conference to allay fears…

UPDATED with Sky quotes: The U.S. giants are relentlessly focused on consumer convenience and access to content, according to the UK bosses of Amazon, Sky and Roku this morning. The future of TV-watching is about “range and convenience,” said Amazon Prime Video UK MD Chris Bird, as he floated the…

EXCLUSIVE: Elvis Presley’s relationship with the women closest to him is to be revealed in an Amazon Prime Video documentary series. Premiering this week, Elvis’ Women aims to “uncover a man who was much more complex than the public perception of the titular American icon,” according to the show’s…

Prime Video To Remake South Korea’s ‘EXchange’ In Japan Amazon Prime Video in Japan is remaking South Korean format EXchange, in which ex-couples live together in a house and attempt to build new relationships together via a series of missions. TVing’s show, which will be titled Love Transit in…

Josh Brolin is stripping down what it means to make a neo-western for Amazon Prime Video. While on location for Outer Range, a drama that stars Brolin as a Wyoming rancher fighting for his land and family, Brolin is photographed in his birthday suit while relaxing between takes on the second season…

Santiago Miter's political thriller Argentina, 1985, and the Colombian series News of a Kidnapping, created by Andrés Wood and Rodrigo García, swept the top awards at the tenth Platino Awards Saturday evening. Miter's film took home six gongs, including Best Ibero-American Fiction film, Best…

“I’m the Homelander. And I can do whatever the f*** I want.” It’s The Boys quote Amazon Prime Video turned to as it assesses Elon Musk’s decision to remove blue checks from the accounts of verified Twitter users. Referencing the Season 2 scene in which Homelander pushes his son off a roof, the…

A+E Networks Boosts Co-Pro Offering With Double UK Hire A+E Networks has boosted its international co-production team with the hire of British TV vets Ninder Billing and Alexandra Finlay. The pair take up the roles of Vice President Unscripted Co-Productions International and Vice President Scripted…

In the time it takes you to reach the end of this paragraph, 15 million emails will have been sent. Thirty-thousand tweets will have been published. Three million Facebook updates will have been made. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of blogs, Instagram posts and news articles will have been added to a…

Amazon Prime Video has confirmed its latest sports doc will follow Newcastle United, with Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story indie 72 Films producing with Lorton Entertainment. The as-yet-untitled series exploring the Saudi-owned club will not form part of Prime Video’s All or Nothing series, which…

Amazon Prime Video is exploring more global franchise opportunities following the success of the Russo Brothers’ Citadel. James Farrell, the streamer’s VP, International, told a Series Mania audience that it is “highly likely” his non-U.S. team will seek more Citadel-like universes across both…