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Amazon Music shall now be streamed on Samsung TV 06 December 2017

Samsung is all geared up to stay ahead in the electronics and IT game and has announced that its TV range will include Amazon Music through the Smart Hub. All of Samsung’s Smart TV range in the US, the UK, … Continue reading

Amazon to roll out new AVOD service 17 November 2017

Amazon Prime is reportedly considering to roll out a new video service that would be completely free and will be backed by an Ad-supported revenue model.  The service will be outside of the Prime Video umbrella and subscribers will be … Continue reading

Amazon launches Prime VoD service in Luxembourg 09 November 2017

Amazon rolled out its Prime Video service to Luxembourg which includes unlimited streaming of the on-demand video service. Prime membership in Luxembourg will be available for an introductory price of €3.99 per month or for an annual fee of €49. … Continue reading

Amazon Music appears to be adding Chromecast support in Android environment 06 November 2017

Amazon Music appears to be testing Chromecast support on its streaming service. An option to play Amazon Music on Chromecast has been notified on select handsets. The feature allows playback on both Chromecast and Chromecast-enabled devices such as the Nvidia Shield … Continue reading

Roku’s streaming stick 3600R steals the deal in device market 30 October 2017

Amazon’s All-New Fire TV Stick with 4K resolution and an Alexa voice remote were released this week at $70, and it is already the best-selling new product in its category. But rival Roku had other plans. They decided to drop … Continue reading

Amazon introduces 4K HDR version of its streaming stick 03 October 2017

Amazon is going to be launching a 4K HDR version of the Amazon Fire TV stick. The streaming dongle was announced alongside an entire range of new Alexa-enabled products and it will include a revamped, more powerful version of the … Continue reading

Amazon to sign up for multi-year development deal with Gilmore Girls show 03 October 2017

Amazon has entered a multi-year overall deal with Amazon Studios. Amazon today announced that critically-acclaimed multi-hyphenates Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino (Gilmore Girls) have entered a multi-year overall deal with Amazon Studios. The two season green light of upcoming Amazon … Continue reading

Demand Africa SVOD service to be introduced in October 28 September 2017

A new streaming video service, Demand Africa will be launched and will offer 300+ hours of streaming original and acquired lifestyle content and will expand in the following months to include hundreds of hours of scripted TV series and movies. … Continue reading

Google Chromecast the top Over the Top device in EMEA 26 September 2017

According to a new study by video infrastructure technology company Bitmovin, Google Chromecast is the leading Over the Top device in EMEA. It has 37% adoption among developers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Amazon is in third place … Continue reading

Hulu ranking higher than Netflix and Amazon in terms of usage 18 September 2017

64% of TV viewers watch Hulu more now than a year ago, according to a report by Hub Entertainment Research. According to the report, 56% of respondents watch more Netflix than 12 months ago. There was a rise in Amazon … Continue reading