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  • Trailer launch of Prime Original series, American Gods S2

    Trailer launch of Prime Original series, American Gods S2

    MUMBAI: We are excited to share with you the trailer for the next season of the Prime Original series, American Gods, which will be coming back to Prime Video on March 11, 2019. The eight episode season will be available exclusively for Prime members in more than 200 countries and territories, excluding the U.S, with new episodes release weekly.

    The YouTube link to the trailer here.

    Starring Ricky Whittle (The 100, Nappily Ever After) as Shadow Moon and Ian McShane (“Deadwood”, John Wick) as Mr. Wednesday, American Gods is a one-hour drama adapted from Neil Gaiman’s best-selling novel about a war brewing between Old Gods and New Gods: the traditional gods of mythological roots from around the world steadily losing believers to an upstart pantheon of gods reflecting society’s modern love of money, technology, media, celebrity and drugs.

    We were forged in God’s image, but the Gods are also made in ours — and in Season Two the battle moves inexorably toward crisis point as the destinies of gods and men collide. While Mr. World plots revenge for the attack against him in Season One, Shadow throws in his lot with Wednesday’s attempt to convince the Old Gods of the case for full-out war, with Laura and Mad Sweeney in tow. A council at the House on the Rock explodes into chaos, sending deities both Old and New on quests across America that will converge on Cairo, Illinois: forcing Shadow to carve out a place as a believer in this strange new world of living gods — a dark world where change demands commitment, and faith requires terrible sacrifice.

    American Gods also stars Emily Browning (Sucker Punch, The Affair) as Laura Moon, Pablo Schreiber (First Man, Orange is the New Black) as Mad Sweeney, Crispin Glover (Back to the Future, Alice In Wonderland) as Mr. World, Orlando Jones (Madiba, Sleepy Hollow) as Mr. Nancy, Yetide Badaki (Aquarius, This Is Us) as Bilquis, Bruce Langley (Deadly Waters) as Tech Boy, Mousa Kraish (Superbad, Transparent) as The Jinn, Omid Abtahi (Damien, Legends) as Salim and Demore Barnes (12 Monkeys, Waco) as Mr. Ibis. Guest stars include Cloris Leachman (Malcom in The Middle, Raising Hope) as Zorya Vechernyaya, Peter Stormare (Fargo, Prison Break) as Czernobog, and joining Season Two are Sakina Jaffrey (House of Cards, The Blacklist) as Mama-Ji’, Dean Winters (Divorce, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) as Mr. Town, Devery Jacobs (Cardinal, The Order) as Sam Black Crow and Kahyun Kim (Adam Ruins Everything, Shameless) as New Media.

     Written by Neil Gaiman in 2001, American Gods has been translated into over 30 languages and earned numerous accolades including Hugo, Nebula and Bram Stoker Awards for Best Novel.  

    American Gods will be available for Prime members to stream or download and enjoy anytime, anywhere at no additional cost to a Prime or Prime Video membership in more than 200 countries and territories. Members can watch via the Prime Video app on Fire TV stick, compatible Android and iOS phones and tablets, popular LG and Samsung Smart TVs, Android TV by Sony, Sony PlayStation 3 and 4, Xbox One, Apple TV 3 or 4, or online at PrimeVideo.com.

    American Gods is produced by Fremantle. Jesse Alexander, Neil Gaiman, Craig Cegielski, Scott Hornbacher, Ian McShane, Stefanie Berk, Christopher J. Byrne and Padraic McKinley serve as executive producers.

  • Amazon woos Prime Day shoppers with more Prime Video and Music content

    Amazon woos Prime Day shoppers with more Prime Video and Music content

    MUMBAI: Amazon Prime Day’s second edition, featuring more than one million deals, is starting this Monday. As a prelude to the mega sale, the e-commerce giant has been offering more entertainment on its Prime Video and Prime Music platforms to keep subscribers engaged.

    One week prior to the sale, to be precise, from 10 July, it started dropping titles with the release of the Amitabh Bachchan starrer 102 Not Out. Raazi and Transformers: The Last Night are also slated for release. Members also have access to other blockbusters including Dunkirk and a Telugu hit Officer. Along with new international blockbusters, regional titles are also available.

    Amazon wants to take the Prime Day concept beyond products. Moreover, prime members have been getting access to specially curated playlists in several Indian languages on Prime Music. Till the last day of the sale Amazon will have more for the members who tune in to its music platform.

    This year Amazon Prime Day’s global reach has been extended to four more countries including Australia, Singapore, Netherlands and Luxembourg.

  • Amazon’s content spend at $5 bn a year, confirms report

    Amazon’s content spend at $5 bn a year, confirms report

    MUMBAI: Amazon is bucking up by opening its treasure trove for content. A recent Reuters report says that leaked documents show the company spends $5 billion a year for original and licensed content, which is a big chunk of the company’s expenditure.

    Amazon has tough competition because Apple recently said it would spend a whopping $4.2 billion a year on original content by 2022, much higher than its earlier estimate of $1 billion.

    The Reuters report also stated that Amazon’s top TV shows drew more than 5 million people worldwide to its Prime shopping club in early 2017. Amazon has never released figures for its total audience. The report adds that Amazon has about 26 million people in the US who watch its Prime Video content. The video content includes films and TV shows it licenses from other companies.

    Rival Netflix is way ahead in terms of US subscribers at 55 million. The company says that it is growing at a fast pace and the extra revenue it earns via subscribers will help it in invest more in original content. The company upped its spending for 2018 by nearly $1 billion. Hulu, which has subscribers mainly from the US, claims to have 17 million subscribers.

    The first season of the popular drama The Man in the High Castle on Amazon Prime Video had 8 million US viewers as of early 2017, according to the documents. The show cost $72 million for production and marketing and attracted 1.15 million new subscribers worldwide based on Amazon’s accounting. The Grand Tour had more than 1.5 million first streams from Prime members worldwide, at a cost of $49 per subscriber in its first season.

    It has often been said that Amazon’s strategy is to use video to convert viewers into shoppers. If it is wooing you with amazing content, such as the $200-250 million on Lord of the Rings, it is only to convince you to keep returning to it to make purchases. Amazon’s investment in Prime original shows has enabled these shows to bring nearly a quarter of the total viewership from 2014-2017.

    Amazon’s Prime club includes two-day package delivery and other perks for an annual fee making shopping more attractive. But these internal documents don’t indicate how much the Prime subscribers shop on Amazon. In interviews, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has been vocal about how people who use the Prime Video service end up staying longer with the shopping club. These people even agree to become paying members after the free trial, willingly paying a higher rate than those who don’t watch Amazon videos.

    Some of Amazon’s videos have even won awards and thus you have Bezos saying, “When we win a Golden Globe, it helps us sell more shoes.”

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  • #BeTheFirst to experience Amazon Originals

    #BeTheFirst to experience Amazon Originals

    MUMBAI: Amazon Prime Video has partnered with Only Much Louder & East India Comedy for the launch of an interactive digital campaign #BeTheFirst promoting their Amazon Prime Originals in India.

    Amazon, along with Only Much Louder and East India Comedy, has dedicated a video to people on the go! ‘Audacious Ones’ – a sneak peek into the upcoming original.

    ‘Audacious Ones’ is a digital campaign that is initiating conversations on the social media using #BeTheFirst. It is a humorous take on everyday situations.

    ‘Audacious Ones’ was released on all Amazon Prime Video India platforms such as YouTube channel, Facebook Page and Twitter handle. This also marks the beginning of Amazon Prime Video’s promotional strategy, with an exhaustive marketing plan that will focus on TV, Print, Radio and Online.

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  • #BeTheFirst to experience Amazon Originals

    #BeTheFirst to experience Amazon Originals

    MUMBAI: Amazon Prime Video has partnered with Only Much Louder & East India Comedy for the launch of an interactive digital campaign #BeTheFirst promoting their Amazon Prime Originals in India.

    Amazon, along with Only Much Louder and East India Comedy, has dedicated a video to people on the go! ‘Audacious Ones’ – a sneak peek into the upcoming original.

    ‘Audacious Ones’ is a digital campaign that is initiating conversations on the social media using #BeTheFirst. It is a humorous take on everyday situations.

    ‘Audacious Ones’ was released on all Amazon Prime Video India platforms such as YouTube channel, Facebook Page and Twitter handle. This also marks the beginning of Amazon Prime Video’s promotional strategy, with an exhaustive marketing plan that will focus on TV, Print, Radio and Online.

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  • Amazon Prime, Dharma enter licensing deal

    Amazon Prime, Dharma enter licensing deal

    MUMBAI: Amazon and Dharma Productions today announced a long-term agreement that will make Prime Video India the subscription streaming home for well-known films and upcoming new releases from Dharma Productions.

    The digital premiere will include keenly awaited films like Ae Dil Hai Mushkil starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma, Ok Jaanu starring Aditya Roy Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor, and Badrinath Ki Dulhania, starring Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt. With this deal, existing Prime members will have access to unlimited streaming of this popular content as a part of their Prime membership.

    “We are excited to have Dharma Productions’ library and future slate of titles for the upcoming launch of Prime Video,” said Amazon Video India country head director Nitesh Kripalani. “We know our Prime members are going to love the broad selection of films and stories – everything from soulful romance to heartfelt and funny family stories – that Dharma does so well.”

    “We have kept a close eye on the explosion of digital media, and the increased consumption trends of Bollywood content on Video-On-Demand and OTT Platforms”, said Dharma Productions CEO Apoorva Mehta. “We at Dharma felt that the time couldn’t be more right for us to mark our presence on such sought after platforms. We are confident that partnering with a credible brand like Amazon will go a long way in ensuring that our content will not only be seamlessly streamed, but will also see a huge demand from users of Prime Video.”

    The library of films on Prime Video will comprise of blockbuster titles like Kapoor & Sons, Brothers, Shaandaar and Gori Tere Pyar Mein, in addition to successful Dharma films in the recent past like Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, Student of the Year, Kal Ho Naa Ho, and Agneepath, to name a few.

    Amazon Prime already offers unlimited free One-day and Two-day delivery to over 100 cities on eligible items from India’s largest selection of products, 30 minutes early access for members on top deals and more benefits for an unparalleled shopping experience.

  • Amazon Prime, Dharma enter licensing deal

    Amazon Prime, Dharma enter licensing deal

    MUMBAI: Amazon and Dharma Productions today announced a long-term agreement that will make Prime Video India the subscription streaming home for well-known films and upcoming new releases from Dharma Productions.

    The digital premiere will include keenly awaited films like Ae Dil Hai Mushkil starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma, Ok Jaanu starring Aditya Roy Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor, and Badrinath Ki Dulhania, starring Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt. With this deal, existing Prime members will have access to unlimited streaming of this popular content as a part of their Prime membership.

    “We are excited to have Dharma Productions’ library and future slate of titles for the upcoming launch of Prime Video,” said Amazon Video India country head director Nitesh Kripalani. “We know our Prime members are going to love the broad selection of films and stories – everything from soulful romance to heartfelt and funny family stories – that Dharma does so well.”

    “We have kept a close eye on the explosion of digital media, and the increased consumption trends of Bollywood content on Video-On-Demand and OTT Platforms”, said Dharma Productions CEO Apoorva Mehta. “We at Dharma felt that the time couldn’t be more right for us to mark our presence on such sought after platforms. We are confident that partnering with a credible brand like Amazon will go a long way in ensuring that our content will not only be seamlessly streamed, but will also see a huge demand from users of Prime Video.”

    The library of films on Prime Video will comprise of blockbuster titles like Kapoor & Sons, Brothers, Shaandaar and Gori Tere Pyar Mein, in addition to successful Dharma films in the recent past like Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, Student of the Year, Kal Ho Naa Ho, and Agneepath, to name a few.

    Amazon Prime already offers unlimited free One-day and Two-day delivery to over 100 cities on eligible items from India’s largest selection of products, 30 minutes early access for members on top deals and more benefits for an unparalleled shopping experience.

  • Amazon inks deal for three CBS series on Prime Video through 2018

    Amazon inks deal for three CBS series on Prime Video through 2018

    NEW DELHI: Amazon and CBS Corporation have inked a new multi-year, multi-series agreement to make Prime Video the exclusive subscription streaming home for three new CBS summer series.

     

    The first new CBS series included in this deal that last till 2018 will be next summer’s comic-thriller Brain Dead, which prime members in the United States will be able to stream just four days after broadcast at no additional charge to their membership.

     

    Amazon vice president of digital video content acquisition Brad Beale said, “Prime members have loved having access to series like Under the Dome and Extant just four days after broadcast, and we’re excited to continue to offer in-season availability of more great CBS summer series over the next three years. We are also always working to ensure our prime members have the best selection, and we know they will continue to enjoy unlimited access to a wide array of CBS titles to binge-watch anytime, anywhere.”

     

    “We’re thrilled to build on our relationship with Amazon with new original summer series and more programming from CBS and SHOWTIME. With a truly original, genre-bending concept from outstanding creative auspices, BrainDead will be one of the most talked-about shows next summer by CBS viewers and Prime members,” added CBS Corporation chief corporate licensing officer Scott Koondel.

     

    There will be no additional charge to membership for access to these new exclusives, and the agreement will look to build on the CBS and Amazon’s extant exclusive deals for Under the Dome and Extant.

     

    This deal will also extend and expand CBS and SHOWTIME titles available to Prime members.