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Amazon’s ‘Beast Games’ arrives on Prime Video, as 1,000 contestants compete for $5M

MrBeast is jumping from YouTube to Prime Video today as the new reality TV competition “Beast Games” premieres on Amazon’s streaming network. One thousand contestants will compete over 10 episodes… Read More

‘It just has to work’: Ahead of Black Friday NFL game, Amazon shows how it’s perfected live sports

While millions of Americans think of Black Friday as a prime day to launch their holiday shopping, Prime Video will be focused on yet another live sporting event, streaming today’s… Read More

Can Amazon change how we watch football? Testing ‘Prime Vision’ on Thursday Night Football

More than 25 years after the debut of the yellow first down line in an NFL broadcast, the quest to fill the screen with more overlays and information for football… Read More

Contestants sue YouTuber MrBeast and Amazon over alleged conditions on reality competition show

Contestants in the planned Prime Video reality TV series “Beast Games” are suing YouTube star MrBeast and Amazon, alleging workplace abuses including unpaid wages and sexual harassment. The class-action suit,… Read More

Amazon’s new Prime Video animated series will feature stories set in 15 video game worlds

Amazon announced a new adult-animated anthology series coming to Prime Video with original stories set within the worlds of a number of popular video games. “Secret Level” will feature 15… Read More

Report: Amazon planning standalone app for sports content

Amazon’s desire to stream more live sports has the company looking at launching a standalone app for such content, according to a report Wednesday in The Information. The website cited… Read More

Chloe Grace Moretz in "The Peripheral"

Amazon’s ‘Peripheral’ brings cyberpunk prophet William Gibson’s vision up to date

The future may not be evenly distributed, but there’s a dystopia-inducing concentration of it in “The Peripheral,” a science-fiction novel by cyberpunk pioneer William Gibson. Now the novel has been turned into a streaming-video… Read More

Amazon to stream first-ever ‘Black Friday’ NFL game on Prime the day after Thanksgiving 2023

Football fans looking for a break from the holiday shopping rush will have some NFL action to watch next year as the league and Amazon announced plans for the first-ever… Read More

Was Amazon ready for some football? Tech giant passes test on first exclusive NFL stream

Amazon took center stage in the sports universe Thursday as the tech giant streamed its first exclusive NFL game — and for the most part, it passed the test. The… Read More

Amazon battles ‘Lord of the Rings’ trolls by pausing ability to review new Prime Video series

The characters in Amazon’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” are busy enough fighting trolls and Orcs and other creatures of Middle-earth. Internet trolls are another beast… Read More

This is a stretch: Amazon promotes redesigned ‘Prime football’ with absurd throws by star NFL QBs

In a bid to get fans pumped for a season of streaming NFL games on Thursday nights, Amazon has turned to a couple of the league’s star quarterbacks to toss… Read More

Al Michaels and other broadcast vets ready to tap into Amazon tech as streaming football ‘pioneers’

It wasn’t that long ago that Al Michaels had no idea what streaming was. But for the veteran broadcaster, joining the broadcast team for Amazon Prime Video’s exclusive coverage of… Read More

Amazon teaming with viral content creators Dude Perfect for alternate Prime Video football stream

The NFL’s “Thursday Night Football” is already going to look different this season as Amazon becomes the exclusive home for the broadcast on Prime Video. Now the tech giant is… Read More

Amazon rolls out big Prime Video redesign

Prime Video is getting a makeover. Amazon announced Monday it is rolling out a new look and feel for its streaming service on “living room devices,” including Fire TV, and… Read More

‘Mrs. Maisel’ leads Amazon to 30 Emmy Award nominations; HBO’s ‘Succession’ dominates pack

Amazon Prime Video’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” was marvelous again on Tuesday, scoring 12 Emmy nominations to help the tech giant’s streaming service notch a total of 30 — up from… Read More

Amazon adds former Seattle Seahawks star Richard Sherman to broadcast team on Prime Video

Richard Sherman earned a reputation as a vocal player during his celebrated NFL career. Now the former Seattle Seahawks star cornerback will be taking his talk to Amazon Prime Video’s… Read More

Amazon adds ex-NFL star to ‘Thursday Night Football’ broadcast team, announces first matchup

Former Kansas City Chiefs star and NFL Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez is joining the broadcast team for Amazon’s exclusive streaming of “Thursday Night Football” on Prime Video this season.… Read More

Amazon names Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit as the voices of ‘Thursday Night Football’ on Prime

Amazon has officially announced that veteran sports play-by-play announcer Al Michaels and college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit will be the broadcast duo for “Thursday Night Football” on Prime Video. Both… Read More

Report: Veteran sports broadcaster Al Michaels to call Amazon’s NFL games on Thursdays

Al Michaels, the longtime NFL play-by-play broadcaster, is Amazon’s pick to call “Thursday Night Football” games streaming on Prime Video this season, according to the New York Post. Michaels will… Read More

Amazon lands four Oscar nominations, led by acting nods for ‘Being the Ricardos’ stars

Amazon scored four nominations Tuesday for the 94th Academy Awards, led by three stars of the film “Being the Ricardos, about “I Love Lucy” stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.… Read More

Amazon to kick off fifth season of NFL streaming — here’s what’s new and how to watch

The NFL returns to Amazon Prime Video this week with the “Thursday Night Football” matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and Los Angeles Rams. As Amazon gets set to kick off… Read More

Amazon’s ‘Prime Day Show’ will feature Billie Eilish, H.E.R. and Kid Cudi in streaming musical event

Amazon is bringing out more star power to promote this year’s Prime Day shopping event. The company announced Thursday that recording artists Billie Eilish, H.E.R. and Kid Cudi will be… Read More

Amazon to stream WNBA games on Prime Video in tech giant’s latest deal with a pro sports league

Add the WNBA to the list of professional sports leagues that Amazon wants to help showcase via its Prime Video streaming platform. Amazon and the WNBA reached a multi-year agreement… Read More

Amazon and NFL deal for ‘Thursday Night Football’ on Prime Video will begin year early, run 11 seasons

Amazon and the National Football League have tacked on an extra year to a recent deal that makes Prime Video the exclusive home for “Thursday Night Football.” The reported $1… Read More

Podcast

Amazon’s business secrets: Former insiders explain how the tech giant really works in new book

How will Amazon maintain its culture as it approaches 1.3 million employees and prepares for its founder Jeff Bezos to step down as CEO? One answer is the set of… Read More

As Emmy Awards go virtual, HBO bests streaming TV with most wins; Amazon collects four total

Streaming television’s recent awards show successes took a bit of a back seat on Sunday night, as HBO outpaced Netflix, Amazon and others at the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards. Netflix… Read More

‘All in Wa’ COVID-19 benefit concert raises $45M behind Macklemore, Pearl Jam, Bill Gates and more

The “All in Wa” benefit concert for coronavirus relief Wednesday night raised more than $45 million as a host of musicians, celebrities and noted Northwesterners made appearances on the live-streamed… Read More

Netflix dominates Golden Globe nominations; Amazon scores 8 across film and television

There’s apparently a reason everyone wants in on the streaming game: because the services keep putting on a strong showing when awards season rolls around. Monday’s announcement of the Golden… Read More

Cas Anvar in New Shepard capsule

Blue Origin video traces the virtuous circle between real-life spaceflight and ‘The Expanse’ on video

If “The Expanse” ever decides to shoot episodes of the science-fiction series on a Blue Origin spaceship, Wes Chatham is ready to go. “I do think it’d be an excellent… Read More

Cara Gee in Blue Origin crew capsule

Jeff Bezos’ worlds collide: Cast of ‘The Expanse’ visits Blue Origin’s space turf

Science fiction met space fact this week in the Seattle area when the cast of “The Expanse,” the science-fiction jewel in Amazon’s streaming-video crown, got a look at Blue Origin’s… Read More

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