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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Netflix is raising prices for the fourth time in its history, but its offerings remain in line with the cost of competitors like Amazon Prime Video and Hulu. Netflix has… Read More
Walmart is contemplating starting its own streaming service to compete with incumbent giants like Netflix and Amazon, according to a report from The Information. Citing anonymous people familiar with the… Read More
Amazon has secured exclusive rights to stream matches from the top soccer league in the U.K. starting next year, a major boon for the tech giant’s growing live sports streaming… Read More
Amazon has dropped plenty of big boxes on doorsteps around the world, but this might be the biggest. Images shared on Twitter on Tuesday and Wednesday by both @PrimeVideo and… Read More
Update: In a statement shared with GeekWire, Amazon said “we have no plans to create a free, ad-supported version of Prime Video.” Original story: Amazon may offer a streaming video service… Read More