Despite their status as the world’s two largest streaming platforms, and both being well versed in the need for content to be easily discoverable, both Amazon Prime Video and Netflix are inflicting some shockingly poor user experiences on customers which hamper the ability to find new things to watch. Visually the worst culprit is Amazon. Streaming services come … [Read more...] about Amazon and Netflix’s poor user experiences make it hard to find their expensive new content
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Amazon Prime India and BBC Worldwide announce factual and pre-school content deal
BBC Worldwide has signed a deal to provide Amazon Prime members in India access to more than 600 hours of award-winning and popular factual and pre-school content from the BBC. Amazon Prime launched in India in July 2016, and launched its Prime Video streaming service in December 2016. “In the last year or so, we have seen digital consumption in India increase … [Read more...] about Amazon Prime India and BBC Worldwide announce factual and pre-school content deal
Channel 4’s Walter Presents to launch in US
Channel 4's curated streaming service Walter Presents is to launch in the US on a variety of platforms and at WalterPresents.com. Unlike in the UK where the service is supported by adverts and sits alongside the All4 catch-up player, US users will have to pay $6.99 a month for be ad-free access. A venture between the UK’s Channel 4 and Global Series Network (GSN), Walter … [Read more...] about Channel 4’s Walter Presents to launch in US
Amazon’s Patriot to arrive next month
Amazon has announced that its new original one hour series Patriot is slated to premiere on Friday 24th February exclusively on Prime Video. Starring Michael Dorman (Wonderland), Emmy winner Terry O'Quinn (Lost), Kurtwood Smith (That 70’s Show) and Michael Chernus (Manhattan Project), Patriot follows the complicated life of intelligence officer John Tavner (Dorman). His … [Read more...] about Amazon’s Patriot to arrive next month
Netflix announces 13 Reasons Why launch date
13 Reasons Why follows teenager Clay Jensen (newcomer Dylan Minnette) as he returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker (newcomer Katherine Langford) - his classmate and crush—who tragically committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah explains that there … [Read more...] about Netflix announces 13 Reasons Why launch date