Amazon Prime Video is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming and rental service of Amazon. com, Inc. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced by Amazon Studios or licensed to Amazon, as Prime Originals or Exclusives. It also hosts content from other providers, content add-ons, live sporting events, and video rental and purchasing services. On April 18, 2016, Amazon split Prime Video from Amazon Prime in the US for USD 8. 99 per month. On December 14, 2016,. Prime Video launched worldwide expanding its reach beyond the United States, UK, Germany, Austria, and Japan.
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Amazon Prime Video is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming and rental service of Amazon. com, Inc. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced by Amazon Studios or licensed to Amazon, as Prime Originals or Exclusives. It also hosts content from other providers, content add-ons, live sporting events, and video rental and purchasing services. In countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany, the service can be accessed without a full Prime subscription, whereas in Australia, Canada, France, India, and Italy, it can only be accessed through a dedicated website. On April 18, 2016, Amazon split Prime Video from Amazon Prime in the US for USD 8. 99 per month. On December 14, 2016,. Prime Video launched worldwide expanding its reach beyond the United. States, UK, Germany, Austria, and Japan. In 2015, Amazon launched the Streaming Partners Program, a platform allowing subscription-based third-party channels and streaming services to be offered to Amazon Prime subscribers through the Amazon Video platform. These services are separate from the Amazon video offering, and must be purchased separately.
On July 30, 2015, it was announced that they had hired Jeremy Clarkson, and Richard May, to produce an untitled motoring show for Amazon Prime Video that would later be named The Grand Tour. Neither Jeff Bezos nor Andy Wilman, the former executive producer of Top Gear, has officially announced the show’s budget but it has not officially been announced. In July, Amazon announced plans to expand the service into India in September 2015, but the word has not yet been officially announced, but it was stated that each episode would have a budget of around £4.5 million. On September 4, 2012, Amazon signed a deal with pay-TV channel Epix to feature movies on their streaming service, in a move to rival their competitor Netflix. In January 2015, Transparent became the first show produced byAmazon Studios to win a major award and the first series from a streaming video service to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy. In August 2014 the service is no longer available for downloading purchased instant videos.
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