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Naman Ramachandran Amazon Prime Video India has signed a multi-year deal with New Zealand Cricket to exclusively stream in India all men’s and women’s cricket matches played in New Zealand across the one day international, twenty-20 and test formats. First up will be a test series between New Zealand and Bangladesh, beginning Jan.

its streaming library this month, which can help narrow down the choices of exactly what to watch on the intimidating streaming platform. We’ve gone one further and curated a list of the best new movies on Amazon Prime Video in December 2021, singling out some swell movies that have either been newly added to Prime Video’s streaming library or are brand new releases hitting Amazon this month.

K.J. Yossman “Mad Men” star Jon Hamm is returning to Amazon Prime Video for season 2 of “Good Omens.”Hamm will reprise the role of Archangel Gabriel in the series, which is currently in production in Scotland.Also returning are Doon Mackichan (“Toast”), who plays Angel Michael, and Gloria Obianyo (“Dune”) as Uriel.They will be joined by new angels Liz Carr (“Devs”) who plays Saraqael and Quelin Sepulveda (“Havoc”) as Muriel.

K.J. Yossman “Mad Men” star Jon Hamm is returning to Amazon Prime Video for season 2 of “Good Omens.”Hamm will reprise the role of Archangel Gabriel in the series, which is currently in production in Scotland.Also returning are Doon Mackichan (“Toast”), who plays Angel Michael, and Gloria Obianyo (“Dune”) as Uriel.They will be joined by new angels Liz Carr (“Devs”) who plays Saraqael and Quelin Sepulveda (“Havoc”) as Muriel.

Amazon Prime Video has closed a multi-year agreement with Inkblot Studios, a leading production company out of Africa that has produced some of Nigeria’s biggest box office hits.

Drake has ghosted Kanye West’s epic “Free Larry Hoover Benefit Concert.” Not the show itself, which went off seemingly without a hitch at the Los Angeles Coliseum Thursday night, but the Amazon Prime Video streaming version of the concert.

Naman Ramachandran Wednesday marks the fifth anniversary of Amazon Prime Video launching in India. To mark the occasion, the service is planning further growth in the fiercely competitive India market with a “deep” strategy.“There are three aspects of going deep — there is content, there is how we market it and there is distribution,” Gaurav Gandhi, country head, Amazon Prime Video India, told Variety.

Naman Ramachandran In a bid to capture a bigger share of the large, fiercely competitive and price-sensitive Indian streaming market, Netflix has sharply reduced its subscription price plans in the territory.The cheapest monthly mobile plan, which covers phone and tablet, has been cut from INR199 ($2.63) to INR149 ($1.97).The basic full service plan, which provides 480p picture quality, sees the largest price drop, by 60%, from INR499 ($6.60) per month to just INR199 ($2.63). The standard plan,

Class of ’07, which will see the return of actresses Caitlin Stasey, Emily Browning and Megan Smart to local screens.WATCH BELOW: Delta Goodrem on NeighboursThe three actresses, two of whom have worked in the Australian soapie scene, will be based in New South Wales while taking part in Class of ’07.Megan and Caitlin shared the news on social media this morning.“I am pumped to be a part of this crazy good, estrogen fueled, female-friendship love story.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefPrime Video and Matchbox Pictures have begun production on “Class of ’07,” a high concept comedy that marks Amazon’s fourth scripted original series in Australia.The rollercoaster comedy about a women’s class reunion with life and death stakes, will be filmed across multiple locations in New South Wales including Sydney.

Naman Ramachandran Sky Studios has promoted “Gomorrah” and “The New Pope” producer Nils Hartmann to the newly created position of senior VP Sky Studios Deutschland and Italia, reporting into Jane Millichip, chief content officer for Europe.

Miley Cyrus and Pete Davidson are hard at work ahead of their New Year’s Eve hosting duties!

Hot on the heels of livestreaming tonight’s Ye/Drake concert in L.A., Amazon Prime Video has announced it will next stream Metallica 40th Anniversary Live, two shows in the band’s hometown celebrating its decades of headbanging.

Robert Lange (Helado Negro) has shared the dates of his upcoming 2022 tour. Lange will play two shows in February — at Pittsburgh's Andy Warhol Museum and at the Bahidora Festival in Tlaltizapán, Mexico — before kicking off his tour in earnest on April 22 at Marfa's Kite Symphony.

Amazon Music and Prime Video will exclusively live stream Kanye’s first headlining show in five years, with special guest Drake. The ‘Free Larry Hoover’ benefit, which takes place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, will stream globally on Prime Video Dec. 9 at 8 p.m. PT, as well as on the Amazon Music app, and the Amazon Music Twitch channel.

Amazon Prime Video is pleased with the performance of the first two seasons of “The Boys.” Even if the streamer weren’t already willing to say so publicly, it would be evident by the fact that not only is the show returning for Season 3, but Amazon is in the middle of working on the first live-action spinoff series. Not only that, apparently, the streamer is almost ready to release an animated ‘Boys’ anthology series titled “The Boys: Diabolical.

William Shatner’s life-changing space flight is heading to Prime Video Canada.

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