Amazon Launches Ad-Based Streaming Service IMDb TV in the U.K.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorHave you signed up for Netflix, Disney Plus or HBO Max just to watch one new show or movie — then canceled for a few months until the next must-see thing comes out?Now there’s a name for this behavior: “churn and return,” a term coined by consulting firm Deloitte. It’s most common among younger generations: Nearly half of millennials (47%) and 34% of Gen Z in the U.S.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCNN’s coming foray into the streaming wars will send the network searching for customers in both regular haunts and surprising places.The WarnerMedia cable-news outlet typically runs a significant chunk of promotions for its programming on its own air and in other venues owned by its parent company. On Friday, it’s airing an initial ad to entice loyal viewers to consider CNN Plus, its new video-streaming service slated to launch in 2022.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorRedbox, whose core business remains renting DVDs from kiosks across the U.S., is upsizing its ambitions in the original movie biz as well as expanding its free, ad-supported streaming platforms in a deal with Lionsgate.Under a multiyear distribution pact, Lionsgate will handle distribution of Redbox Entertainment titles across home entertainment windows and lead licensing efforts of the films to subscription-streaming services.

Amazon has introduced the next-generation of Echo Buds, featuring a new design, premium audio architecture and custom noise cancelling technology.

Amazon has introduced a new feature which allows Prime members to send gifts to friends or family members even if they do not know their address, and it could be a game-changer this Christmas.

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A leading Manchester business has launched a pioneering, national support service that aims to help businesses up and down the country with their IT needs, whatever they may be.

Amazon have launched their free IMDb TV streaming service in the UK.The service, which is related to the film/TV industry database IMDb, launched three years ago in the US as a free service supported by advertising.The new UK version is currently available via Amazon Prime Video – though a subscription to Amazon Prime is not required to access the service – and it will soon be available as a standalone app via Fire TV.Alongside a host of the service’s own productions, the likes of Pulp Fiction,

Amazon’s premium free streaming service, IMDb TV, launched today in the UK.

CNN has tapped marketing professor Scott Galloway to host a show for its upcoming subscription streaming service, CNN+, set to debut in the first quarter of 2022.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeFormer NBC Entertainment and Showtime marketing chief Len Fogge has launched a new company, Len Fogge Consultants, targeted at working with media companies, consumer marketing organizations and ad agencies throughout the business.Based in both Los Angeles and New York, Fogge said the new shingle will focus on marketing structure and workflow design, creative brand building, product marketing, digital/social marketing and budgeting and financial

Whenever Frances McDormand brought up the notion of her husband and frequent collaborator Joel Coendirecting her in her dream role of Lady Macbeth, he demurred – bluntly. “He said absolutely not,” she recalled; “I had no interested in theater,” he explained, and that was that.

Amazon Prime Video is stepping up its content offering in India with the launch of Channels, which will feature a variety of add-on streaming services available at additional cost to subscribers.

Naman Ramachandran Amazon Prime Video Channels has landed in India, where the streaming platform’s a la carte service is now available with eight of the country’s popular networks, and more to come.Already available in 11 territories, including the U.S., Canada, Japan, U.K.

Nancy Han and Jennifer Suozzo are among the new executives joining CNN+, the network’s new subscription streaming service set to launch in the first quarter of next year.