Amazon Prime Video Marks Five Years in India With Deep Growth Strategy

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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 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,

international pageant that defied politics and the coronavirus pandemic.The 21-year-old titleholder said she was feeling “overwhelmed because it’s been 21 years since India got Miss Universe crown — and it’s happening right now.”Miss Universe 2021 Andrea Meza of Mexico crowned her successor in the contest set in the Israeli Red Sea resort town of Eilat. The event took place the middle of the night — wrapping up at 5 a.m.

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.

“Pebbles” is an Indian Tamil-language drama that follows a young boy, Velu (played by Chella Pandi), who is dragged out of school by his abusive, alcoholic father (played by Karuththadaiyaan) to embark on a journey to bring back the wife who left his father. Originally titled “Koozhangal,” the film was especially personal for director P.S.

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.

K.J. Yossman BAFTA has unveiled its 2021 BAFTA Breakthrough cohort, including “It’s a Sin” star Lydia West and “Censor” director Prano Bailey-Bond.Supported by Netflix, the annual talent initiative, which originally launched in 2013 as “Breakthrough Brits,” was renamed BAFTA Breakthrough in May 2020 and expanded to include the U.S.

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.

Naman Ramachandran Bollywood film “Vikram Vedha,” starring Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan, has wrapped its first shooting schedule in Abu Dhabi and commenced the second one in Lucknow, India.The film, which also stars Radhika Apte in a pivotal role, is a remake of 2017 Tamil-language hit “Vikram Vedha,” directed by writer-directors Pushkar and Gayatri and starring R. Madhavan and Vijay Sethupathi.Pushkar and Gayatri are also helming the Hindi-language Bollywood adaptation.

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