Seattle – Amazon launched its second set of series pilots exclusively on Prime Instant Video in the U.S. and LOVEFiLM in the UK on February 6. Following a successful first pilot season that resulted in the critically-acclaimed Garry Trudeau series Alpha House — along with popular tech comedy Betas and the soon to premiere kids series Creative Galaxy, Tumble Leaf and Annedroids — Amazon Studios debuted a mix of 10 comedy, drama … [Read more...] about Amazon Studios debuts new original pilots
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Amazon to open global digital media innovation hub in London
London – Amazon has announced that it will open a new global Digital Media Development Centre in London in the coming months. The design and development teams from Pushbutton and LOVEFiLM, both Amazon companies, will come together to work on new digital media projects that will benefit Amazon customers internationally. The eight-floor, 47,000 sq. ft. centre will house teams of software development engineers, user-interface experts and graphic designers who will focus on the creation … [Read more...] about Amazon to open global digital media innovation hub in London
Xbox moves beyond gaming
Microsoft has announced a slew of deals that will put TV content from 50 content providers in more than 20 countries onto its Xbox console. Subjected to geographic restrictions, these will be available to the existing 35 million users of the service. The BBC, Channel 4, Lovefilm (UK), Telefónica (Spain), Mediaset (Italy) and ZDF (Germany) join North American partners that include Bravo, Comcast, HBO Go, Verizon FiOS and Syfy in an updated version of the Xbox Live, which will launch before … [Read more...] about Xbox moves beyond gaming
