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Jeff Bezos has identified a new, high-profile platform to help showcase the hundreds of billions of dollars Amazon has bet on artificial intelligence: Prime Video.

The Amazon founder and executive chairman pushed Prime Video head Mike Hopkins to overhaul the streaming service so that AI is front and center, according to four people with direct knowledge of the matter.

The resulting project, known internally as Lighthouse, would shine a light on Amazon’s AI capabilities for the more than 200 mi

Premium formats took 58% of opening gross; streaming is months away at earliest

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey posted a $21.4 million Tuesday gross on July 22 — the best single Tuesday in Nolan’s career, topping the $20.8 million The Dark Knight earned on July 22, 2008. That Tuesday result followed a $18.67 million Monday that had already set the record for the highest-grossing Monday of 2026. And both of those weekday figures trace back to a single engineering decision: Universal Pictures an

Detroit’s favorite cyborg cop is officially reporting for duty once again. Amazon MGM Studios has announced an eight-episode RoboCop television series for Prime Video. For fans in Metro Detroit, the announcement raises an obvious question: Will RoboCop finally come home?

RoboCop Is Back: Everything We Know

Prime Video Gives RoboCop a New Mission

The new series has officially received an eight-episode order from Prime Video. Rather than rebooting the franchise from scratch, Amazon says the sho

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Amazon has announced that its cloud gaming platform, Luna, is now available on Prime Video — as long as you’re in the U.S. or UK and are using the streaming service on a Fire TV.

The rollout is part of a wider push from the corporation to get the games that Luna offers into as many han

Jeff Bezos has identified a new, high-profile platform to help showcase the hundreds of billions of dollars Amazon AMZN-Q has bet on artificial intelligence: Prime Video.

The Amazon founder and executive chairman pushed Prime Video head Mike Hopkins to overhaul the streaming service so that AI is front and centre, according to four people with direct knowledge of the matter.

The resulting project, known internally as Lighthouse, would shine a light on Amazon’s AI capabilities for the more than

Luminate’s Midyear Report 2026 finds music streaming still hitting the right notes while film and television pivot towards libraries, documentaries and superfans in an increasingly converged entertainment economy.

MUMBAI: Entertainment’s playbook is being rewritten. Streaming is still surging, but the winners are changing, genres are shifting, physical music is staging an unlikely comeback, AI is finding its audience, and television is quietly becoming more dependent on old favourites than shin

Today is the day we finally return to Eternia. If you have been waiting to see how a modern, live-action take on a legendary franchise looks, your wait is officially over. Streaming globally on Prime Video starting today, July 22, Masters of the Universe takes the characters that defined a generation of childhoods and drops them straight into a high-stakes, sci-fi action adventure.

Directed by Travis Knight, this new adaptation does not just rely on nostalgia. It is a 132-minute, effects-heavy

Netflix has acquired InterPositive, the artificial intelligence company founded by Ben Affleck, in a $587 million deal that positions the streaming giant to transform its sprawling content production pipeline, according to Deadline. The move integrates specialized AI tools designed specifically for filmmakers into Netflix’s operations, promising significant efficiencies across pre-production, filming, and especially post-production phases. With hundreds of original titles in development or relea

LOS ANGELES – The Television Academy has announced major changes to the 2026 Emmy Awards, moving several high-profile categories out of the main televised ceremony. This year’s Primetime Emmys will present 19 awards during the live broadcast, down from 26 categories shown in 2025. Among the biggest changes is the removal of the Outstanding Supporting Actor and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie categories from the main telecast. Instead, those awards will be presented

Ben Affleck’s big payday: SEC filing shows INSANE sum Netflix paid for actor’s AI startup company… after reports it was worth up to $600M

Netflix acquired Ben Affleck’s AI start-up company InterPositive this past March, and now the insane sum the streaming giant paid has been unveiled.

In a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing on Friday, the streamer stated that they paid $587 million in cash for the company, per The Hollywood Reporter.

According to the outlet, the information wa

Netflix has used generative AI in around 300 films and TV shows in 2026, with plans to expand its use as the company looks for new ways to improve efficiency and support growth.

The streaming giant shared in its second-quarter earnings report on Thursday, July 16, 2026, that it has integrated AI across multiple stages of production, from concept development and pre-visualization to post-production and release. The company said the technology has helped create “highly complex sequences” in selec

July 17 (Reuters) – Netflix shares sank more than 10% on Friday after the company forecast another quarter of slower revenue gains and scaled back viewership data, fueling fears that its industry-beating growth may have peaked.

The stock was close to a two-year low in early trading, with the decline set to wipe out $35 billion from Netflix’s market value of about $313 billion, if losses hold.

In its latest disclosure pullback, the streaming giant cut the frequency of its viewing-hours report t

Shares of the streaming giant fell nearly 9 percent in after-hours trading.

Netflix shares fell nearly 9 percent in after-hours trading on July 17 after the streaming giant forecast third-quarter revenue and earnings below Wall Street expectations.

The company, led by CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters, ⁠said on July 16 it expected $12.86 billion in revenue from July through September and diluted earnings per share (EPS) of 82 cents.

Analysts had forecast $13 billion in revenue and diluted EPS

Netflix Q3 revenue and earnings fell short of Wall Street targets as the streaming giant said it would cut the frequency of viewing-hours reports as it seeks new avenues of growth. Shares fell by around 8.6 per cent in after-hours trading on July 16th to $67.99 (€59.38).

Netflix reported earnings that beat estimates and revenue that was roughly in line with forecasts in Q2. Revenue grew 13.4 per cent year over year to $12.56 billion, slightly underperforming Bloomberg consensus estimates of $12

Streaming giant Netflix is set to increase its investment in new programming and AI in a bid to reignite growth. The news comes amid concerns over a slowdown in subscriber engagement plus rising competition from rival streamers and alternative entertainment platforms.

The company will use AI across its business, including to improve content recommendations, search, and production workflows. The aim is to not only make it easier for creators to produce shows and films but also more efficient for

Netflix shares dropped as much as 8 percent Thursday after results underwhelmed investors already worried about slowing engagement at the streaming giant.

The Los Gatos, California-based company is facing fierce competition from YouTube, TikTok and other short-form content providers.

Netflix recorded $3.4 billion in net profit between April and June, an increase of more than 9 percent over the same period a year earlier.

Revenue came in at $12.56 billion, slightly below analyst projections.

LOS ANGELES, July 16 : Netflix offered third-quarter revenue and earnings projections on Thursday that hovered below Wall Street targets and said it would reduce the amount of information it discloses on viewing hours as the streaming video pioneer seeks new avenues of growth in a competitive media landscape.

Shares of Netflix fell nearly 8 per cent in after-hours trading to $68.45.

The company said it expected $12.86 billion in revenue from July through September and diluted earnings per shar

* Disney+ is reportedly mulling over a completely free tier with ads

* The cheapest tier already includes some adverts

* We’re seeing streaming platforms become more like traditional TV

The line between streaming platforms and traditional TV continues to blur: there’s a fresh report that Disney+ is considering adding a free tier to its platform, completely supported by ads, so some shows and movies could be watched without paying anything.

This comes from Business Insider, which says that “p

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Disney has announced brand new details on the upcoming second season of the hit FX series, “Alien: Earth”, which is currently in production in London, England.

The show tells the stories of what happens when the mysterious deep space research vessel USCSS Maginot crash-lands on Earth, “Wendy” (Sydney Chandler) and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat in FX’s “Alien: Earth.”

In the year 2120, the Earth is gove

The race for television’s biggest prize is officially on, and if the Emmy nominations proved anything, it’s that audiences have plenty to argue about before the winners are announced. From surprise snubs to breakout newcomers and returning favorites, the 78th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards nominations delivered plenty of headline-making moments. They also set the stage for what could become one of the most talked about acting showdowns in recent Emmy history.

Apple TV emerged as one of the bigges