Sony Pixel Power calrec Sony

Amazon and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Announce Expanded Content Licensing Agreement for Prime Instant Video

22/10/2013

Amazon and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Announce Expanded Content Licensing Agreement for Prime Instant Video

Deal includes Vikings, the #1 new cable series of the year in the U.S. along with popular MGM films for Prime members to stream instantly

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 2013-- (NASDAQ: AMZN)-Amazon.com today announced an expanded content licensing agreement with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), making the epic series Vikings available on Prime Instant Video. Amazon's video streaming subscription customers in the UK and Germany have already been enjoying the hit drama series since it exclusively came to LOVEFiLM - Amazon's European film and TV series subscription service-in May. Vikings premiered on HISTORY in the U.S. and was the #1 new cable series in 2013.

Today's announcement also brings with it a number of great MGM films, including Oscar-winning titles like Fargo, Platoon and Annie Hall, along with fan favorites like Hotel Rwanda and Hoosiers for Prime members to instantly stream on hundreds of compatible devices anytime, anywhere.

We're excited that Prime Instant Video is now the video subscription home of Vikings, a series we know our customers love in both the U.S. and abroad, said Brad Beale, Director of Digital Video Content Acquisition for Amazon. Adding a collection of great MGM films, along with Vikings, is an example of how we're continuously working to offer our Prime members some of the best content available anywhere.

MGM is thrilled to further our relationship with Amazon by offering the epic series Vikings, as well as titles from MGMs library with Amazon Prime members, said John Bryan, President, Domestic Television Distribution, MGM. We are always looking for opportunities to bring our content to new audiences in innovative ways, which is exactly what this partnership delivers.

Prime Instant Video is the exclusive online subscription home for PBS series Downton Abbey, the CBS summer blockbuster series Under the Dome, with each episode added just four days after initial broadcast, and other hit TV series including Justified, Falling Skies, Grimm, Suits and Covert Affairs. Prime Instant Video also offers an exclusive collection of kids shows from Nick Jr. that customers won't find anywhere else including favorites like Dora the Explorer, Go, Diego, Go!, Blue's Clues, and The Backyardigans. Debuting this fall, Amazon's first original series Alpha House and Betas can be found exclusively on Prime Instant Video as well.

About Amazon Instant Video and Prime Instant Video

Amazon Instant Video offers over 150,000 movies and TV episodes for customers to rent or purchase and enjoy on Kindle Fire, Kindle Fire HD, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Roku, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and Wii U, among other connected TVs and devices. Prime Instant Video, Amazon's video subscription offering, enables Prime members to watch tens of thousands of movies and TV episodes at no additional cost to their Prime membership. For more information about Prime Instant Video, visit www.amazon.com/primeinstantvideo.

About Amazon Prime

Amazon Prime is the best bargain in the history of shopping. Prime is an annual membership program for $79 a year that offers customers unlimited Free Two-Day Shipping on millions of items including books, home and garden products, electronics, video games, clothing, and much more. Amazon Prime members also get access to unlimited instant streaming of thousands of movies and TV shows and access to hundreds of thousands of books to borrow for free, as frequently as a book a month, with no due dates from a Kindle device. Customers who receive free Prime shipping benefits through our Amazon Student or Amazon Mom programs can upgrade to an annual paid membership to receive Amazon Prime's digital benefits.

About Amazon.com

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as Books; Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home & Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health & Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web Services provides Amazon's developer customers with access to in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon's own back-end technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any type of business. Kindle Paperwhite is the world's best-selling and most advanced e-reader. It features new display technology with higher contrast, the next generation built-in light, a faster processor, the latest touch technology, and exclusive new features designed from the ground up for readers. Kindle, the lightest and smallest Kindle, features improved fonts and faster page turns. The new Kindle Fire HDX features a stunning exclusive 7 or 8.9 HDX display, a quad-core 2.2 GHz processor, 2x more memory, and 11 hours of battery life, as well as exclusive new features of Fire OS 3.0 including X-Ray for Music, Second Screen, Prime Instant Video downloads, and the revolutionary new Mayday button. The all-new Kindle Fire HD includes an HD display, high-performance processor and dual speakers at a breakthrough price.

Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.com, www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de, www.amazon.co.jp, www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.ca, www.amazon.cn, www.amazon.it, www.amazon.es, www.amazon.com.br, www.amazon.in, and www.amazon.com.mx. As used herein, Amazon.com, we
LINK: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&...
See more stories from phx

Most recent headlines

05/01/2027

Worlds first 802.15.4ab-UWB chip verified by Calterah and Rohde & Schwarz to be demoed at CES 2026

Worlds first 802.15.4ab-UWB chip verified by Calterah and Rohde & Schwarz to be ...

06/09/2026

Dolby and MagentaTV Bring Fans Closer to the FIFA World Cup 2026 in Germany with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos

June 9 2026, 23:00 (PDT) Dolby and MagentaTV Bring Fans Closer to the FIFA Worl...

04/08/2026

Dalet Announces Commercial Availability of Dalia, Bringing Media-Aware Agentic AI to Enterprise Productions

Dalet, a leading technology and service provider for media-rich organizations, t...

04/07/2026

Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway Opens in Dolby Cinemas Across Japan, Presented in Dolby Atmos and Dolby ...

April 7 2026, 19:00 (PDT) Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway Opens in...

27/06/2026

Through Their Lens: What Cinematographer Amy Vincent Saw at the 2026 Directors Lab

There's no doubt that you've seen the world through Amy Vincent's ey...

27/06/2026

UJAM release Retrocraft

Brings together saturation & lo-fi effects Following on from the release of their Voxcraft vocal-processing plug-in, UJAM have announced the launch of Retro...

27/06/2026

A record 4.84 million Australians choose SBS as the Socceroos advance at FIFA World Cup 2026

A record 4.84 million Australians choose SBS as the Socceroos advance at FIFA Wo...

27/06/2026

Apogee CRAS Symphony Mkii Education Feature Blog

Why CRAS Upgraded to Symphony I/O MK II When an audio school runs studios all day, every day, gear doesn't just need to sound good , it needs to survive rea...

27/06/2026

MultiDyne Acquires the Assets of MRMC

Share Copy link Facebook X Linkedin Bluesky Email...

27/06/2026

Spectrum Intelligence Ventures Launches Latis

Share Copy link Facebook X Linkedin Bluesky Email...

27/06/2026

Krotos Video to Sound Plugin Now Available for Adobe Premiere Pro

Krotos Video to Sound Plugin Now Available for Adobe Premiere Pro Brie Clayton June 26, 2026 0 Comments Editors can analyze footage, generate synchron...

27/06/2026

Mirai Media Elevates Digital and Broadcast Productions with Blackmagic Design

Mirai Media Elevates Digital and Broadcast Productions with Blackmagic Design Brie Clayton June 26, 2026 0 Comments Studio uses Ultimatte 12 HD and Po...

27/06/2026

Lutra Cafe & Bakery Opens At American Tobacco Campus

DURHAM, N.C. - JUNE 26, 2026 - Lutra Cafe & Bakery has opened its first brick-and-mortar location at American Tobacco Campus after owner Chris McLaurin operated...

26/06/2026

SVG GameDay, Ep. 21: Minnesota Vikings Allan Wertheimer - Large-Scale Shows in Minny

In-venue and creative video staffers at the professional and collegiate level ha...

26/06/2026

Strike Fighter League Announces Second Online Tournament, Set for July 25 in Las Vegas

Strike Fighter League (SFL), a professional air combat digital sport combining f...

26/06/2026

InfoComm 2026: Wisycom Announces MPR60 Firmware Update, MATF Antenna Matrix, and PFL RFoF Box

Wisycom has announced three new additions to its professional wireless ecosystem...

26/06/2026

Eurovision Services Inaugurates Expanded Master Control Room in Madrid

Eurovision Services inaugurated an expanded Master Control Room (MCR) in Madrid on June 1, 2026, building on a broadcast hub the company has operated in the cit...

26/06/2026

Midco Sports and University of North Dakota Renew Broadcast and Sponsorship Partnership

Midco Sports and the University of North Dakota (UND) have announced a two-year ...

26/06/2026

G&D and VuWall Appoint Vutec as Exclusive South Africa Distributor

Guntermann and Drunck (G&D) and VuWall, both part of the Panoptec Technologies Group, have appointed Vutec (Pty) Ltd as exclusive distributor for their KVM and ...

26/06/2026

Visit Seattle Launches Drone Scoreboard at Space Needle for FIFA World Cup 2026

Visit Seattle, the official destination marketing organization for Seattle and King County, has launched what it describes as the world's first drone scoreb...

26/06/2026

CP Communications Provides RF and Wireless Support for 2026 NBA Draft at Barclays Center

CP Communications provided RF video, audio, and crew communications support for ...

26/06/2026

Reimagined MoonPay X Games League Kicks Off With Three-Day Event in Sacramento

Produced by longtime partner Echo Entertainment, the action-sports property is now a team-based year-round league The inaugural season of the MoonPay X Games L...

26/06/2026

MultiDyne Acquires MRMC, Expands into Camera Robotics and Motion Control

The deal establishes MultiDyne Robotics and Motion Control, maintaining the well-known MRMC brand.MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems has acquired the assets ...

26/06/2026

TNT Sports Heads Into Year 2 of NASCAR Return With New NEP Truck, Expanded In-Car Experience

PX1 will debut at Sonoma as TNT leans into super-slo-mo, drones, SMT data integr...

26/06/2026

Ratings Roundup: USMNT-Australia Draws 23M Viewers; Mexico-South Korea Is Most-Watched Spanish-Language Soccer Match Ever

Ratings Roundup is a rundown of recent rating news and is derived from press rel...

26/06/2026

David Kuckhermann brings calabash to Celemony Tonalic

Virtual session musician plug-in gains new percussion options Celemony's latest update for their virtual session musician platform complements the exist...

26/06/2026

Softube unveil the Console 1 Compact

Half-size model joins Console 1 line-up Shortly after the release of their new Flow Studio controller, Softube have announced the launch of another new surf...

26/06/2026

ELT Group and Rohde & Schwarz sign a cooperation agreement to explore commercial opportunities in electromagnetic warfare and defense

ELT Group and Rohde & Schwarz sign a cooperation agreement to explore commercial...

26/06/2026

Lightware Powers Teddy Swims UK And Europe Tour With Adva...

For Teddy Swims sold-out I've Tried Everything But Therapy tour, event technology specialists, PRG, provided video, automation and lighting across 19 date...

26/06/2026

Taurus TPN powers AV workflows at NurnbergMesse

Modern exhibition and event venues face the challenge of seamlessly integrating traditional conference technology, professional broadcast workflows and IP-based...

26/06/2026

FCC Adopts New Cybersecurity Requirements for Alerting Systems

Share Copy link Facebook X Linkedin Bluesky Email...

26/06/2026

Study: Roku Most Used But Not Highest Rated Streaming Platform

Share Copy link Facebook X Linkedin Bluesky Email...

26/06/2026

Samsung Ads Announces First Shoppable CTV Partners

Share Copy link Facebook X Linkedin Bluesky Email...

26/06/2026

Gray Media Names Annie Cordell General Manager of WMBF

Share Copy link Facebook X Linkedin Bluesky Email...

26/06/2026

Neko Oji: The Guy That Got Reincarnated as a Cat Edited with DaVinci Resolve Studio

Neko Oji: The Guy That Got Reincarnated as a Cat Edited with DaVinci Resolve Stu...

26/06/2026

Adobe to Acquire Topaz Labs

Adobe to Acquire Topaz Labs Brie Clayton June 25, 2026 0 Comments Adobe has seen strong demand for its AI products for creatives, including Adobe Fire...

26/06/2026

Berklee Students Earn Dedicated Section at Raindance Film Festival in London

Berklee Students Earn Dedicated Section at Raindance Film Festival in London Five documentary short films produced in the Africana Studies Department screen a...

26/06/2026

Keeping Pace with the Race

How IMS Productions and FOX Sports scaled coverage of the 109th Indianapolis 500. The last lap of this year's Indianapolis 500 delivered the kind of ending...

26/06/2026

Prison Wives of TikTok is Locked In for U and U&W

Flicker Productions to produce five-part docu-reality series following women who have fallen for men in prison and have become TikTok sensations, with brands an...

26/06/2026

Automating post-production workflows with Baselight, Daylight, Nara & FilmLight API. New York. 8 July 2026

Catch up on the latest developments across Baselight and Daylight v7, Nara and F...

26/06/2026

DFT installs second Polar HQ at China News Film Confirming Position as China's Leading 8K Film Preservation Partner

26. June 2026 News DFT is pleased to announce that a second Polar HQ film s...

26/06/2026

New documentary Freedom Founder: Thomas McKean and the American Revolution comes to RT

New documentary Freedom Founder: Thomas McKean and the American Revolution airs ...

25/06/2026

Launching a Career in Broadcast Engineering: Academic Paths and Essential Certifications

Launching a Career in Broadcast Engineering: Academic Paths and Essential Certif...

25/06/2026

SVG Students To Watch: Jude Kieffer, Ball State University

This superstar shooter/storyteller from Central Indiana hopes to make his mark in the blossoming sports-documentary and -features space In the live-sports-vid...

25/06/2026

Presidio and NHL Renew Multiyear North American Technology Partnership

Presidio and the National Hockey League have announced a multiyear renewal of their North American partnership. Presidio will remain an Official Technology Inno...

25/06/2026

Strike Fighter League Hits the Industry as First Professional Air Combat Sport

Strike Fighter League (SFL) is the world's first professional air combat digital sport that combines elite human performance and physical immersion with cut...

25/06/2026

Rise Reveals 2026 Worldwide Mentoring Cohorts to Support Future Industry Leaders

Rise, the award-winning advocacy group for gender diversity in the broadcast and media technology sector, is pleased to announce the global mentoring cohort for...

25/06/2026

MLB Network To Air American Association of Professional Baseball All-Star Game for First Time on July 15

The 2026 American Association of Professional Baseball (AAPB) All-Star Game will...

25/06/2026

Mediaproxy Partners with HVS for U.S. Broadcast Market

Mediaproxy has named Heartland Video Systems (HVS) as its exclusive partner for US television broadcasting. The Wisconsin-based systems integrator will represen...

25/06/2026

Backblaze Inks Five-Year Multi-Exabyte Data Storage Agreement with CoreWeave

Backblaze has formed an agreement with CoreWeave to create The Essential Cloud for AI. Under the multi-exabyte, $335 million agreement, Backblaze will provide...