Amazon Gets Streaming Rights to CBS's ‘Salvation’

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CBS has sold the subscription streaming video rights to its upcoming summer series Salvation to Amazon’s Prime Video service.

Salvation premieres on CBS July 12. Amazon Prime members will be able to steam and download episodes of the show beginning four days after their broadcast debut.

CBS has made similar deals with Amazon for past summer series, including Under the Dome and Extant.

“The CBS/Amazon relationship for original summer programming has been very successful, and we’re excited to build on it with Salvation,” said Scott Koondel, chief corporate licensing officer, CBS Corp. “It continues to be a great business model for year-round programming on the network, as well as exclusive content for Amazon Video subscribers.”

The series is a thriller about dealing with an asteroid six months away from colliding with the Earth.

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Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.