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Amazon Rebrands Its Freevee Titles on Fire TVs -- Could This Spell the End For the Freevee Brand? The online retail giant strongly disputed it sunsetting its FAST brand back in February, but rumors are flying once again

Amazon Pulls Back From $115 Million Bally Sports Investment Reported move comes after Amazon secures its own NBA and NHL rights

Citadel Spinoffs — No 'Disasters' Here: Amazon's $300 Million Russo Bros. Series 'Citadel' Is Getting Two Spin-Offs After a vociferously negative domestic response, internationally focused Prime Video is extending the Russo Bros. series into a foreign franchise

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Celtics vs Heat in Game 7 of 2023 NBA Eastern Conference Finals

Amazon Hopes to Create NBA Version of 'Thursday Night Football'

By Jack Reid published 24 October 23

Amazon reportedly wants to participate in the NBA's upcoming $75 billion TV rights bonanza and produce 'an exclusive night of streaming NBA action'

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Amazon Declares Lina Khan and the FTC 'Wrong on the Facts and the Law'

By Jack Reid published 26 September 23

The online retail giant claims that the practices the FTC is challenging have helped grow competition, not discourage it

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Amazon delivery trucks in Richmomd, Calif.

FTC Sues ‘Monopolist’ Amazon

By John Eggerton published 26 September 23

Complaint cites interlocking businesses including Prime Video

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Thursday Night Football announcers Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit

Nielsen Tackled, Won’t Use Amazon Data In ‘Thursday Night Football’ Ratings, but It’s Only First Down

By Jon Lafayette published 7 September 23

Measurement company working to address MRC ‘questions’

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'Thursday Night Football' pregame on Prime Video

Nielsen: VAB Complaints About Measuring Amazon’s ‘Thursday Night Football’ Are ‘Misleading and Inaccurate’

By Jon Lafayette published 30 August 23

Company plans to use first-party data to improve measurement of streaming

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Amazon Adds Content To Fire TV Channels

By Jon Lafayette published 21 August 23

Providers include Fandom, Static Media, Funny or Die, ‘Outside’

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Freevee Adds 31 NBCU Fast Channels

By Scott Lehane published 3 August 23

Amazon Freevee has picked up a new bundle of FAST channels from NBCUniversal

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FTC Proposes ‘Click-to-Cancel’ Online Subscription Rule

By John Eggerton published 23 June 23

Follows lawsuit filed against Amazon over Prime auto-renewal

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Amazon Sued by FTC for ‘Duping Millions of Customers’ Into Prime

By Daniel Frankel published 21 June 23

The Federal Trade Commission says Amazon has used ‘manipulative, coercive, or deceptive user-interface designs known as ‘dark patterns’ to trick consumers into enrolling in automatically-renewing Prime subscriptions’

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Elaine Low of The Ankler and Chris Ottinger of Amazon MGM Studios Distribution

MGM’s Ottinger: Forget the Library and the Legacy, ‘Everything Is Now Driven by an Obsession With Our Customers’ (Next TV L.A.)

By Jack Reid published 21 June 23

A decade ago, Hollywood fought a war against Silicon Valley for control of the video business. Losing had consequences

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