Viacom will provide hundreds of TV shows
Viacom will provide hundreds of TV shows to users of Amazon’s Prime Instant Video, the companies announced Tuesday in a press release (http://bit.ly/17WGNFQ). The companies said the deal is part of an “expanded multi-year, multi-national digital video licensing agreement” recently…
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finalized between the two companies. They said the deal will provide customers with exclusive content not available on other streaming digital video services. “Prime members will now have unlimited instant streaming access to popular kids programming such as Bubble Guppies, The Backyardigans, Team Umizoomi, Blue’s Clues and Victorious, along with top-rated shows from MTV and Comedy Central like Awkward, Tosh.0 and Workaholics,” said the release. “Kids shows are one of the most watched TV genres on Prime Instant Video,” said Amazon Vice President-Digital Video and Music Bill Carr, who said Amazon will now offer the largest subscription selection of Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. TV shows online. The deal will also provide content form Nickelodeon to Kindle users over Amazon’s Kindle FreeTime Unlimited Service. “This innovative agreement will provide Prime members with access to even more of our best programming from our major television brands,” said Viacom CEO Philip Dauman in the release.