Amazon Prime Video and IMDb TV Sign Multiyear Licensing Deal With Universal
Amazon’s Prime Video and IMDb TV have inked a multiyear licensing deal with Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, bringing blockbusters like “Jurassic World: Dominion” and “F9” to the company’s streaming platforms.
Under the new agreement, Prime Video will have an exclusive pay-one window for Ufeg’s slate of live-action films in the U.S. (starting with the 2022 release slate) and will also receive rights to a package of Ufeg’s library movies.
Universal’s pact with Amazon comes after the studio inked a deal with Peacock making the NBCUniversal streaming service the pay-one partner for the initial four months of the post-theatrical period as well as the final four months of the window (with the middle 10 months licensed nonexclusively to other partners). Both Peacock and Universal are owned by Comcast.
Notably, IMDb TV is the first AVOD service to secure network-window rights from a major studio with Universal’s...
Under the new agreement, Prime Video will have an exclusive pay-one window for Ufeg’s slate of live-action films in the U.S. (starting with the 2022 release slate) and will also receive rights to a package of Ufeg’s library movies.
Universal’s pact with Amazon comes after the studio inked a deal with Peacock making the NBCUniversal streaming service the pay-one partner for the initial four months of the post-theatrical period as well as the final four months of the window (with the middle 10 months licensed nonexclusively to other partners). Both Peacock and Universal are owned by Comcast.
Notably, IMDb TV is the first AVOD service to secure network-window rights from a major studio with Universal’s...
- 7/8/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety - Film News
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