[ AMAZON shoppers have been left stunned by a sudden price drop on an already “bargain” Amazon Fire TV. The 43-inch smart telly is has had its price slashed by 40 per cent from £429.99 to £259.99. 2 Amazon’s Fire TVs give you all the benefits of a Fire Stick – including the ability to … Read more
[ IF you’ve just discovered the Fallout series thanks to the excellent show on Amazon Prime, you might be tempted to play the game. Looking up the most recent Fallout game you’ll find Fallout 76, and while it has received improvements over the last few years, it’s not the best starting point to the series. … Read more
[ VIDEO game adaptations have not always had the best reputation, but they are getting better and better as the years go on. The Last of Us was the first big game to TV adaptation to break into the mainstream, and now Fallout has followed in its path. 1 The Ghoul will be returning with … Read more
[ Google employees in two different offices protested the company’s work with the Israeli government on Tuesday, objecting to a billion-dollar contract it signed with the U.S. ally in 2021. The protestors organized sit-ins in two locations, one in Sunnyvale, Calif., and the other in one of New York City’s offices. The sit-in Sunnyvale office … Read more
[ FALLOUT, Prime Video’s latest show based on the post-apocalyptic video game series of the same name just came out, and one character, The Ghoul, is having viewers puzzled. Here’s everything you need to know about The Ghoul, aka Cooper Howard, in the Fallout TV series. 1 The Ghoul, portrayed by Walton Goggins in Prime … Read more
[ Longtime NBC ad sales executive Krishan Bhatia has landed at Amazon as VP, Global Video Advertising Sales, a new position for a new team within ad sales focused on streaming TV offerings across live sports, Amazon Freevee, Twitch, Prime Video ads, and third-party publishers. He’ll be based in New York and report to Alan … Read more
[ THE Last of Us opened up the world of video game stories to those who only watch TV, so it seems right that another post-apocalyptic series would try to take the crown of best video game adaptation. Despite the similarity of the situations, those who have played both game series know the tone is … Read more
[ Amazon CEO Andy Jassy saluted the company’s progress in video advertising in his annual letter to shareholders. Overall ad revenue rose 24% in 2023 compared with 2022, he noted, reaching $47 billion and the growth was “primarily driven by our sponsored ads.” Amazon has added Sponsored TV to the mix, giving advertisers a self-service … Read more
[ Nolan tasked Fallout showrunners Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet with threading that particular needle. The pair chose to center the series around three protagonists, played by Walton Goggins, Ella Purnell, and Aaron Clifton Moten, all of whom enter the story at a turning point in their lives. As a cowboy movie star turned ghoul, … Read more
[ Cinema owners, studios and indie distributors gathering in Las Vegas this week for exhibition’s biggest confab seek visibility into a theatrical landscape gut-punched by Hollywood strikes last year just as a post-Covid recovery was revving up. Production halted for months led to fewer releases on the schedule. But there’s reason for optimism, from Dune … Read more
