- Amazon.com (AMZN +0.8%) and CBS (CBS -0.6%) have built on an existing partnership with a new exclusive multi-series licensing deal -- a coup amid hot competition with Netflix and Hulu for content rights.
- The move makes Amazon Prime the video home of upcoming comic thriller series BrainDead, where members will be able to stream episodes four days after a broadcast airing. The two used a similar quick-turnaround approach for Under the Dome three years ago, and Amazon also has rights to Extant, starring Halle Berry.
- The deal also means more CBS and Showtime library titles are available to Amazon Prime members, including I Love Lucy, The Tudors, The Amazing Race and films like Inside Llewyn Davis.