For the record, Amazon first announced in September 2023 that ads would be coming to Prime Video. Even if you don’t upgrade your Prime Video plan, any movies or TV shows that you purchase or rent on Prime Video will be ad-free. Amazon added commercials to Prime Video for the same reason most of the other big streamers did: It wants more revenue.

Prime Video signed a multi-year agreement with Lionsgate, the companies announced on Wednesday. As part of the new deal, Prime Video will have an exclusive early window following STARZ's exclusive first-run window beginning with Lionsgate's 2026 theatrical releases available to U.

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You can now watch a broad selection of PBS programming on Amazon Prime for free even if you don’t have a subscription. Though much of PBS ’ programming is already available to stream through through its own apps, now you can access it through Amazon Prime Video.

The studio's full 2026 slate and select titles in 2025 will be available for streaming shortly after their theatrical window.

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Amazon's Prime Video has shifted its strategic focus towards live sports and away from original television shows and movies, seeking to meet internal corporate profit targets, The Information reported on Friday.

Amazon’s Prime Video entered into a multiyear theatrical output agreement with Lionsgate, under which it will get an exclusive streaming window on the studio’s films starting with its 2026 slate after an initial run on Starz.

Prime Video has hammered out a multi-year agreement for Lionsgate movies. As part of the new deal, Prime Video will have an exclusive early window following STARZ's exclusive first-run window beginning with Lionsgate's 2026 theatrical releases available to U.

The agreement will see titles like ‘Now You See Me 3' and ‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping' land on the streamer after leaving cinemas and Starz's earlier exclusive first-run window.