Amazon's Prime Video service in New Zealand to get ads in 2025

Amazon's Prime Video service in New Zealand to get ads in 2025
A second season of “The Lord of the Rings” TV series was recently released on Prime Video. (Image: Supplied)
John Anthony
Ads will be rolled out on Amazon’s streaming service Prime Video in New Zealand starting next year, making it the first of the three streaming giants to introduce ads in NZ.In early 2024, Prime Video introduced ads before and during the playback of movies and TV shows in a range of countries including the United States, Britain, Germany, Austria, Australia and Canada.This month it announced it would expand advertisements to its Prime Video services in NZ, Brazil, India, Japan and the Netherlands in early 2025.“To continue investing...

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