The rings of Power, ” Citadel ‘syndicate

Amazon MGM Studios Distribution, led by Chris Ottinger, head of the worldwide distribution for the relatively new division, started making the highest profile of the studio – and reportedly the most expensive – titles “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” and “Citadel”, available to third parties. These are accompanied by two upcoming series, the graphic novel-spy-spy thriller series “Butterfly” and the action series “Countdown” with Jensen Ackles (“The Boys”).

The last two titles will be available 18 months after their season, according to the traditional release pattern. “Countdown” drops at the end of June while “Butterfly” makes his debut later in the summer. Copper feedback for these shows was very positive during the presentation of La Screenings, according to Ottinger.

Speaking of the franchise “Lord of the Rings”, Ottinger said: “We would like premium prizes because it is a premium product. Season 1 of ‘The rings of Power’Was The largest TV series Première in the history of Prime Video and Season two was the most viewed season ever on the Prop-Video. Dollar ever.”

Since the launch on the LA -Gentoningen in May 2023, the distribution of Amazon MGM Studios has launched more than 50 Amazon original films and launched the sale of Hitfranchises and “the beautiful Mrs. Maisel”, “The Handmaid’s Tale”, “Fargo”, “,”, “,” “Vikings”, “Vikingen”, “James Bond”, “Creed” and “Road House”.

“We have marketed Premium Bibliotheektels to test their performance on Prime Video, while they also broadcast on third-party platforms. One of the goals was to see if they would benefit from a boost in Netflix style or whether they would eventually be channeled from our own viewers.

The division has since become a permanent participant in the Before and La Screenings cycle, in addition to distributors, including Warner Bros., NBCUIVERSAL and CBS. The next stop is MipCom where the current and coming Slate 2026 is presented. It participates in an average of 10 to 12 markets per year.

There are soon conversations with the usual suspects, led by ITV, BBC, TF1, M6, Mediaset in Spain and Italy, as well as RTL, Prosieben and ZDF in Germany. In Latin -America, their greatest buyers are the televisa of Mexico and Globo in Brazil. It is still businesslike as usual with the pay/TV cable industry despite a more challenged environment.

Prime Video currently reaches more than 200 million subscribers worldwide, the second place to Netflix reported 300 million.