
The online retailer says Prime members tend to buy more goods, but it does not give specifics. It does not sell a stand-alone video subscription service like Netflix - instead, it bundles streaming video with its Amazon Prime membership program, in which shoppers pay an annual fee of $79 for two-day shipping on most of their purchases from .Īmazon hopes original shows will encourage more people to sign up for Amazon Prime. “I’m very interested to see where this is going to go - TV distribution over your computer,” he added.Īmazon’s approach mixes the tactics of traditional network TV with innovations from the online world. “But this is just the same as a TV set - full production value, great director, good technical people.” “I’m always worried I’m going to be in a YouTube video,” Goodman told Reuters during a break in filming at the cavernous Cine Magic Riverfront Studios in Brooklyn, New York. Like Netflix, it has decided that it must move beyond being a distributor of others’ shows to producing top-drawer programming of its own. Yet this is not the project of a big movie studio or a television network but rather of Inc, the world’s largest Internet retailer.Īmazon, along with Netflix, Google, Apple, Intel, Microsoft and others, aims to play a major role in the Internet-driven transformation of Hollywood. Stephen Colbert shot a teaser for the next episode of the series, which is written by “Doonesbury” cartoonist Garry Trudeau.

John Goodman, coming off notable roles in Oscar-winning movies “Argo” and “The Artist,” is the star.

Goodman, coming off notable roles in Oscar-winning movies "Argo" and "The Artist," is the star. A new show called "Alpha House," whose pilot filmed in New York late February 2013, has many of the ingredients necessary for television success. Actors John Goodman (R) and Alan Arkin from "Argo" embrace at the 19th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, California in this Janufile photograph.
