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Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast, photographed at a US soccer match in March.

On the cusp of mainstream stardom, MrBeast is being sued

His move to Amazon’s streaming platform Prime Video was meant to be the biggest coup yet for the YouTube sensation, but it may prove his undoing.

  • Karl Quinn

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Sports fans are having to lay out more and more money to watch sport on television.

Remotes at the ready: Watching sport will cost more in 2024

Sports viewers will not want to lose their remote controls in 2024 for there will be plenty to enjoy, but as the broadcast market continues to splinter, it will come at a cost.

  • Jon Pierik
A mix of familiar and new faces appear in the re-launched Australian series Neighbours.

Ramsay Street is back, but this is not the Neighbours you remember

After a tearful send-off, Neighbours has come back from the dead and reinvented Ramsay Street for a new era.

  • Michael Lallo
Top streaming in November: Limitless with Chris Hemsworth, The English, The Crown, Fisk, Yellowstone and Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me.

The best TV shows to stream in November

Get ready for fresh seasons of The Crown and Yellowstone, or watch Chris Hemsworth and Emily Blunt return to the small screen.

  • Thomas Mitchell
(L-R) Amazon Prime head of international originals James Farrell and Amazon Prime head of AU content Tyler Bern.

Amazon Prime Video could make play for Olympics

Amazon Prime Video’s Australian head has left the door open for a bid for the next three Olympic games.

  • Zoe Samios
Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct.

Erotic potential: Streaming era reheats forgotten genre of sexual desire

Amazon’s remarkably fun The Voyeurs relaunches a classic film genre that peaked in the ’90s.

  • Robert Moran
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Not official say the officials: Jeff Bezos.

Jeff Bezos, the would-be astronaut, has wings clipped

On the day that Bezos blasted off, the US government quietly tightened its rules, meaning billionaires could miss out on the designation of being commercial astronauts.

  • Nick Allen
Amazon Prime Video’s Tyler Bern and Hushidar Kharas are pushing the company’s investment in local content to date as they spruik its upcoming shows.

‘Anything is possible’: Amazon Prime open to all options to gain exclusive content

One of Amazon’s most senior Australian executives has declared the tech behemoth will explore all options in the quest for original content

  • Zoe Samios
A protester outside the Amazon.com fulfillment centre in Bessemer, Alabama. The union campaign has drawn national attention and is viewed as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to breach the defenses of the world’s largest online retailer, which so far has managed to keep unions out of its operations.

Amazon hung signs in toilet stalls to push against unions, worker says

The stakes are high for the world’s largest retailer as it’s fighting the biggest workers’ unionisation effort since its founding as an online bookstore in 1995. Even President Joe Biden has weighed in on the battle.

  • Joseph Pisani
Amazon Prime Video boss Hushidar Kharas said the deal XXX

Amazon dives into sports streaming battle with first Australian rights

Amazon Prime Video has struck its first live sports broadcast deal in Australia.

  • Zoe Samios

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