Amazon Prime Video will stream the final Evangelion 'Rebuild' movie internationally on Aug. 13

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Except in Japan, Amazon will be streaming anime hit  Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon A Time on August 13 on its Prime Video service globally. This fourth and final chapter in the saga has earned over USD 86 million in Japanese theatres, making it the country's biggest earner of the year.

If you haven't caught the last three films, Prime Video will also offer Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone, Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance, and Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo.

Source: Engadget

Amazon Prime Video to support Canadian BIPOC creators with $1.25m donation

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Amazon Prime Video wants to help creators who are Black, Indigenous, and people of colour (BIPOC) in the country through a $1.25 million donation. The streaming service is partnering with the Indigenous Screen Office (ISO) in Canada to help BIPOC creative community that was hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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BBC Studios' BBC Select streaming service to launch in Canada in 2021

BBC Studios will be launching its new streaming service in Canada and the US in early 2021. BBC Select is described as a TV service for "independent thinkers." It'll arrive on Amazon Prime Video and the Apple TV app, specializing in factual programming, highlighting culture, politics, and ideas. According to BBC Studios, the service will celebrate diverse voices through a candid, unbiased, and occasionally playful lens.

Some of the initial shows you can expect are Louis Theroux's BBC documentaries Selling Sex and Surviving America's Most Hated Family, and Channel 4's Grayson Perry: Big American Road Trip. There will also be exclusives like classicist Mary Beard's Shock of the Nude, Reggie Yates in China, Putin – A Russian Spy Story, and Adam Curtis' All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace.

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Amazon Prime Video launches 'Video Watch Party' feature in Canada

Finding ways to be "together" these days has us getting more creative. Amazon Prime Video announced 'Prime Video Watch Party' just in ties for the holidays.

Prime Video customers in Canada can now enjoy Prime Video Watch Party, a native social viewing experience on desktop that is available for Prime members at no additional cost to their Prime membership.

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