Amazon makes its live news debut

Amazon makes its live news debut as TV vet Brian Williams hosts election night coverage
Amazon’s foray into live news coverage began with a familiar voice and face. “Good evening. It’s been a while,” said Brian Williams, the longtime NBC News anchor, kicking off election night coverage Tuesday at 2 p.
Brian Williams Goes Long on Talk, Short on Flashy Graphics in Amazon Election-Night Streaming Debut
Brian Williams kicked off a chatty Election Night special on Amazon in what is seen as a bid by the streaming giant to dabble more in live events
Brian Williams and Amazon are asking election night news-seekers to take a leap of faith with them
Let no one accuse Brian Williams of trying to lower expectations a week before his election night special coverage on Amazon Prime Video.“This will be the first — if you'll forgive the phrase — new product introduction in the election night space since color television,
Brian Williams' Amazon Election Night Special Signals Streaming's Emergence For Live News Moments: "It Might Be The Next Big Thing"
Turn on Amazon’s Prime Video on Election Night, and you will see the streaming giant do something it has never done before: Live coverage of a breaking news event. Brian Williams, the former NBC News and MSNBC anchor who will host Election Night Live,
Brian Williams' executive producer dishes on Amazon's leap into live news
Amazon is launching an election night special hosted by Brian Williams. BI interviewed the show's executive producer.
Shepard Smith returning to live TV news as part of Brian Williams’ Amazon coverage
Brian Williams isn’t the only former TV news personality to be making a comeback — albeit a short one — during election season. Details about the appearance haven’t been confirmed, such as what role Smith might play in the coverage,
Election Night Live with Brian Williams: All to know about the Amazon Prime special
Amazon Prime Video is hosting a special election night broadcast, Election Night Live with Brian Williams on November 5, 2024, at a 5 p.m. ET/ 2 p.m. PT live event.
On Prime Video, Brian Williams hosted an election night fever dream
In the era of cable news, election coverage has metastasized into a subgenre of its own — one with narrative conventions that viewers depend on and dread in equal measure. These include projections, of course,
Amazon Adds Shepard Smith To Its ‘Election Night Live With Brian Williams’
Former Fox News anchor Shepard Smith will join longtime NBC and MSNBC anchor Brian Williams on Amazon’s live streaming coverage as the election returns come in.
Amazon Prime's "lo-fi" election night special with Brian Williams draws mixed reactions
Election Night Live With Brian Williams has some budget tech,” one user wrote on X, in a jab at the household-sized TV powering state-by-state analysis. Media commentator Max
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Disgraced news anchor Brian Williams has resurfaced to lead Amazon Prime Video’s new 2024 election coverage programming.
Brian Williams held our hand, giving us a way to check out from cable news – and the election
Election night cable news is designed to keep us on edge. William's low-key "experiment" eased our way into despair ...
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