Emmys Move to Prime Video in Six-Year, Global Deal Worth Around $15 Million a Year

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The Television Academy made it official on Tuesday morning: The Emmys are tossing the wheel and heading to the stream. Amazon’s Prime Video streamer has struck a six-year deal with the org to take over the Primetime Emmys telecast effective next year.

Terms of the deal weren’t revealed, but Prime Video is believed to be paying a license fee of around $15 million for global rights to the Emmys beginning in September 2027, according to sources. Prior to that, the “wheel deal” mix of ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox paid around $8 million to $10 million annually — but that was only for domestic rights.

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