For the record, Amazon first announced in September 2023 that ads would be coming to Prime Video. Even if you don’t upgrade your Prime Video plan, any movies or TV shows that you purchase or rent on Prime Video will be ad-free. Amazon added commercials to Prime Video for the same reason most of the other big streamers did: It wants more revenue.

Prime Video signed a multi-year agreement with Lionsgate, the companies announced on Wednesday. As part of the new deal, Prime Video will have an exclusive early window following STARZ's exclusive first-run window beginning with Lionsgate's 2026 theatrical releases available to U.

Amazon and Lionsgate have struck a streaming deal to have as many as 20 Lionsgate theatrical releases stream on Prime Video each year.

Starting in 2026, Prime Video will also be able to select premium titles from Lionsgate’s catalog, including such premium franchises as John Wick, Twilight, Divergent, Saw and Emmy-winning TV series like Nurse Jackie and Weeds, among others.

You can now watch a broad selection of PBS programming on Amazon Prime for free even if you don’t have a subscription.

Amazon’s Prime Video entered into a multiyear theatrical output agreement with Lionsgate, under which it will get an exclusive streaming window on the studio’s films starting with its 2026 slate after an initial run on Starz.

Sure, the company used to offer its own streaming service, but nowadays, unless you pay for a Starz subscription where Lionsgate films premier for streaming, you may come up empty-handed with any other legal way to watch that content on your favorite streaming device.

New Lionsgate movies like the next ‘Hunger Games’ title will be available to stream on Prime Video after their theatrical and STARZ runs. Lionsgate is putting its ducks — and its movies — in a row. The studio is busy getting ready for a life without STARZ,