‘Vikings’: Amazon Takes Exclusive First-Run Of Final Ten Episodes Of Historical Drama Ahead of History Channel
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deadline.comThe final ten episodes of Michael Hirst’s historical drama Vikings is moving from History to Amazon for its first-window.The streamer has struck a deal to have the exclusive first-run of the second half of the MGM drama’s final season.
It will launch all ten episodes on December 30 in the U.S., UK, Germany, Austria and Ireland.The unusual arrangement means that History, which originally commissioned the show, will only have the second window rights to one of its key scripted shows.
It comes as the A+E Networks channel is moving out of returnable scripted series and focusing on limited miniseries.It also means that Amazon and Netflix will both have Vikings series on air around the same time as the latter is currently filming its Vikings:
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