The company behind I was chosen Announced its partnership with Prime Video on Sunday, becoming the exclusive third-party streaming home for the Bible-based series, allowing an exclusive 90-day window after each theatrical release. Partnerships allow Prime Video to stream new episodes I was chosen Only for 90 days, Before it's officially available for free I was chosen App.
As a result of the transaction, the company is behind it I was chosen You receive higher license fees from Prime Video.
“This is good news,” creator and director Dallas Jenkins said, “This is actually Extraordinary news. ”
Partnership, Jenkins said, I'll allow it I was chosen To reach a larger audience. He announced a partnership between a Live stream.
“Their license fees help us reach 1 billion [people] Many, Much faster,” he said.
Jenkins added that the licensing fees would “supercharge” the series' marketing and translation efforts.
“You can do something like TV ads,” Jenkins said. “We can do things like more global outreach. We can also increase translations quickly. We can also charge the number of translations we can. You can You'll meet people all over the world Get this show to them My own The language is faster with the help of Prime Video. ”
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Prime Video has “a huge marketing engine we don't have,” he said.
Prime Video has 200 million subscribers worldwide. Jenkins pointed out that many of them may not even realize they have access to it. Included As a perk for Amazon Prime members.
“They also want to help bring the rest of the Bible universe back to life,” Jenkins said. of a new partnership with Prime Video. ”
According to Jenkins, the 90-day exclusiveness window is a “short window of exclusivity” compared to other entertainment projects.
“They were very supportive with us to make sure that that exclusive window was as short as possible,” Jenkins said. “The most exclusive streaming window is at least one year.”
Amazon's senior creative executive Traci Blackwell spoke during the live stream. Prime Video is increasing its libraries for its audience of faith, she said. New streaming series David's Housefor example, Released on Prime Video February 27.
She described the faith community as “very underserved” in the streaming market. Blackwell himself is a man of faith, calling himself a “bold believer” and a “follower of Christ.”
“I'm a huge fan of the show.“ Blackwell said. “I was obsessed with this show before I came to Amazon.”
Season 5 of I was chosen Released in theaters March 27th.
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Michael Foot For 20 years, I have covered the intersection of faith and news. His stories appear in the Baptist Press, Christianity Today, Christian Post, Leaf Leaf, Toronto Star, Knoxville News Sentinel.
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It was originally published on February 17th, 2025.
