shomi inks exclusive agreement with Sony Pictures for Amazon Original Series

TORONTO – Rogers’ and Shaw’s SVoD service shomi added to its list of exclusive content Thursday after finalizing an agreement with Sony Pictures Television in Canada that includes four Amazon Original Series never-before-seen north of the border.The agreement includes the Golden Globe-winning series Transparent (pictured) as well as Betas, Alpha House and Mozart in the Jungle. All 10 episodes of Transparent will be available starting Friday, while launch dates for the other three series will be announced in the coming weeks."The thing that's most exciting about Amazon Originals is the level of talent their series are attracting," said shomi’s head of content & programming, Marni Shulman, in the news release. "Some real Hollywood heavyweights have...