Amazon to turn surveillance footage into entertainment
Amazon is putting surveillance footage captured by its Ring cameras toward a new TV show, demonstrating the economywide reach of one of America's most powerful companies. https://t.co/QyifiuojKN
- CBS News (@CBSNews) August 13, 2022
- Hollywood studio MGM, which Amazon bought this year, will use footage from Ring, which Amazon bought in 2018, to create a show in the mold of "America's Funniest Home Videos.";
- The half-hour show, called "Ring Nation," will be hosted by actor and comedian Wanda Sykes;
- The show will highlight what MGM called "interesting moments from communities across the country.";
- "Many of these have been previously shared online," Amazon spokesperson Nick Schweers said. "Others were sent directly to the team." Ring Nation secures permissions for each video from the owner and anyone identifiable in the video, or from companies that hold the rights to the clips, he said.
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