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LONDON – Amazon’s streaming video service LoveFilm has inked a deal with Scripps Networks Interactive to bring a range of food and lifestyle-focused TV content from Food Network and Travel Channel to U.K. subscribers.
LoveFilm’s U.K. members will be able to stream myriad foodie shows, including the Emmy-award-winning Barefoot Contessa, competitive food show Man v. Food Nation featuring “gastronomic gladiator” Adam Richman and other shows, such as Restaurant: Impossible, House Hunters International and Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern.
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The deal marks LoveFIlm Instant’s first foray into the cooking and lifestyle genre.
It follows hot on the heels of the first online-only subscription distribution deal for Scripps Networks Interactive in the U.S. earlier this year with Amazon.com.
LoveFIlm chief marketing officer Simon Morris said, “There is no doubt that we [in the U.K.] are a nation of foodies, and it’s great that this deal will enable us to meet increasing viewer demands for this particular type of content.”
Kate Bradshaw, vp digital U.K./EMEA for Scripps Networks, added: “We’re pleased to be partnering with LoveFilm Instant to provide consumers another platform to engage with some of our best-loved shows, wherever and whenever they want.”
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