Amazon announced this morning that Amazon Prime Video is now available in Ireland. The tech giant has also extended the service’s availability to over 200 countries.
The service will cost €2.99 / month in Ireland for the first 6 months, but will rise to €5.99 / month after.
For now the service will only offer access to Amazon’s original content, but that slate is pretty good and is constantly expanding. Shows available via the video streaming service include The Grand Tour from Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May (currently the top-rated TV show on IMDb with an overall rating of 9.4 and over 20,000 votes) and award-winning Amazon Original Series like The Man in the High Castle, Transparent, Mozart in the Jungle, Tumble Leaf and more.
To access the service simply head over to PrimeVideo.com to signup. There are apps available for most mobile devices, as well as some smart TVs.
Amazon Prime members in the UK have been able to get access to a very large content catalogue for several years, but it was only available to users in the UK, or on a UK IP address up until recently. Several months ago Amazon made their original content available to users globally, so this new move is a logical next step.
According to an Amazon spokesperson:
“Today, our library features hundreds of globally popular Hollywood movies and TV episodes from top networks and movie studios, in addition to award-winning Amazon Original Series like The Grand Tour, Transparent, Mozart in the Jungle, Red Oaks, Hand of God, The Man in the High Castle and most children’s series like Creative Galaxy, Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street, Tumble Leaf and Wishenpoof “.
Looking at my own account, which I got updated to include video in Ireland, there’s a reasonable selection of 3rd party content available to Irish users of the service.
Whether there are any plans to expand the range of content on offer to include rentals etc., is not clear at this time.
Here’s the full list of countries that now have prime video along with the service pricing:
|
Country / Territory |
Price |
|
Afghanistan |
$ 2.99 |
|
Aland Islands |
€ 2.99 |
|
Albania |
€ 2.99 |
|
Algeria |
$ 2.99 |
|
American Samoa |
Included with Prime |
|
Andorra |
€ 2.99 |
|
Angola |
$ 2.99 |
|
Anguilla |
€ 2.99 |
|
Antarctica |
$ 2.99 |
|
Antigua & Barbuda |
$ 2.99 |
|
Argentina |
$ 2.99 |
|
Armenia |
€ 2.99 |
|
Aruba |
€ 2.99 |
|
Australia |
$ 2.99 |
|
Austria |
Included with Prime |
|
Azerbaijan |
€ 2.99 |
|
Bahamas |
$ 2.99 |
|
Bahrain |
$ 2.99 |
|
Bangladesh |
$ 2.99 |
|
Barbados |
$ 2.99 |
|
Belarus |
€ 2.99 |
|
Belgium |
Included with Prime |
|
Belize |
$ 2.99 |
|
Benin |
$ 2.99 |
|
Bermuda |
€ 2.99 |
|
Bhutan |
$ 2.99 |
|
Bolivia |
$ 2.99 |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
€ 2.99 |
|
Botswana |
$ 2.99 |
|
Bouvet Island |
€ 2.99 |
|
Brazil |
$ 2.99 |
|
British Indian Ocean Territory |
€ 2.99 |
|
British Virgin Islands |
€ 2.99 |
|
Brunei Darussalam |
$ 2.99 |
|
Bulgaria |
€ 2.99 |
|
Burkina Faso |
$ 2.99 |
|
Burundi |
$ 2.99 |
|
Cambodia |
$ 2.99 |
|
Cameroon |
$ 2.99 |
|
Canada |
Included with Prime |
|
Cape Verde |
$ 2.99 |
|
Cayman Islands |
€ 2.99 |
|
Central African Republic |
$ 2.99 |
|
Chad |
$ 2.99 |
|
Chile |
$ 2.99 |
|
Christmas Island |
$ 2.99 |
|
Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
$ 2.99 |
|
Colombia |
$ 2.99 |
|
Comoros |
€ 2.99 |
|
Congo |
$ 2.99 |
|
Congo, Democratic Republic |
$ 2.99 |
|
Cook Islands |
$ 2.99 |
|
Costa Rica |
$ 2.99 |
|
Cote D’Ivoire |
$ 2.99 |
|
Croatia |
€ 2.99 |
|
Curacao |
€ 2.99 |
|
Cyprus |
€ 2.99 |
|
Czech Republic |
€ 2.99 |
|
Denmark |
€ 2.99 |
|
Djibouti |
$ 2.99 |
|
Dominica |
$ 2.99 |
|
Dominican Republic |
$ 2.99 |
|
Ecuador |
$ 2.99 |
|
Egypt |
$ 2.99 |
|
El Salvador |
$ 2.99 |
|
Equatorial Guinea |
$ 2.99 |
|
Eritrea |
$ 2.99 |
|
Estonia |
€ 2.99 |
|
Ethiopia |
$ 2.99 |
|
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
€ 2.99 |
|
Faroe Islands |
€ 2.99 |
|
Fiji |
$ 2.99 |
|
Finland |
€ 2.99 |
|
France |
Included with Prime |
|
French Guiana |
€ 2.99 |
|
French Polynesia |
€ 2.99 |
|
French Southern Territories |
€ 2.99 |
|
French West Indies – Guadeloupe |
€ 2.99 |
|
French West Indies – Martinique |
€ 2.99 |
|
Gabon |
$ 2.99 |
|
Gambia |
$ 2.99 |
|
Georgia |
€ 2.99 |
|
Germany |
Included with Prime |
|
Ghana |
$ 2.99 |
|
Gibraltar |
€ 2.99 |
|
Greece |
€ 2.99 |
|
Greenland |
€ 2.99 |
|
Grenada |
$ 2.99 |
|
Guam |
Included with Prime |
|
Guatemala |
$ 2.99 |
|
Guernsey |
Included with Prime |
|
Guinea |
$ 2.99 |
|
Guinea-Bissau |
$ 2.99 |
|
Guyana |
$ 2.99 |
|
Haiti |
$ 2.99 |
|
Heard Island and McDonald Island |
$ 2.99 |
|
Honduras |
$ 2.99 |
|
Hong Kong |
$ 2.99 |
|
Hungary |
€ 2.99 |
|
Iceland |
€ 2.99 |
|
India |
Included with Prime |
|
Indonesia |
$ 2.99 |
|
Iraq |
$ 2.99 |
|
Ireland |
€ 2.99 |
|
Isle of Man |
Included with Prime |
|
Israel |
$ 2.99 |
|
Italy |
Included with Prime |
|
Jamaica |
$ 2.99 |
|
Japan |
Included with Prime |
|
Jersey |
Included with Prime |
|
Jordan |
$ 2.99 |
|
Kazakhstan |
$ 2.99 |
|
Kenya |
$ 2.99 |
|
Kiribati |
$ 2.99 |
|
Kosovo |
€ 2.99 |
|
Kuwait |
$ 2.99 |
|
Kyrgyzstan |
$ 2.99 |
|
Lao People’s Democratic Republic |
$ 2.99 |
|
Latvia |
€ 2.99 |
|
Lebanon |
$ 2.99 |
|
Lesotho |
$ 2.99 |
|
Liberia |
$ 2.99 |
|
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
$ 2.99 |
|
Liechtenstein |
€ 2.99 |
|
Lithuania |
€ 2.99 |
|
Luxembourg |
€ 2.99 |
|
Macao |
$ 2.99 |
|
Macedonia |
€ 2.99 |
|
Madagascar |
$ 2.99 |
|
Malawi |
$ 2.99 |
|
Malaysia |
$ 2.99 |
|
Maldives |
$ 2.99 |
|
Mali |
$ 2.99 |
|
Malta |
€ 2.99 |
|
Mariana Islands |
Included with Prime |
|
Marshall Islands |
$ 2.99 |
|
Mauritania |
$ 2.99 |
|
Mauritius |
$ 2.99 |
|
Mayotte |
€ 2.99 |
|
Mexico |
$ 2.99 |
|
Micronesia |
$ 2.99 |
|
Moldova |
€ 2.99 |
|
Monaco |
€ 2.99 |
|
Mongolia |
$ 2.99 |
|
Montenegro |
€ 2.99 |
|
Montserrat |
€ 2.99 |
|
Morocco |
$ 2.99 |
|
Mozambique |
$ 2.99 |
|
Myanmar |
$ 2.99 |
|
Namibia |
$ 2.99 |
|
Nauru |
$ 2.99 |
|
Nepal |
$ 2.99 |
|
Netherlands |
€ 2.99 |
|
New Caledonia |
€ 2.99 |
|
New Zealand |
$ 2.99 |
|
Nicaragua |
$ 2.99 |
|
Niger |
$ 2.99 |
|
Nigeria |
$ 2.99 |
|
Niue |
$ 2.99 |
|
Norfolk Island |
$ 2.99 |
|
Norway |
€ 2.99 |
|
Oman |
$ 2.99 |
|
Pakistan |
$ 2.99 |
|
Palau |
$ 2.99 |
|
Palestinian Territories |
$ 2.99 |
|
Panama |
$ 2.99 |
|
Papua New Guinea |
$ 2.99 |
|
Paraguay |
$ 2.99 |
|
Peru |
$ 2.99 |
|
Philippines |
$ 2.99 |
|
Pitcairn |
$ 2.99 |
|
Poland |
€ 2.99 |
|
Portugal |
€ 2.99 |
|
Puerto Rico |
Included with Prime |
|
Qatar |
$ 2.99 |
|
Reunion |
€ 2.99 |
|
Romania |
€ 2.99 |
|
Russia |
€ 2.99 |
|
Rwanda |
$ 2.99 |
|
Saint Helena |
$ 2.99 |
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
€ 2.99 |
|
Saint Lucia |
€ 2.99 |
|
Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
€ 2.99 |
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
€ 2.99 |
|
Samoa |
$ 2.99 |
|
San Marino |
€ 2.99 |
|
Sao Tome and Principe |
$ 2.99 |
|
Saudi Arabia |
$ 2.99 |
|
Senegal |
$ 2.99 |
|
Serbia |
€ 2.99 |
|
Seychelles |
$ 2.99 |
|
Sierra Leone |
$ 2.99 |
|
Singapore |
$ 2.99 |
|
Slovakia |
€ 2.99 |
|
Slovenia |
€ 2.99 |
|
Solomon Islands |
$ 2.99 |
|
Somalia |
$ 2.99 |
|
South Africa |
$ 2.99 |
|
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands |
€ 2.99 |
|
South Korea |
$ 2.99 |
|
South Sudan |
$ 2.99 |
|
Spain |
Included with Prime |
|
Sri Lanka |
$ 2.99 |
|
St. Barthelemy |
€ 2.99 |
|
St. Martin |
€ 2.99 |
|
Suriname |
$ 2.99 |
|
Svalbard and Jan Mayen |
€ 2.99 |
|
Swaziland |
$ 2.99 |
|
Sweden |
€ 2.99 |
|
Switzerland |
€ 2.99 |
|
Taiwan |
$ 2.99 |
|
Tajikistan |
$ 2.99 |
|
Tanzania |
$ 2.99 |
|
Thailand |
$ 2.99 |
|
Timor-Leste |
$ 2.99 |
|
Togo |
$ 2.99 |
|
Tokelau |
$ 2.99 |
|
Tonga |
$ 2.99 |
|
Trinidad & Tobago |
$ 2.99 |
|
Tunisia |
$ 2.99 |
|
Turkey |
€ 2.99 |
|
Turkmenistan |
$ 2.99 |
|
Turks & Caicos |
€ 2.99 |
|
Tuvalu |
$ 2.99 |
|
Uganda |
$ 2.99 |
|
Ukraine |
€ 2.99 |
|
United Arab Emirates |
$ 2.99 |
|
United Kingdom |
Included with Prime |
|
United States |
Included with Prime |
|
United States Minor Outlying Islands |
$ 2.99 |
|
Uruguay |
$ 2.99 |
|
US Virgin Islands |
Included with Prime |
|
Uzbekistan |
$ 2.99 |
|
Vanuatu |
$ 2.99 |
|
Vatican City |
€ 2.99 |
|
Venezuela |
$ 2.99 |
|
Vietnam |
$ 2.99 |
|
Wallis and Futuna |
€ 2.99 |
|
Western Sahara |
$ 2.99 |
|
Yemen |
$ 2.99 |
|
Zambia |
$ 2.99 |
|
Zimbabwe |
$ 2.99 |
According to the Amazon Prime video site you can expand your existing prime account to give you full access to the videos if you live outside the UK. I’ve had a prime membership for the last few years so I’ll be exploring this option with them. Hopefully I’ll be able to access content using an Irish iTunes account, as currently you cannot download and install the Amazon video app via the Irish store.
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About the Author: Michele Neylon
