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What Is a Movie Collection?

A Movie Collection is a purchasable bundle of related movie titles (for example, every James Bond movie ever made). Your customers can buy all the movies in the collection at a discounted price. Customers who already own some titles see a “Complete your bundle” option to purchase the rest at a discount.
Each movie in the collection is delivered at the highest available resolution. For example, Movie A is available in SD and HD, and Movie B is available in SD, HD, and UHD. In this case, the customer receives Movie A in HD and Movie B in UHD.

Important

Movie Collections are not compatible with Classic spec offers. All individual movie titles in a collection must be in the Global spec using MovieLabs as your publishing method.

Delivery Requirements

Each Movie Collection delivery requires:

A unique identifier or Content ID (SKU)
Avails (EMA)
Dedicated metadata (MEC)
Artwork
Dedicated manifest (MMC) only if used for artwork delivery

Movie Collection artwork specifications include Bundle Cover Art, Poster Art, Title Art, design rules, background art categories, and PSD templates. For details, see Enhanced Experience Artwork Specifications.

Content Rights (EMA Avails)

EMA Avail delivery is required to publish Movie Collections.

FormatProfile

For WorkType = collection, Prime Video does not offer quality-specific Movie Collections. Use Max as the recommended FormatProfile value. Prime Video still accepts SD, HD, or UHD, and converts these to Max. You can confirm this in Slate.

Submit a single avail with one FormatProfile value. Avails submitted across different FormatProfile values will be rejected.

TVOD Policy Types

Movie Collection policies for TVOD content use two policy types:

Downloads: Controls whether downloading is enabled (On) or disabled (Off).
AssetRestriction: Controls language availability using LanguageHoldbacks or IncludedLanguages.

Important

All Movie Collection policies are inherited from movie-level policies. You cannot configure policies directly at the collection level. If you submit policy values via EMA, they are recorded but do not affect content behavior.

EMA Avail Fields for Movie Collections

Field Name	Definition and Notes	Accepted Values	Prime Video Usage
WorkType	Type of the work.	collection	Required
TitleInternalAlias	The title of the movie collection.		Required
LicenseType	The type of license being granted.	EST	Required
PriceType	The type of cost-terms applied to TVOD rights. Please provide WSP and/or SRP pricing inputs. Avails without either of these inputs will be rejected.	WSP, SRP	Required
PriceValue	Content-specific cost-terms. Must be a monetary value. Non-numeric values are rejected.	10.49, 13.99	Required
SRP	Suggested local retail price. Use the SRP field if also providing WSP in the PriceType field.	10.49, 13.99	Enhanced
ContentID	Feature identifier for metadata.		Required
ALID	Logical Asset ID that references the fulfillment/content package.		Required
FormatProfile	Indicates the resolution. Use Max. Customers always receive the highest quality available.	Max (recommended), SD, HD, UHD	Required
BundleALIDs	List of titles to be included in the movie collection. Specified as a list of identifiers/Content IDs (SKUs) separated by a semicolon (;) without spaces.	UTF-8 numbers/EN letters/underscore/hyphen	Required
RetailerSpare1	Percentage discount that will apply to “Complete your bundle” purchases.	Numeric value from 0 to 100	Enhanced

Excluding Movies from the “Complete Your Bundle” Discount

Customers who own some movies in a collection see a “Complete your bundle” Buy Box for the rest. The discount percentage is the numeric value in RetailerSpare1 on the collection avail (for example, 30 = 30% discount).

You have two options to exclude a movie from the discount using the movie EMA avail.

Quick Tip

Prime Video does not apply a double discount if titles in your movie collection have TPRs or PMDs running. Those movies are automatically excluded from “Complete your bundle” discounts.

Option 1: New Release

Use this option for a new release movie you want to exclude from the discount. Set LicenseRightsDescription in the movie EMA avail to “New Release”.

This value does not turn off automatically. When the movie is no longer a new release, deliver an updated avail removing “New Release”. A New Release value applied to any FormatProfile applies across all resolution qualities.

Field Name	Definition and Notes	Accepted Values	Prime Video Usage
WorkType	Type of the work.	Movie	Required
LicenseRightsDescription	Content type. Specify as New Release to exclude from “Complete your bundle” discount. If left blank, the title is considered Library. If you already use this field for SDP or SWP tagging, use Option 2.	New Release	Required

Option 2: All Other Scenarios

For any other reason to exclude a movie, use the OtherTerms field in the movie EMA avail. Set the value to “Excluded from bundle discount”.

This value does not turn off automatically. When you want to end the exclusion, deliver an updated avail removing the value.

Field Name	Definition and Notes	Accepted values	Prime Video Usage
WorkType	Type of the work.	Movie	Required
OtherTerms	Excludes the movie from the “Complete your bundle” discount.	Excluded from bundle discount	Required

Validation Rules

Your Movie Collection must satisfy all of these rules before it publishes:

BundleALID Content IDs (SKUs) must have WorkType = movie.
Movie avail start dates must be on or before the collection avail start date.
Movie avail end dates must be on or after the collection avail end date.
All movies must meet publishing requirements.

Common Rejection Reasons and Fixes

Rejection Reason	How to Fix It
Multiple avails with different FormatProfile values, overlapping windows, and same pricing.	Specify a single FormatProfile for WorkType = collection.
Multiple avails with same FormatProfile values, overlapping windows, and different pricing.	Submit non-overlapping avail start and end dates for WorkType = collection.
Multiple avails with same FormatProfile values, overlapping windows, and same pricing.	Submit non-overlapping avail start and end dates for WorkType = collection.
Multiple avails with different FormatProfile values, overlapping windows, and different pricing.	Submit non-overlapping dates and specify a single FormatProfile for WorkType = collection.
A non-numeric value appears in RetailerSpare1.	Enter a numeric value from 0 to 100.
Avail submission for WorkType = collection is made using EMA 1.6.	Upgrade to EMA 1.7.
Avail does not include either SRP or WSP for WorkType = collection.	For wholesale terms, set PriceType to WSP and PriceValue to a monetary amount. For revenue-share, set SuggestedRetailPrice to a monetary amount.
A non-numeric or zero value in SeasonCount, or the field is blank.	Enter a non-zero numeric value.
BundleALIDs is blank for WorkType = collection.	BundleALIDs is required for WorkType = collection. Specify movie Content IDs (SKUs) separated by semicolons.
Avail specifies only a single BundleALID value for WorkType = collection.	BundleALIDs must include at least two movie Content IDs (SKUs) separated by semicolons without spaces.
Avail specifies different BundleALIDs for an existing collection.	The collection-to-BundleALIDs relationship cannot change. Submit the avail against a new collection Content ID (SKU), or update BundleALIDs to match the current relationship.
FormatProfile value is not HD, SD, UHD, 4K, or Max for WorkType = collection.	Enter one of the following: SD, HD, 4K, UHD, or Max.

Metadata (MEC) References

The following table lists the most important MEC title metadata fields for Movie Collections. For the full field specification, refer to the MEC documentation.

Field Name	Definition	Accepted Values	Prime Video Usage
@ContentID	ID of the metadata provided. Follow MovieLabs ID best practices. Updates must include the same ContentID.		Required
LocalizedInfo	Block with elements that may be localized. At least one is required.		Required
@Language	Must be a value from the list of Prime Video allowed languages.		Required
TitleDisplayUnlimited	250-character limit. The title field used by Amazon. Localize “episode” and “season” to match the associated synopsis language.	String	Required
ArtReference	Associates artwork with the title via the MEC art reference section.		Required
@Resolution	Resolution of the image being delivered.		Required
@Purpose	Purpose of the image being delivered.		Required
Summary190	150-character limit. (MEC spec supports 190 characters, but Prime Video accepts up to 150 only.)		Required
Summary400	400-character limit.		Required
ReleaseYear	First year the work was released in any territory. Enter the collection creation year.		Required
WorkType	Type of the work.	collection	Required
AltIdentifier	The ID from the avail must also appear here with the appropriate namespace (EIDR or ORG).		Required
Namespace	Namespace for the identifier. Exactly one ID of EIDR or ORG is required. Its Identifier value must match the ALID from the MMC and the AltID from the avail.	EIDR, ISAN, IMDB, or ORG	Required
AssociatedOrg	One entry with organizationalID = Prime Video Partner Alias and role = “licensor” is required.		Required
mdmec:CompanyDisplayCredit	At least one entry required. Customer-facing studio credit line. Maximum 250 characters per language or territory.		Required

Quick Tip

MMC delivery for Movie Collections is only required if you use it for artwork delivery. If you deliver artwork via MEC, you do not need to provide an MMC.

For details on artwork delivery via MMC, see MMC partial image delivery.

Know Before You Go

Movie Collections require Global spec. Confirm all individual movie titles are in Global spec before creating your collection.

Use FormatProfile = Max for the collection avail. Customers automatically receive the highest resolution for each movie.

Populate BundleALIDs with at least two movie Content IDs (SKUs) separated by semicolons without spaces.

The BundleALIDs list is fixed once the collection is created. Submit a new collection Content ID (SKU) to change the movie list.

Set RetailerSpare1 to a numeric discount value to activate the “Complete your bundle” Buy Box for your customers.