Amazon

• Twitch Launches ‘TwitchUnity’, A Sitewide Holiday To Champion Diversity
• Amazon’s Film Festival Stars Initiative Nets 40-Movie Haul At SXSW

  More than 40 filmmakers, several of whom have won awards, agreed to offer SVOD exclusivity to Amazon Video Direct at the 2017 edition of SXSW in Austin.

  
• Insights: Amazon Unleashes Big Guns In Emmy Run

  Both Amazon and Netflix are investing billions in content and have aggressively pursued Oscars, Emmys, and Golden Globes. But nothing yet like this.

  
• Amazon Launches Dashboard To Help Parents Monitor Their Kids’ Content Habits

  With the new dashboard, parents can see up to 90 days worth of viewership stats, impose limits on consumption times, and set educational goals.

  
• Amazon Estimated To Spend $4.5 Billion On Video In 2017
• Amazon Studios Makes First Multi-Season Series Order In Its History
• Amazon Snatches NFL’s ‘Thursday Night Football’ Streams From Twitter
• New Amazon Program Is “Exclusively Designed For Social Media Influencers With Large Followings”
• Twitch To Stream Three More Amazon Pilots As Well As Its First Documentary
• Insights: Are Google, Facebook, And Amazon Monopolies Too Big to Tackle?
• ‘Moonlight’ Director Barry Jenkins’ Next Project Is A TV Series At Amazon
• Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, And YouTube All Want NFL Streaming Rights