Amazon

• Rhett & Link’s YouTube Red Original Series Beats Amazon And Netflix Shows
• After Nabbing 12 Films At Sundance, Amazon Expands Its Festival Presence

  Amazon Video Direct has decided to expand its Film Festival Stars program to cover filmmakers at SXSW, Tribeca, and Toronto.

  
• Amazon Sets Spring 2017 Pilot Season, Including Series From ‘Gilmore Girls’ Creator

  All five pilots, including an hourlong series from Amy Sherman-palladino, will debut in the U.S., U.K., Germany, Austria, and Japan on March 17.

  
• Bloggers And Vloggers, Take Heed: Amazon Is Changing Its Affiliate Link Rates

  Going forward, affiliate link rates have been placed into a categorized system that favors certain types of products over others.

  
• Both Amazon And Netflix Won Their First Oscars This Year
• Insights: Everybody Wants To Be The Next Netflix
• Amazon Says Media Consumption By Prime Members Doubled In 2016
• Netflix Cleans Up Half Of This Year’s SAG Awards In Television Category
• ‘Manchester By The Sea’ Makes Amazon Studios The First Streaming Service With An Oscar Best Picture Nomination
• Amazon Offers $100,000 To Sundance Filmmakers Who Upload To Its Video Service
• Amazon Launches $5 Monthly Anime Subscription Service ‘Strike’
• Vimeo CEO Says Content For New SVOD Service Aims To “Get Your Heart Rate Going”