AVOD

• Brands give Amazon $1.8 billion as it challenges YouTube and Netflix for video ad budgets
• Insights: Goliath Beater Roku Rockets Into ‘The Streaming Decade’

  Roku is on a roll, topping 51 million households, cowing Hollywood studios, and perhaps even buying content. What next for the Streaming Box That Could?

  
• Amazon Launches Ad-Supported ‘News’ Video App With CBS, HuffPost, Cheddar

  Amazon has launched a news app on Fire TV devices --  appropriate dubbed News -- that will be free to watch and supported by ads.The customizable service enables users to watch content from multiple news providers in a single hub, the company detailed in a blog post.

  
• YouTube Makes ‘Cobra Kai’ Free To Kick Off AVOD Era, Unveils New European Slate

  
• Insights: Netflix Tumbles But Who Can Take Advantage?