The online giant launches a platform open to any video creator, an in-your-face move to the likes of YouTube, Facebook and Vimeo. Ben Fox Rubin was a senior reporter for CNET News in Manhattan, ...

LOS ANGELES — Amazon has taken on YouTube by offering another venue where anyone can post videos and get paid for it. But the e-tailer has made the process much more cumbersome than its main rival.

Amazon, which touts itself as Earth’s biggest store, has officially launched its bid to be the place to watch any kind of video under the sun. With the launch of Amazon Video Direct, open to any video ...

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E-commerce giant and serial disruptor Amazon.com is launching a new video service intended to challenge Alphabet's YouTube directly. Much like YouTube, Amazon Video Direct allows users to upload their ...

Given that digital video advertising is expected to be worth over $9.8bn this year, according to eMarketer, and continues to grow where other sectors are faltering, it’s little wonder that so many big ...

Whatever else you might think of it, Amazon has got its PR operation sorted. Scarcely a week goes by without the online behemoth making the news in some way. Whether it’s technological or marketing ...

Amazon’s Prime Video Direct (PVD) service has a message for independent documentary and shorts filmmakers: You need not apply. Last week, Amazon’s PVD self-publishing program issued a change in policy ...