Amazon Video Direct

The American online retailer Amazon started in the spring of 2016 own video service of Amazon Video Direct which will compete with YouTube. Writes^[1] about it].

Amazon challenges YouTube by offering uploaders a cut of the ads

On a video hosting users will be able to load video and to receive money for advertizing and a royalty. All content can be bought, looked at Video Direct with advertizing or without, "hire" and also purchase a subscription to stream service. As for authors of rollers, to them Amazon will deduct a half of the money earned on their content. The similar amount of payments and in a case with advertizing videos.

It is noted that Video Direct will add already existing stream video service of Amazon Video using which users can watch movies and television programs on the Internet. Subscribers of Amazon Prime who pay $99 a year will be able to watch video free of charge.

According to experts, it will be difficult to Amazon to compete with YouTube which is the largest video service in the world. Analysts expect that in 2016 its revenue will reach a boundary of $2 billion. eMarketer also counted that YouTube controls about 20% of the market of video advertizing in the USA.

The list of exclusive content of Amazon service includes such original TV-series as 'The Man in the High Castle', 'American Gods', 'Grand Tour' and not only, including in 4K HDR. A number of series, in particular 'American Gods', 'The Grand Tour', 'Preacher', 'Community', 'Startup', etc., have subtitlings in Russian. An excellent opportunity to set language skills for all learning English!

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