Barely three years… It took Amazon Studios, the e-shopping giant’s subsidiary, less than three years – between the launch of its first two series Alpha House and Betas in 2013 and two Golden Globes for Transparent in the beginning of 2015 – to gain the recognition of Hollywood. Netflix, with also two Golden Globes, confirms that TV series are entering a new era.
Netflix, Amazon, Yahoo, Microsoft, BitTorrent …These businesses, yet they operate in very different fields on the Internet, have one thing in common: they became producers and broadcasters of content which was initially television’s prerogative. If some of them such as Netflix are even eying on cinema, they above all have their hearts set on TV series.
Among the usual names invoked during the acceptance speeches at Sunday’s Golden Globes — Harvey Weinstein, Scott Rudin, Les Moonves — was an unusual one: the tech billionaire Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive of Amazon
As production and licensing expenses increase, Amazon and Netflix may have to adopt an ad-supported model.
But now, Amazon Studios is offering the public at large the opportunity to make their filmmaking dreams come true. And while the opportunity offered still requires talent and work, at least there is a peace of mind knowing that Amazon Studios is offering a legitimate opportunity and not just a huckster's pipe dream.
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