Month: December 2018

The Gaming Planks of the Amazon Platform

Last time, I looked at the film and television franchise ambitions of Amazon Studios. In this post, I’m focusing on video game initiatives across the Amazon platform, with overviews of hardware, software and retail. Overall, I argue that, despite some struggles, video games represent the next frontier for Amazon’s media expansion.

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The Franchise Ambitions of Amazon Studio

Along with other tech-media hybrids like Netflix and Apple, Amazon continues to reshape the contemporary media landscape. In the Digital Incubation Think-Tank, we have researched these and other changes emanating from the tectonic shifts due to the collision of Silicon Valley and Hollywood. This post provides an overview of Amazon’s film and television industry involvement, as the company has expanded from an indie, prestige strategy to one increasingly focused on blockbusters.

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