We making money selling your short film, feature film or web series just got a whole lot easier. Amazon.com has thrown it's hat into the Independent creators VOD ring with the launch of Amazon Video Direct.
This move is designed to go head to head with Google's YouTube for video-ad dollars. as well as going after other juggernauts like Facebook and Vimeo.
Amazon Video Direct has four distribution options for its creators.

Filmmakers can make their films available to Prime Video subscribers and receive a per-hour royalty fee

Films or Series can be sold as a subscription through the Streaming Partners Program

Films can be made available for digital rental or purchase
Films can be made available to ALL Amazon customers for free with ads, and filmmaker would receive a 55% share of the ad revenue (exactly as they do on YouTube).

Take listen for the lowdown.