Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Amazon‘s bid to be a Prime mover during TV’s annual Upfront Week is causing it to crash into long-held industry protocols.
The streaming and e-commerce giant plans to shift its upfront presentation to the Monday evening of the week of May presentations that top media companies hold annually for Madison Avenue.
In doing so, Amazon will likely force some advertisers to abandon other events that have long been held in that slot. Fox Corp.
traditionally holds an upfront presentation late Monday afternoon, while NBCUniversal‘s Spanish-language Telemundo network has for the past several years held a Monday-night event and concert for advertisers.
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