Netflix vs. Amazon in 2016: A big year for 2 video streaming giants

If the year 2015 saw Netflix and Amazon go head to head in the video-streaming realm, this year we’ve seen more of the same, as the two companies ramped up their respective efforts to capture the cord-cutting video generation.
Here, we take a look back at some of the notable developments in the worlds of Netflix and Amazon in 2016.
Going global
In January, Netflix launched in 130 new markets, taking the service truly global and giving the company a serious leg up on rival Amazon, which was