

However, with a source saying “You should assume they’re talking to everybody,” Amazon could be planning to take on some of the paid services.ĭid you know we have a YouTube Channel? Every week we have a live Cord Cutting Q&A, and weekly Cord Cutting recap shows exclusively on our YouTube Channel! When live TV launches on Amazon, it will likely look similar to the lineups on The Roku Channel and Pluto TV. That says “Linear TV enables customers to watch 24/7 streams of theirįavorite TV stations airing programs including sports, news, movies, award Protocol shared a line from one job listing The company made a deal with the NFL to stream Thursday Night Football and the partnership was a huge success for Amazon.Īlong with individual events, it looks like Amazon is

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Is “actively pursuing” deals that would bring live programming to the platform.īack in January, we reported that Amazon had been looking into the idea of launching a live TV streaming service, with many hoping that Amazon would buy PlayStation Vue when it went up for sale.Īt that time, Amazon had opted to focus on Amazon ChannelsĪnd continue building the collection of content available for free for Amazon Primeīringing live video to viewers wouldn’t be an entirely new concept for Amazon.

Protocol talked to an anonymous insider who said that Amazon Tech blog Protocol first found job listings that laid out plans for adding live programming, including one from LinkedIn which says “We are seeking an experienced Product Manager for the Prime Video Linear TV team to redefine how customers watch 24/7 linear broadcast TV content.”
