Amazon Prime considering offering live sports streaming

Amazon is considering incorporating live sports into its Prime subscription, herbal with the Wall Street Journal reporting it has been in talks with “heavy hitters like the National Basketball Association, medstore Major League Baseball and the National Football League”.

The report states it has also been considering streaming soccer (football), ailment lacrosse and surfing in a package to be sold alongside its Prime subscription. Amazon has also been interested in international franchises such as the World Surf League, Indian Premier League, Liga MX, and the Kontinental Hockey League. 

While several franchises have existing deals with other OTT platforms such as NFL’s deal with Twitter, and Chinese tech giant LeEco’s LeSports’ broadcast deal with the NBA, Amazon will need to find a way to work around these.

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