{"id":321747,"date":"2017-05-23T07:12:29","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T07:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=321747"},"modified":"2017-05-23T07:12:29","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T07:12:29","slug":"amazon-adds-live-tv-channels-to-prime-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/amazon-adds-live-tv-channels-to-prime-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon adds live TV channels to Prime Video"},"content":{"rendered":"
Amazon has announced it will offer live television channels via its Prime Video service, for an extra fee.<\/p>\n
People will be able to subscribe to popular channels such as Discovery and Eurosport individually, without paying for a bundle of channels.<\/p>\n
Until now, Prime Video has offered only on-demand films and TV shows in the UK.<\/p>\n
But one analyst said the launch line-up of channels was “not immediately desirable” and would struggle to attract satellite TV customers.<\/p>\n
“Amazon launched a similar thing in the US, and the big selling point was that you could get HBO and Showtime programmes, all under one umbrella,” said Tom Harrington, an analyst at Enders.<\/p>\n
“That’s not going to happen here. Sky have HBO and Showtime locked down, at least for now, and will hold on to them aggressively.<\/p>\n
“When you look at what’s available in the UK, it does lack the wow factor.”<\/p>\n