Amazon puts the kibosh on bundled streaming TV plan for now
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Remember when Apple reportedly tried to get a TV service off the ground but couldn’t get the networks to play nice? Amazon has been attempting to deliver much the same kind of package lately, but it’s been finding that it’s been running into the same tough combo of industry tradition and poor luck. And for now, at least, it’s discarding plans for a “skinny bundle” of top TV channels, according to Reuters.Image credit: Amazon
More specifically, Amazon reportedly stopped pursuing the deal because such a service simply didn’t look as though it would be profitable with current bundles.