Dade Hayes Finance EditorAmazon is showing signs it may be ramping up its efforts in linear TV streaming, confirming longtime speculation about the tech giant’s evolving streaming strategy.Several postings for jobs at the company’s Prime Video division point to a bulked up effort to furnish Prime subscribers with live offerings.
One of the postings heralds “Day 1 for the linear TV experience on Prime Video.” Already, Amazon-owned Twitch offers live streams of Premier League soccer, NFL games and other sports programming.
Amazon also has a stake in the YES network in the U.S. and is expected to begin pushing live New York Yankees broadcasts in due course.
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