In addition to Prime Video, Amazon would now work on a new app dedicated to sports broadcasting. According to a source familiar with the company’s plans, quoted by The Information, the new app ” It would confuse Amazon’s main Prime Video app and better highlights the tech giant’s sports offerings.
The info says it hasn’t learned when Amazon plans to release the app. or whether the company plans to charge separately for access to Prime Video sports content. The site also states that Amazon may decide to abandon the project altogether when it launches.
Anyway, it seems like Amazon is more into sports. CEO Andy Jassy has reportedly confirmed that the giant is keen to get more sports rights.. The next purchase could be the rights to the Pac-12 conference. The world’s fifth-largest company could also bid on the NBA, which is demanding between $50 billion and $75 billion for its next media rights deal. Meanwhile, we know that Netflix also wants to get into sports to compete with Prime Video and Ligue 1.