Amazon to offer free video-streaming service
is the sound of its customers preparing to head for
the exits. According to a report published on Friday,
early next year Amazon will launch a free streaming
video service, supported by ads. The plan calls for
Amazon to spin the service off from Prime, its $99
a year premium membership club that offers access
to its Instant Video service.
One theory is that Amazon wants a larger audience
that it might be able to up-sell to the $99 Prime
membership. And in the worse-case scenario,
Amazon increases its share of the streaming video market
Amazon denies planning free video streaming service By Chris
Welch; ... the Journal claims Amazon may offer free music video
streams to its online shoppers.