Amazon has Started Showing Soccer Matches
Amazon is a renowned American cloud computing and commerce firm. Jeff Bezos set up Amazon on July 5, 1994. It has the highest internet total sales globally. The tech firm started as a bookstore and later ventured into electronics, video games, and software. Punters can use Amazon’s video streaming service to wager watch live matches on Betway. In this post, we highlight Amazon’s decision to show soccer matches.
Amazon Prime Video
Amazon operates Prime Video. It is an Internet video on demand service which offers films and television shows for purchase or rent. The videos are part of the Amazon Studios content. Amazon includes its licensed acquisitions in Amazon Prime’s subscription. People living in Austria, Britain, Germany, Sweden and the United States can register for the video-only membership. You don’t have to pay a full subscription for Amazon Prime.Prime Video provides several Amazon Channels in particular countries. It allows web users to subscribe to other on-demand video services such as HBO. Amazon Launched Prime Video as Amazon Unbox in the U.S. on September 7, 2006. The service later expanded its library and created a Prime Video membership.Amazon later renamed Prime Video as Amazon Instant Video on Demand. Amazon acquired LoveFilm and local streaming in 2011. Amazon added Prime Video in Prime on Austria, Germany, and the UK in 2014. Viewers need to pay £5.99 per month to use it. Prime Video hosts a variety of content including Amazon Original.
English Premier League Rights
Amazon Prime started broadcasting live Premier League games to increase its subscribers. Soccer fans who bet on EPL games will be able to place and follow live bets. The American tech firm is posing a challenge to BT and Sky. The English Premier League has a multibillion rights auction. Prime Video has attracted more clients since it started streaming ten top-flight Premier League games.Amazon spent £90m on three-year rights that include streaming one EPL game on December 27th and nine games on Boxing Day. The company is testing whether the matches will attract more subscribers for it to increase its investments. Millions of soccer fans will enjoy watching live EPL games on Prime Video, according to Alex Green, Prime Video Sport Europe’s managing director.
Champions League Rights
Amazon.com got the rights to air UEFA Champions League games in the 2021/2022 season. The firm said that it will broadcast the matches each Tuesday evening. Amazon is venturing into major sports events to increase the Prime Video subscription. The firm opted not to turn to a pay-TV service provider. Even so, Amazon’s venture into the sports industry has intensified the competition for sports broadcasting rights.The firm has been providing audio broadcasts of the Bundesliga tournament since 2017. It started airing Premier League games after it was allowed to broadcast 20 games per season. They include Christmas and early December games. Sky has exclusive rights to air the Champions League tournament in Germany.Amazon has several subsidiaries like Amazon Music, Audible ad Amazon Prime Video. They distribute video streams and music downloads to web users. Amazon Publishing publishes content for other tech firms. Prime Video started streaming top-flight Premier League games recently. Also, Amazon.com will stream 2021/2022 UEFA Champions League games in Germany. You can place different soccer bets on Betway.
