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Amazon Mulls Online TV Service

they're taking over

Has approached the industry for rights.

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Online TV doesn't sound as crazy when compared to drone delivery. The company is apparently considering licensing television channels for a live online service of cable and satellite shows. Amazon has approached at least three big entertainment companies for the rights to distribute their channels, but past attempts at similar services by other companies have been difficult. Also on Tuesday, Verizon announced a deal to buy TV streaming technology from Intel.

Read it at The Wall Street Journal