AMC Working On Streaming Service
If you’re a fan of that one show where the undead aren’t the biggest threat to the living, or the one where the Cinnabon guy used to be a shady-ish lawyer, but you want a little more from the shows, you’re just the person AMC is looking for: The cable network is preparing to launch an online video streaming service featuring content related to its popular shows.Reuters, citing people familiar with the matter, reports that the planned service would be available only to customers who also subscribe to a cable TV package and would likely air supporting content — such as short digital-only segments — for its traditional shows.
Source: AMC Reportedly Working On Streaming Service Connected To Cable Packages – Consumerist
This article reports that AMC’s plans to launch its own streaming service is actually in support of cable TV rather than a threat to it.
Come on now, really?
While this first iteration of the service requires an authentication with a cable account, we see this as a trojan horse as AMC builds out its infrastructure and once the cord-cutting tipping point arrives, it’s ready to go to flip the switch and open up streaming to cord-cutters as well.
