NEW YORK: Amazon, the e-commerce giant has begun offering NBA League Pass as part of its wide range of more than 150 subscription options on its Prime Video platform in the USA.
Incidentally, this will be the first USA live sports subscription service on Prime Video channels, Variety reports. Subscription charges have been set at $28.99 per month, or for $169 for a full-season pass. However, members will have the opportunity to access it free of cost from 14-20 December.
The service, that is co-managed by the NBA and WarnerMedia’s Turner Sports, provides access to hundreds of regular-season out-of-market games, subject to TV blackout restrictions for nationally televised and local games. NBA League Pass also provides game replays and a library of classic match-ups.
Prime members can watch games on the Prime Video app across hundreds of devices, including smart TVs, game consoles, set-top boxes and other connected devices.
In addition, Prime customers who stream NBA League Pass on Fire TV devices (including Cube, 4K, Fire TV Stick and Fire TV) can access Prime Video’s X-Ray feature, which lets hoops fans look up player and team stats while they watch the games.
Amazon is set generate $1.7 billion in revenue this year through Prime Video, which is more than double from $700 million in 2017 and growing to $3.6 billion in 2020 worldwide, according to recent estimates by BMO Capital Markets.
