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Amazon reportedly cancels plans for ‘skinny bundle’ TV service, echoing Apple’s rumored TV attempts

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/apple-tv-4th-gen-siri-remote.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1337)</div><p>Amazon has seemingly cancelled plans to launch an unbundled a la carte internet TV service, featuring top channels. Reuters says Amazon (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-alphabet-search/firefox-opts-for-google-as-default-search-in-u-s-surprising-yahoo-idUSKBN1DE364?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=technologyNews&amp;utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtechnologyNews+%28Reuters+Technology+News%29) was unable to convince networks to sign on and struggled to find profitable business arrangements. It has been widely reported that Apple wanted to launch a similar skinny bundle of streaming channels, but also faced industry backlash and failed to bring the service to market.</p>
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