Video streaming race heats up, Amazon now offers its Prime Video service independent of Prime subscription for $8.99/mo<div class="feat-image">
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<p>Rumors of Apple’s entrance into the video streaming arena have been swirling for a couple of years now, with Apple wanting to launch a skinny bundle streaming internet cable TV service, however news on the progress of this project has died down in 2016. It is unclear if it is still on the cards, various outlets reports talked had stalled with the television networks. However, Amazon and Netflix continue to battle it out.</p>
<p>Today, just as Netflix customers are forcibly moved to more expensive monthly plans, Amazon has announced it will offer its streaming video service as a standalone monthly subscription for the first time.
Priced at $8.99/per month, the plan is a dollar cheaper than Netflix’s most popular offering. Until today, the only way to get Amazon Prime Video through a
$99/year Amazon Prime subscription, bundling video, 2-day shipping and other perks into one membership.</p>
<p>Sadly, there was no word on the status of an Amazon Apple TV app …</p>
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