'Sports Illustrated' Tries Amazon Channels as Path Into Video Business

Sports Illustrated is once again trying to get into the video business, this time launching a streaming version of Sports Illustrated TV on Amazon Channels.

Amazon Prime members can subscribe to SI TV for $4.99 a month. The channel will be accessible through the Prime Video app on TVs, streaming media players, mobile devices, Amazon Fire TV, Fire TV Stick and Fire tablets or online at Amazon.com/amazonchannels.

Related: Amazon Denies It’s Building Free Version of Prime Video

Sports Illustrated was part of Time Warner before the company spun off its troubled Time Inc. publishing businesses. SI the magazine is cutting its print run to just 27 issues this year.

Time Warner offered a CNN Sports Illustrated cable channel in 1996, but the network was unable to get enough distribution amid competition from ESPN, Fox and others.

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