Amazon launches weekly livestream live performance collection ‘Amazon Music Reside’ on Prime Video • TechCrunch

As extra streaming providers discover the livestreaming area, Amazon Prime Video is branching out past stay sports activities and introducing a brand new weekly livestreamed live performance collection, “Amazon Music Reside.” Subsequent Thursday, October 27, at 9 p.m. PT, Amazon will launch the collection which options rapper 2 Chainz because the host and performances by artists Lil Child, Megan Thee Stallion and Kane Brown.

The primary to take the Amazon Music Reside stage is Lil Child, who will carry out his most up-to-date album, “It’s Solely Me.” Megan Thee Stallion will carry out on November 3, and nation artist Kane Brown will take the stage on November 10.

Along with stay performances, 2 Chainz will interview every artist. Extra artists shall be introduced within the coming weeks.

“Amazon Music Reside” will stream on Prime Video after “Thursday Evening Soccer.” It is going to even be accessible on-demand for a restricted time. Viewers can even stream on Twitch. That is not like Apple’s live performance livestreaming collection, “Apple Music Reside,” which streams solely on Apple Music.

Amazon is probably going hoping soccer followers and music listeners will try the brand new collection. Amazon’s “Thursday Evening Soccer” is fashionable amongst subscribers, with hundreds of thousands of viewers watching every week. Amazon’s music subscription plan, which just lately had a value hike, has an estimated 52.6 million subscribers.

The 2 tech giants, Apple and Amazon, proceed to compete towards one another in music, stay sports activities and streaming. Apple Music is predicted to achieve 110 million paid subscribers by 2025 and just lately grew to become the official sponsor of the Tremendous Bowl halftime present.

Nonetheless, Apple TV+ has but to win rights to NFL’s “Sunday Ticket.” Reside TV programming on Apple TV+ contains “Friday Evening Baseball” and “MLB Huge Inning.”