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The information is reporting that Amazon has held early talks with Disney about working on a streaming version of ESPN, perhaps helping with distribution or taking a minority stake.

Quote, such an arrangement could shore up ESPN status as the biggest force in sports media,

even as declining TV viewership and advertising combined with rising sports programming costs have squeezed the Sports Channel and Disney, its majority owner.

It could also reposition the tech behemoth, which has been trying to make a dent in sports streaming as more friend than foe to ESPN and it could weaken the Sports League's bargaining power.

ESPN is considering charging between 20 and 35 dollars a month for the new streaming service said people The

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and $25 a month for the new streaming service, said people familiar with the matter,

a potential price range that could make it the most expensive streaming service in the US

and add pressure on already stagnant growth in the

streaming sector. The new service would show the same marquee programming as

ESPN's cable channel unlike the existing ESPM Plus streaming service which shows niche sports

and which would likely be a part of the new offering.

Executives at Disney and ESPN are still doing research to determine what sort of price makes the most

sense for this new service

the people cautioned. Amazon is one of a number of companies that have shown

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