The e-commerce giant’s online cable-package alternative offers subscriptions to the kids’ channel Nickelodeon, the drama and movie station Starz and a bundle of content from 12 Corus Entertainment properties, including Global, HGTV, National Geographic and W Network. (The Logic)

Talking point: Neither Bell Media nor Rogers Media is participating, meaning the service won’t carry some of Canada’s most widely-watched entertainment, like CTV and CityTV, or its sports channels, like TSN and Sportsnet. As The Logic reported in early May when it broke the news of the Prime Video Channels’ arrival, broadcasters told the government they were worried that such offerings would be “even more disruptive to the Canadian broadcasting system than foreign streaming services.” But they also acknowledged that doing business with the tech firm would be “tempting”—virtual TV services put channels in front of viewers who have cancelled their conventional cable packages, or never bought one in the first place.