Just as word of the demise of one carrier-independent internet TV prospect, Intel TV, hit the internet, another promising prospect took its place: Amazon.com Inc. is reportedly in the early stages of working on its own new online pay-TV service.
Intel, which had been planning a service to provide TV over the internet, announced that it sold its TV division, Intel Media, to Verizon. The deal, and the fact that Intel couldn't get its Cloud TV off the ground, suggests that the future of internet TV may not be able to cut ties with companies already offering television services.
