Tesco goes into streaming services

Tesco is a retail behemoth which, has turned into a one-stop shop for everything from a pint of milk to the latest video game releases and tasty horse burgers.

Last year, Tesco acquired both a music streaming service and an e-book publisher. Later this year, services known as Blinkboxmusic and Blinkboxbooks, run by Gavin Sathianathan, who was previously Head of Retail (EMEA) at Facebook, and will head up the e-book offering, while Mark Bennett, formerly Head of Digital & Cross Channel at rival super-supermarket Sainsbury’s, will run the musical endeavor. Tesco also announced that former Blinkbox exec Scott Deutrom is taking the reins of Clubcard TV, a new ad-supported video streaming service currently being tested.

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