Facebook is talks with paid TV channels to stream their content through its platform as subscription services, US tech industry sources said.
It is reportedly in talks with HBO and other pay TV channels, including Showtime and Starz, to sell their services through Facebook, according to Recode website.
According to the CNET website, video content would likely be accessed through Facebook's mobile app and the "Watch" video-on-demand hub.
If the deal is settled, the new option would arrive in the first half of next year, according to Recode.
Over the past three years, Facebook has been aggressively pushing into video.
It has come up with original programs to compete with the likes of YouTube, many of them pulling in numbers.
Jada Pinkett Smith's talk program Red Table Talk is Facebook’s biggest show with 4.3 million viewers.
But, the new streaming service would be Facebook's first premium programming.
