Sports

Amazon lands deal to stream NFL ‘Thursday Night Football’ games

Written by Teunis Felter

The NFL has a new streaming host for part of its Thursday Night Football package. Amazon said in a statement late Tuesday it had won the streaming rights, taking a mantle previously held by Twitter. The $50 million, one-year deal will allow Amazon to stream the 10 games broadcast by NBC and CBS next season. The games will be available exclusively to Amazon Prime subscribers. Amazon beat out Twitter, Facebook and YouTube for the rights.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2017/04/04/amazon-nfl-thursday-games-streaming-deal-contract/100047568/

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Teunis Felter

Teunis Felter has over 20 years experience as an author, editor, and scientist. When not exploring outside, he enjoys reading history, researching genealogy, and civilly discussing politics.