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Thursday Night Football

Can Amazon change how we watch football? Testing ‘Prime Vision’ on Thursday Night Football

More than 25 years after the debut of the yellow first down line in an NFL broadcast, the quest to… Read More

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Amazon’s new reality: Where the tech giant is doubling down and cutting back in tough times

Amazon has grown dramatically over the past decade, surpassing 1.5 million employees and extending its reach into nearly every corner… Read More

Was Amazon ready for some football? Tech giant passes test on first exclusive NFL stream

Amazon took center stage in the sports universe Thursday as the tech giant streamed its first exclusive NFL game —… Read More

This is a stretch: Amazon promotes redesigned ‘Prime football’ with absurd throws by star NFL QBs

In a bid to get fans pumped for a season of streaming NFL games on Thursday nights, Amazon has turned… Read More

Al Michaels and other broadcast vets ready to tap into Amazon tech as streaming football ‘pioneers’

It wasn’t that long ago that Al Michaels had no idea what streaming was. But for the veteran broadcaster, joining… Read More

Amazon teaming with viral content creators Dude Perfect for alternate Prime Video football stream

The NFL’s “Thursday Night Football” is already going to look different this season as Amazon becomes the exclusive home for… Read More

Amazon adds former Seattle Seahawks star Richard Sherman to broadcast team on Prime Video

Richard Sherman earned a reputation as a vocal player during his celebrated NFL career. Now the former Seattle Seahawks star… Read More

Amazon adds ex-NFL star to ‘Thursday Night Football’ broadcast team, announces first matchup

Former Kansas City Chiefs star and NFL Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez is joining the broadcast team for Amazon’s exclusive… Read More

Amazon names Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit as the voices of ‘Thursday Night Football’ on Prime

Amazon has officially announced that veteran sports play-by-play announcer Al Michaels and college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit will be the… Read More

Report: Veteran sports broadcaster Al Michaels to call Amazon’s NFL games on Thursdays

Al Michaels, the longtime NFL play-by-play broadcaster, is Amazon’s pick to call “Thursday Night Football” games streaming on Prime Video… Read More

Report: Amazon picks college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit for ‘Thursday Night Football’ booth

Kirk Herbstreit, a college football analyst with ESPN, is reportedly Amazon’s choice to provide color commentary for “Thursday Night Football”… Read More

Amazon using Super Bowl hype to show off new look for ‘Thursday Night Football’ on Prime Video

While the rest of the football-watching country gets excited for the Super Bowl on Sunday, Amazon is gearing up for… Read More

Amazon to kick off fifth season of NFL streaming — here’s what’s new and how to watch

The NFL returns to Amazon Prime Video this week with the “Thursday Night Football” matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and… Read More

Amazon and NFL deal for ‘Thursday Night Football’ on Prime Video will begin year early, run 11 seasons

Amazon and the National Football League have tacked on an extra year to a recent deal that makes Prime Video… Read More

Amazon reaches NFL playoffs: Report says tech giant has deal to stream wildcard game this season

Amazon is taking its NFL streaming rights beyond “Thursday Night Football” and into the playoffs. The Wall Street Journal reported… Read More

Amazon streams Thursday Night Football again with new X-Ray feature, audio feed, Twitch shows

Amazon will kick off its fourth consecutive year of streaming Thursday Night Football games later this week as Tampa Bay… Read More

Amazon and NFL renew ‘Thursday Night Football’ streaming deal — and add one Saturday game

Sports fans missing baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer and just about anything else that should be in play right now are… Read More

Q&A: Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer get ready for second season calling Amazon’s NFL games

There was limited time to interview Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer last week, so I made sure to ask the… Read More

‘Thursday Night Football’ to feature co-stream by hugely popular gamer ‘Ninja’ on Amazon’s Twitch

The Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers will show off their brand of “multiplayer entertainment” in a “Thursday Night… Read More

Amazon beefs up NFL streams with new stat overlays, merchandise store, football IQ tests

Amazon is adding more interactive features to its NFL game streams online, leveraging Prime Video features and its Twitch platform… Read More

Future of live sports? How Amazon streamed NFL games to 200 countries and 600 types of devices

Signal acquisition, content ingestion, transcoding, ad insertion, playback optimization, and end-to-end monitoring probably weren’t top of mind for NFL fans… Read More

Amazon’s first NFL live stream overcomes early glitches and long weather delay

Amazon’s foray into major sports streaming kicked off tonight with a Thursday Night Football matchup between the Chicago Bears and… Read More

Amazon’s first NFL live stream tonight: How to watch, what to expect

RELATED: Amazon’s first NFL live stream overcomes early glitches and long weather delay Amazon will live stream the first of… Read More

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