Amazon nabs rights to UFC pay-per-view events, beginning with UFC 222 on Saturday
The tech giant continues its push into live sports streaming with UFC.
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Twitter, Amazon, YouTube, and Verizon are bidding for Thursday Night Football streaming rights, multiyear deal expected
Four companies are still reportedly in the hunt for TNF streaming rights, which could give the NFL a big payday. But there are questions about just how interested Amazon is in retaining those rights.
The NFL’s solution to oversaturation is… more oversaturation
Does the NFL really need another simulcast for another major event?
Premier League rights in England haven’t risen per-match this time, but are still going for north of $6 billion, and two packages are...
The 2019-22 domestic rights have netted 4.464 billion pounds ($6.2 billion U.S.) so far for 160 matches, below the 5.14 billion pounds paid for 168 games from 2016 to 2019.
Overwatch League’s opening day outdrew Amazon’s streams of Thursday Night Football, but that’s not apples-to-apples
The per-minute audience of 408,000 for Overwatch League's opening day beat Amazon's per-minute audience for TNF, both for individual games and for the whole season. But it didn't beat the total TNF streaming numbers, and it's worth keeping in mind the vast differences between the products.
Amazon Prime says NCAA Basketball Championship caused fewest amount of streams in 2017
The NCAA Championship had a big effect on Amazon Video and not in a good way.
It’s about time! Amazon Video has finally joined Apple TV
In addition, live sports is incorporated into the iOS TV app.
Sports Illustrated TV, a subscription-based service on Amazon Channels, is launching this week
Can Sports Illustrated TV survive in a crowded over the top field?
Amazon Video to supposedly join Apple TV in time for tonight’s TNF game
Will we finally see Amazon Video on Apple TV after the original report of it appearing “later this year”.
Amazon sees fewer total viewers for second Thursday Night Football game
But Amazon did get the bulk of the online audience watching Pats-Bucs on a multitude of platforms
Michigan will pocket $2.25 million for participating in Amazon Prime documentary series
Jim Harbaugh's Michigan is now literally a content generation program.
Amazon’s TNF streaming numbers are good even when you strip out the bullshit
372,000 people watched Bears-Packers on Amazon Prime for at least 30 seconds, and 1.6 million people apparently "initiated a stream" of the Thursday Night Football game.
Amazon’s NFL UK broadcast team is brutally honest about Bears’ performance on TNF
Soccer broadcasters Ross Dyer and Tommy Smyth were on the call.
Tiki Barber, Curtis Stone, Tommy Smyth to hawk products on Amazon’s QVC-style TNF pre-game show
Are you ready...to buy some ultimate tailgate products?
Amazon’s first NFL game is this Thursday, and here’s why streaming games makes sense for them
There's a reason advertisers pay more for a 30-second spot on Amazon than on CBS.
