Thursday Night Football streams still hit technical issues for some, but were praised by others
Amazon's season two debut of exclusive Thursday Night Football broadcasts on Prime Video got some mixed reviews.
Amazon's season two debut of exclusive Thursday Night Football broadcasts on Prime Video got some mixed reviews.
The league said it had the most total unique viewers since 2008.
"The changes Nielsen wants to force into NFL currency next week are greatly favoring a single NFL publisher (Amazon) with single-digit share of live sports programming, through an opaque process that essentially builds a walled garden with favorable fundamentals for Amazon in the NFL, in one of the most competitive, highly valued properties in US marketing."
"We believe that our principled, transparent and open approach to integrating first-party data requires all publishers to play by the same rules and will accelerate the industry’s move toward a streaming-first world."
"Anything that is not impartial and unbiased is unacceptable to us. I must say that we think it's extremely odd and unfortunate that different rules are suddenly applying to one platform."
"Reckless, wrongheaded, and a slap in the face to the largest Nielsen clients and NFL partners."
"It is an honor to watch you guys work."
Prime Video is adding more advanced technology to TNF broadcasts this season.
"I would like him to retire when he's still able to get down on the floor and play with our kids comfortably."
Sony Pictures Television intends to shop it around in the hopes that it can return for a second season elsewhere.
"If eight people rip you on social media, I’m going, ‘Huh?’ Now anybody sitting in a basement has a platform."
A new Jason Kelce doc is coming to Prime Video next month.
The doc doesn't have a premiere date yet.
A second season of Prime Video's FC Barcelona docuseries is coming.
"There’s no ****ing chance that anyone with half a brain cell is against Thursday night games"
"I love Herbstreit too! Michaels is going to the Hall of Fame, but now we gotta flex THE Amazon?"
"There's a high bar for flexing Sunday. There's a higher bar for flexing Monday. And there's an even higher bar for flexing Thursday."
"You have to subscribe to four different services to watch the next five Yankees games."
TNF flex rules have been approved, but the bar is quite high.
"We look at our sports portfolio and try to balance it overall. And in doing so, I think it’s highly unlikely that we would bid on the NBA."
Could the New York Jets make Black Friday games a tradition?
"It’s been incredible to watch the G League grow from an afterthought to a real talent source for the NBA."