The NFL has picked Twitter to stream its Thursday night time video games.

When the league negotiated its newest Thursday deal, it determined to promote the streaming rights individually for an "excessive" broadcast. It beforehand with Yahoo streamed a recreation from London this previous season that occurred Sunday morning within the U.S.

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Solely the ten Thursday video games on CBS and NBC will probably be streamed by means of Twitter. They are going to be free worldwide on all units via the Twitter platform. Viewers won’t have to be registered Twitter customers.

The NFL Community-solely Thursday video games aren’t a part of the deal.

The NFL needs to experiment with digital broadcasts to see how they could match into future methods. This additionally gives a brand new income supply with digital corporations desperate to become involved in reside sports activities. The Yahoo broadcast from London drew considerably fewer viewers than comparable telecasts on conventional tv.

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