‘Thursday Night Football’ is coming to Amazon Prime next season.

Amazon has scored a deal with the NFL to stream 10 Thursday Night Football games during the upcoming season.

The news, confirmed to Digital Trends via email, is a serious blow to Twitter, which secured the rights for the same coverage last season. This time, however, Amazon outbid not only Twitter, but also YouTube and Facebook, paying a reported $50 million to take the prize — that’s $40 million more than Twitter’s payout last year.

Amazon will stream the games on its $99-a-year Prime service, which besides TV and movie content also offers access to ebooks and music, and free and fast delivery for its online store customers. The football coverage will be viewable by Prime members around the world.

Thursday Night Football also airs on NBC, CBS, and the NFL Network cable channel. CBS and NBC reportedly each pay $225 million a year to broadcast five Thursday night games a season.



By Trevor Mogg.
Full story at Yahoo News.