Twitter Wins Deal to Stream Thursday Night NFL Games

The NFL has announced that Twitter won the bidding over the rights to live stream NFL Thursday Night Football games. Twitter outbid many other large companies, such Yahoo, Amazon, Google, Apple, Verizon, and Facebook.

The deal is valued at about $10 million and involves Twitter streaming 10 Thursday night games in this upcoming season. One of the great appeals of Twitter is that it does not require a subscription.

The NFL took an interest in expanding online services over traditional television after the great success …

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