A major new player on the sports television landscape could be an MVP for fans of teams in the Pacific Northwest thanks to a deal announced Thursday. fuboTV, a growing live-TV streaming platform with a heavy emphasis on sports, has reached an agreement to stream ROOT Sports, the home of regional game telecasts for the Seattle Mariners, Seattle Kraken and Portland Trail Blazers. The deal will include ROOT’s coverage of more than 300 live regular season games of those teams and gives cable TV cord cutters a way to keep up with the teams and related coverage, especially as the… Read More
Add the WNBA to the list of professional sports leagues that Amazon wants to help showcase via its Prime Video streaming platform. Amazon and the WNBA reached a multi-year agreement giving Prime Video exclusive global streaming rights to 16 WNBA games per season. The deal will feature a streamed game each week during the regular season, as well as the inaugural Commissioner’s Cup game on Aug.12. It marks the first time Prime Video has exclusive global streaming rights to a women’s professional sports league and when coverage starts on May 29 for the game between the Atlanta Dream and New… Read More
Amazon and the National Football League have tacked on an extra year to a recent deal that makes Prime Video the exclusive home for “Thursday Night Football.” The reported $1 billion a year deal will now run 11 seasons and start with the 2022 season. The announcement came Monday as Amazon was taking part in the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) NewFronts, where platforms pitch media buyers for ad dollars. The existing “Thursday Night Football” tri-cast package between Amazon, Fox and NFL Network, will now expire after this season. Prime Video will carry 15 games per year and one pre-season game per… Read More
Amazon is taking its NFL streaming rights beyond “Thursday Night Football” and into the playoffs. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that the tech giant has reached a deal to broadcast one of two new wildcard games added to the schedule this season. The agreement was reportedly announced to team owners during a video meeting. Amazon inked a multi-year streaming agreement with the NFL earlier this year to renew its partnership, which brings 11 games broadcast by FOX on television to an audience watching on Prime Video and Amazon-owned Twitch across a variety of sites, apps and devices. RELATED: Amazon streams ‘Thursday… Read More
Two Seattle brands are joining forces as the Sounders FC announced a new deal with Amazon on Tuesday in which Prime Video will be the exclusive digital streaming platform for the professional soccer team’s games. Prime members will have access to all non-nationally televised Sounders matches throughout the team’s regional broadcast territory, which includes the entirety of Washington state. The Sounders will be the first Major League Soccer team with club-specific content available from a dedicated team page on Prime Video, and content viewable across a variety of devices will extend beyond matches to include highlights, player interviews, press conferences,… Read More
