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Amazon Amassed 7.1 Million Streaming Views In Four NFL Games

Amazon’s stream of NFL Thursday Night Football games saw a total of 7.1 million views in its first four games, with its reach extending to 187 countries and territories.  After reporting at the end of September that the first game it streamed — between the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears — drew an average […]

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Twitter’s New ‘Happening Now’ Feature Starts With Sports

Twitter is emphasizing its focus on the place to be for conversation with what’s going live with a new product feature that’s fittingly called Happening Now. At the top of your timeline, Happening Now provides a faster way to see what’s happening at the moment, and as the feature began to be rolled out Tuesday, […]

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Amazon’s First NFL Stream Posts Solid Numbers Despite Glitches, Paywall

Amazon Prime Video’s debut with streaming Thursday Night Football might have had some glitches, but posted strong numbers relative to last year’s first Twitter broadcast. The game between the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears drew an average worldwide audience of 372,000 that watched the game for at least 30 seconds, with each viewer watching […]

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JibJab, NFL Network To Make Thursday Night Football Fan Content Funny

JibJab, the short-form entertainment producers known for putting your face into content, has announced the launch of JibJab Camera. The app was launched in partnership with the NFL Network to produce personalized content for the series of Thursday Night Football games. Every Thursday, fans will find a new way to show support for their team — five […]

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WNBA Excited About Success Streaming On Twitter To Global Audience

Families across the United States celebrated Mother’s Day on May 14, and on devices around the world, the WNBA became the first professional women’s sports league to stream a game on Twitter. That night, the Dallas Wings tipped off against the Phoenix Mercury in a live-streamed game that garnered the attention of 1.1 million unique […]

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