Amazon and the National Football League are close to signing an agreement that could lead Prime Video to offer many more games than it already carries, according to . If the deal is approved, Amazon will have exclusive rights to a “significant” number of games on Thursday nights. The deal will prevent these games from being broadcast on TV outside the local markets of the two teams involved in the game.
Amazon could end up paying up to $ 1 billion a year for these streaming rights when all is said and done. At the moment, it is believed that the company’s contract with the NFL provides for the payment of between $ 75 million and $ 100 million to maintain its current football plate. If the deal is approved, it will not take effect until after the 2022 season, when Fox’s current contract with the NFL expires.
Amazon first secured the rights to broadcast Thursday Night Football in 2017, when it paid to remove them from Twitter. Last year, the company broadcast its Saturday game between the Arizona Cardinals and the San Francisco 49ers – although you could still watch it if you didn’t have Prime Video.