Twitter Won’t Have Live Games, But It Will Have Plenty of Live NFL Content

The social network and the league have worked together since 2013 via the former's Amplify program

The National Football League and Twitter revealed the details of their multiyear livestreaming pact, which was announced at the social network’s NewFronts presentation earlier this month.

Twitter livestreamed NFL games last season but fell short in the bidding for the upcoming season, which was won by Amazon. The two parties have been working together since 2013, through Twitter’s Amplify program.

So while live games are off the table, at least for this season, the NFL and Twitter will present the following livestreamed fare:

The league will produce a 30-minute live show to be livestreamed on Twitter five days per week during the regular season.

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