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Twitter ( TWTR ) will live-stream Thursday Night Football, confirmed NFL Comissioner Roger Goodell in a Tuesday morning post on — where else — Twitter. This fall Thursday Night Football will be streamed live @twitter so fans will see more of this. https://t.co/s6tbr9FjvY — Roger Goodell (@nflcommish) April 5, 2016 The news unofficially sprung up early Tuesday, with Bloomberg reporting that Verizon Communications ( VZ ), Yahoo ( YHOO ) and Amazon ( AMZN ) were also in the bidding for the NFL streaming rights. Facebook ( FB ) pulled its bid last week, said the media outlet, citing a person familiar with the matter. Terms of the transaction are unknown. But according to an official release , Twitter will offer a free live-stream of 10 Thursday Night Football games “broadcast by NBC and CBS, which will also be simulcast on NFL Network, securing the league’s “Tri-Cast” distribution model of broadcast (NBC/CBS), cable (NFL Network), and digital (Twitter).” “Twitter is where live events unfold and is the right partner for the NFL as we take the latest step in serving fans around the world live NFL football,” said Goodell in the prepared statement. Re/Code reported that Twitter will pay less than $10 million for all 10 games. Thursday night football games often are criticized for being low quality. Players have less time to recover, while coaches have less time to develop strategies. Twitter rose to 17.83 shortly after the open, but closed down 4 cents to 7.05 on the stock market today . The stock has been trading below its 50-day level for the better part of five months, though shares retook support at the key level on Monday. Facebook fell 0.3%, Amazon 1.2%, Verizon 0.6% and Yahoo 1.65% as the general market retreated. Scalper1 News
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