The home of “Thursday Night Football” has won the global broadcast rights to a special “Black Friday” National Football League matchup between a pair of National Football Conference rivals, beating out broadcast TV networks around the world.
Amazon’s Prime Video will stream the November 28 match-up between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Chicago Bears. Coverage begins at 3pm Eastern and it marks the first NFL event to be made globally available via an exclusive basis through Prime Video.
This makes the Eagles-Bears game accessible in more than 240 countries and territories.
“We are thrilled to expand our relationship with the NFL and present Black Friday Football to the millions of fans we serve around the world,” said Jay Marine, head of Prime Video U.S., global sports. “Black Friday is becoming one of the best sports holidays of the year, and this can’t-miss game between the Super Bowl Champion Eagles and the surging Bears, in one of the most-charged stadium atmospheres in sports, stands at the center of a huge day for all of us at Amazon. We cannot wait to provide fans with best-in-class coverage and a full day of action, holiday deals and surprises.”
NFL Media Distribution EVP Hans Schroeder added, “We are excited to work with our partners at Prime Video to bring this year’s Black Friday Football game to a global audience. Expanding the availability of our games to NFL fans around the world is a key priority for us, and we are thrilled that the Black Friday game will be available through Amazon in over 240 countries and territories around the world.”
As a gift of sorts, no subscription or Prime membership will be required to access the global presentation of Black Friday Football on Prime Video; it will feature additional language options for viewers around the world that include Spanish, French and Portuguese.
