New York and El Segundo, California.-Amazon and DirecTV have announced a multi-year agreement for DirecTV for Business to offer Prime Video’s exclusive Thursday Night Football lineup to 300,000 sports bars, restaurants, hotel lounges, casinos and sportsbooks, retail stores and services, and NFL fans. Many other locations across the country.
“The sports media landscape continues to rapidly evolve, and our focus on delivering a great experience to our entire range of customers must remain at the center of that evolution,” said DirecTV Chief Content Officer Rob Thun. “This agreement between Amazon and DirecTV for Business comes at an important time as more streaming companies acquire exclusive rights to marquee sports programming and fans want to cheer on their teams at home and with friends, family at bars, restaurants and other businesses. And colleagues.”
The first TNF game available to commercial accounts through DirecTV for Business is the final NFL preseason game on Thursday, August 25 between the Houston Texans and the San Francisco 49ers. The deal includes a total of 15 games on Thursday Night Football starting Thursday, September 15.
Any existing DirecTV business customers who subscribe to Business Entertainment, Business Xtra, Commercial Entertainment, Commercial Xtra, Commercial Choice PLUS and Commercial Mas Ultra in Spanish will automatically receive this new Prime Video TNF feed at no additional cost. The new Prime Video content will be on DirecTV channel 9526 alongside other major sports streaming services and events.
The Thursday Night Football schedule, with pregame coverage starting at 7 p.m. EDT and 8:15 p.m. EDT, includes:
- Preseason Week 3 – August 25: San Francisco 49ers at Houston Texans
- Week 2 – September 15: Los Angeles Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs
- Week 3 – September 22: Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns
- Week 4 – Sept. 29: Miami Dolphins at Cincinnati Bengals
- Week 5 – October 6: Indianapolis Colts at Denver Broncos
- Week 6 – October 13: Washington Commanders at Chicago Bears
- Week 7 – October 20: New Orleans Saints at Arizona Cardinals
- Week 8 – October 27: Baltimore Ravens at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Week 9 – November 3: Philadelphia Eagles at Houston Texans
- Week 10 – November 10: Atlanta Falcons at Carolina Panthers
- Week 11 – November 17: Tennessee Titans at Green Bay Packers
- Week 13 – December 1: Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots
- Week 14 – Dec. 8: Las Vegas Raiders at Los Angeles Rams
- Week 15 – December 15: San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks
- Week 16 – December 22: Jacksonville Jaguars at New York Jets
- Week 17 – December 29: Dallas Cowboys at Tennessee Titans