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Thursday, 15 September 2016

Twitter Debuts NFL Streaming

For the first time, a regular-season NFL game was streamed live on Twitter – for free – receiving rave reviews from fans.

The clash between the New York Jets and the Buffalo Bills was available worldwide (you did not need to have a Twitter account to watch), and unlike other recent streaming debuts, went off largely without a hitch.
In addition to very few users complaining of skipping or the feed dropping out, Twitter's broadcast was roughly 20 seconds ahead of the NFL Gamepass app – which is the NFL's official streaming app for all games.
The game, which was won by the Jets 37-31, was also available to be viewed through Twitter's apps on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Xbox One.

Anthony Noto, chief financial officer at Twitter, was glowing about the service in the hours leading up to the first game. "These devices will bring Twitter's live streaming video experience to life on the TV screen," he said.
"Twitter has always been a great complement to TV, and now fans can enjoy even more premium video with live Tweets – and the best content on Twitter – right from their TVs. We're excited to introduce this new experience to people, without requiring a paywall or having to log in to Twitter."

The one criticism on the night seemed to stem from the stream of tweets accompanying the broadcast, with users pointing out that the stream of tweets didn't auto-refresh, nor did it seem to be curated to any extent.

Ten games will be broadcast via the social media site during the season, with next week's encounter featuring the New England Patriots and Houston Texans.

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