Amazon Prime Lands Exclusive Rights to Saturday's 49ers-Cardinals Game

The Arizona Cardinals-San Francisco 49ers game Saturday at 4:30 p.m. EST will be the first NFL matchup to air nationally and exclusively on Amazon Prime Video and on the company’s Twitch platform, said Amazon Monday. The game will be available to more than 150 million Prime members worldwide and in more than 240 countries and territories excluding China, the U.K., Ireland and Spain. It also will be shown in local markets over the air and on mobile nationally. Amazon is “looking forward to delivering the gift of football on Prime Video this weekend,” said Marie Donoghue, vice president-global sports video. The Prime Video event will give viewers “multiple announcers to choose from, Next Gen Stats, and on-demand replays from X-Ray,” she said. To switch between audio feeds, Prime members go to settings on their video streaming device and select the broadcast of their choice, she said. On Friday at 4:30 p.m. EST, Amazon Prime Video will show the Minnesota Vikings-New Orleans Saints game, which is also being broadcast on Fox, NFL Network, Fox Deportes digital properties and the Vikings, Saints and Yahoo Sports mobile properties. Other “shoulder” NFL programming will be available during the week on Prime Video and Twitch.