<P> In November 2015, The Hollywood Reporter reported that in response to the success of the package under CBS, the NFL was planning to negotiate a long - term contract for Thursday Night Football, with CBS, Fox, NBC, and Turner Sports showing interest . The New York Post reported that this deal would also include the sale of a stake in NFL Network itself . </P> <P> On December 16, 2015, it was reported that the NFL was shopping the Thursday Night Football package as a one - year deal with an option for a second year, similarly to the current arrangement with CBS; the league also requested that bidders outline goals for "growing" NFL Network . The league was also reportedly interested in selling non-exclusive digital rights to simulcast the games to another partner, such as Amazon.com, Apple Inc., Google, or Yahoo! (which exclusively streamed an International Series as part of a trial during the 2015 season, but would shut down its original video content service in January 2016). In January 2016, it was reported that the NFL was considering splitting the Thursday Night Football package across multiple broadcasters in tandem with the possibility of expanding the overall package to 17 games . It was also reported that ESPN and Turner Sports were not interested in the package due to its short - term nature, and that Fox was attempting to outbid CBS . </P> <P> On February 1, 2016, the NFL announced that Thursday Night Football would be shared between CBS, NBC, and NFL Network for the 2016 and 2017 seasons . CBS and NBC would each air five games (resulting in a schedule of 10 games on broadcast TV in comparison to 8 under the previous deal), followed by an additional eight games exclusively on NFL Network to satisfy NFL Network's retransmission consent contracts with cable providers; the eight NFL Network - exclusive games included six Thursday contests, a Sunday morning International Series contest, and a Christmas day game . As with the previous contract, all games will be simulcast by NFL Network . Commissioner Roger Goodell stated that the league was "thrilled to add NBC to the Thursday Night Football mix, a trusted partner with a proven track record of success broadcasting NFL football in primetime, and look forward to expanding with a digital partner for what will be a unique tri-cast on broadcast, cable and digital platforms ." On April 5, 2016, it was revealed that Twitter had acquired non-exclusive worldwide digital streaming rights to the 10 broadcast television TNF games . The collaboration will also include streaming content on Twitter's Periscope service, such as behind the scenes access . </P> <P> Rogers Media, who owns television rights to the Thursday Night Football package in Canada through the end of the 2016 season but has not yet acquired digital rights (the majority of the NFL's media rights in Canada are owned by Rogers's rival, Bell Media), successfully forced Twitter to block the game streams in that country, overriding the league's insistence that the free stream be global . Due to the streaming deal, over-the - top television providers PlayStation Vue and Sling TV are also required to black out the simulcast of the games on NFL Network . </P>

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