The San Francisco-Arizona game has reached a new milestone for games streaming over the Internet
Saturday’s game between the The San Francisco 49ers and Arizona Cardinals set a record with the highest audience for an NFL game broadcast online.
The game was mainly broadcast on Amazon Prime Video and Twitch. It was watched by approximately 11.2 million people in total and registered an average viewership per minute of 4.8 million, more than double the previous record..
In 2015, a game between the Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars in London averaged 2.1 million viewers streaming on Yahoo!
The NFL and Amazon reported that the total length of time the average was recorded was 82 minutes, 15 more than the average for an NFL game online.
The match, which San Francisco won 20-12, was also broadcast on television channels in that city and Phoenix, averaging 1.1 million additional viewers.
The same, The game was available on the NFL, Cardinals, and Niners mobile apps. During the game, some complaints emerged on social media about the quality of the broadcast in the first half.
Other people were frustrated not knowing where the game was going to be aired.
This is the first of three years under consideration in an agreement between the NFL and Amazon. It also includes the rights to broadcast Thursday night’s games, also available on Fox and NFL Network.