Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons

Twitter will stream live NFL games this fall

The Atlanta Falcons could be among the teams featured on Twitter live game streams this fall.

Credit: Ronald Martinez

Credit: Ronald Martinez

The Atlanta Falcons could be among the teams featured on Twitter live game streams this fall.
April 5, 2016

The NFL and Twitter announced Tuesday  that they will stream live broadcasts of Thursday Night Football without authentication to the more than 800 million users around the globe on the Twitter app for the 2016 season.

The NFL schedule, which will be released in full this month, will include 10 Thursday night games. The Atlanta Falcons could be one of the teams to play at midweek, possibly wearing all-red "Color Rush" uniforms.

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