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Amazon is taking its post-Thanksgiving NFL game this year on Prime Video to a global audience — and the gridiron matchup will be available to stream for free. The ecommerce giant announced an extension of its agreement with the National Football League that will allow Prime Video to broadcast the Nov. 28 Black Friday Football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears to a worldwide audience, kicking off at 3 p.m. ET. The game will be the first NFL event to be presented outside the U.S. on Prime Video, which is available in over 240 countries and territories around the world. But there are some blackouts: The game will not be available in Canada and a few other countries, according to Amazon. The game will also be available on mobile devices in the U.S. with an NFL+ subscription, and outside the U.S. through NFL Game Pass from DAZN, the league’s international streaming partner. The Bears-Eagles Black Friday game is part of a 12-hour block of sports programming on Nov. 28 that will stream globally on Prime Video, with no subscription or Prime membership required. In the U.S., Amazon streamed the post-Thanksgiving NFL games in 2024 and 2023 for free as well. The game will feature additional language options that include Spanish, French and Portuguese. In addition, several advanced features for Prime Video’s NFL coverage in the U.S. will also be available in select locations worldwide, including Rapid Recap, High Definition-HDR video and Next Gen Stats powered by AWS. “We are thrilled to expand our relationship with the NFL and present Black Friday Football to the millions of fans we serve around the world,” Jay Marine, head of Prime Video U.S., global sports, said in a statement. “Black Friday is becoming one of the best sports holidays of the year, and this can’t-miss game between the Super Bowl Champion Eagles and the surging Bears, in one of the most-charged stadium atmospheres in sports, stands at the center of a huge day for all of us at Amazon.” The NFL’s Hans Schroeder, EVP of media distribution, added, “We are excited to work with our partners at Prime Video to bring this year’s Black Friday Football game to a global audience. Expanding the availability of our games to NFL fans around the world is a key priority for us, and we are thrilled that the Black Friday game will be available through Amazon in over 240 countries and territories around the world.” The last meeting between the Eagles and the Bears took place Dec. 18, 2022, in Chicago, with Philly winning the game 25-20. Before the Black Friday Football game, Prime Video will broadcast the return of “The Skins Game,” featuring the PGA Tour’s Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Thomas, Xander Schauffele and Keegan Bradley from South Florida at at 9 a.m. ET. Following that, Prime Video will present Bears-Eagles pregame coverage starting at 1:30 p.m. ET from Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field, with the game kickoff set for 3 p.m. ET. At the conclusion of live on-site NFL postgame coverage, the NBA on Prime tips off a doubleheader: the Milwaukee Bucks will play the New York Knicks (7 p.m. ET) and the Dallas Mavericks will take on the L.A. Lakers (10 p.m.). The NBA games also will be available worldwide with no Prime Video subscription needed. Here is the Nov. 28 lineup of global Black Friday Sports programming on Prime Video available worldwide (all times Eastern/ET): Pictured above: A.J. Brown (No. 11) of the Philadelphia Eagles is tackled by Jaylon Jones (No. 31) at Soldier Field on Dec. 18, 2022 in Chicago
