NFL finalizes blockbuster $113bn media rights deal through 2033 season

• NFL will nearly double media revenue to over $10bn per season
• Amazon paying about $1bn for Thursday Night Football package

The NFL will nearly double its media revenue to more than $10bn a season with new rights agreements announced on Thursday, including a deal with Amazon Prime Video that gives the streaming service exclusive rights to Thursday Night Football beginning in 2022.

The league took in $5.9bn a year in its current contracts. It will get $113bn over the 11 seasons of the new deals that begin in 2023, an increase of 80% over the previous such period, a source told the Associated Press.