Twitter is bringing its service to Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Xbox One. While you’d think mobile devices would be better-suited for displaying the day’s tweets, Vines, and Periscopes, the real appeal of Twitter’s new app is free, live sports streaming to your TV.
Launching today, Twitter’s TV app plans to stream entire games from NFL Thursday Night Football, in addition to content from MLB Advanced Media, Pac 12 Networks, Campus Insiders, Cheddar, Bloomberg News, and the NBA.
“These devices will bring Twitter’s live streaming video experience to life on the TV screen,” said Anthony Noto, chief financial officer at Twitter in an official release. “We’re excited to introduce this new experience to people, without requiring a paywall or having to log in to Twitter.”
Hut, Hut, Stream!
That said, there are a few gaps. While the Apple TV version of Twitter is out globally via the App Store, the Xbox One version will only be available in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the UK, and the US, while the Amazon Fire TV version for the UK and US.
Twitter’s desire to stream live sports was revealed all the way back in April, with this month’s kickoff of the NFL …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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