Twitter has won a deal to broadcast Thursday night National Football League games online, Bloomberg reports, citing a source familiar with the matter.
Twitter was bidding against a number of companies, including Verizon Communications, Yahoo and Amazon.com to win the deal, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.
Facebook dropped out of the bidding last week, according to the report.
Twitter was not immediately available for comment.
The NFL signed a multiyear partnership with Twitter last year to deliver video and other content to fans on a daily basis.
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Twitter's shares were up nearly 2 per cent at $US17.39 in premarket trading.
