Prime Video will stream its first UEFA Champions League match tonight as it begins sharing rights to the tournament with TNT Sports.
The streamer has won the rights to 17 top-pick matches per season every Tuesday night throughout the competition up to and including the semi-final stage; with TNT Sports keeping Wednesday night’s games.
Prime Video’s first game is the tie between AC Milan and Liverpool.
The streamer is debuting an updated watch experience for Prime’s UEFA Champions League matches, including a new feature called Rapid Recap which gives fans who join the coverage after kick-off the option to watch a highlights reel of the action they have missed, compiled using Amazon’s Machine Learning technology in real-time during the match.
An all-new Key Moments navigation bar will also offer fans the ability to jump between the most important moments of the game including cards, penalties, VAR decisions and goals. Viewers can navigate below the playback bar during a live match and see a carousel of key moment tiles that will take them on-demand to the game’s biggest talking points.
Prime Video is using low-latency technology across “the majority of devices”, delivering live action from grass to glass in under 10 seconds, which it claims is faster than cable or satellite television.
Matches will also be available in HDR.
Prime Video’s coverage of the UEFA Champions League is being hosted by Gabby Logan with analysis from Clarence Seedorf, Daniel Sturridge, Josie Henning and Frank Lampard.
Jon Champion and Alan Shearer are commentating with Gabriel Clarke and Alex Aljoe reporting pitch-side.
