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NEW YORK >> Amazon’s new deal gives prime-time football a whole new meaning.
The e-commerce powerhouse will stream NFL Thursday Night games this season via its Amazon Prime video service, replacing Twitter. The live-streams will be available to members of Amazon Prime, which costs $99 per year and includes other perks like free videos, books and shipping.
Though the games won’t be free to stream for those who aren’t Amazon Prime members, they still will be carried by broadcast networks, as well as simultaneously on the NFL Network.
A person with knowledge of the agreement told the Associated Press on Wednesday that it’s a one-year deal worth close to $50 million.
ON THE MOVE
Hawaii State Federal Credit Union has announced the following:
>> Rick Blangiardi, general manager of Hawaii News Now, has joined the credit union’s board of directors. He is a veteran in the broadcast industry and in 2009 joined the combined Hawaii News Now operation. Blangiardi is also a former associate head football coach for the University of Hawaii as well as a past president of Na Koa Football Booster Club for UH.
>> Terrence Aratani, chief executive officer of Koolauloa Health Center, and Kaulana Park, a senior project manager at Rider Levett Bucknall, were both re-elected for their second term on the Hawaii State FCU’s board of directors.
Alexander & Baldwin has promoted Lorie Ishii to director of tax. She will oversee tax compliance, income tax accounting, tax research and planning for A&B and its subsidiaries. Ishii has 30 years of tax profession experience.
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