NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Football League and Facebook Inc have signed a deal to bring NFL game recaps and highlights to the world's largest social network, culminating years of talks, the NFL said on Tuesday. Facebook has expressed interest in live-streaming NFL games on Thursday nights, including this year when it lost out to Amazon.com Inc. Amazon.com broadcasts its first Thursday night game this week. The deal between the NFL and Facebook will not include live games but will cover official NFL video highlights from all regular season games as well as the playoffs and the Super Bowl, the NFL said in a statement. Its NFL videos will appear on Watch, the recently overhauled Facebook video tab. Facebook Watch already includes one NFL-related programme: a reality show on football player Mashawn Lynch for which Facebook is paying Time Warner Inc's Bleacher Report millions of dollars.

Source: The Star September 26, 2017 12:56 UTC