Twitter, Sky Sports Reach Deal for Premier League Highlights, Goals

Live video streaming was a key point of discussion during Twitter’s second-quarter-2016 earnings call Tuesday, and it didn’t take the social network long to ink another pact.

Live video streaming was a key point of discussion during Twitter’s second-quarter-2016 earnings call Tuesday, and it didn’t take the social network long to ink another pact.

Sky News reported that Twitter reached an agreement with Sky Sports to live-stream soccer highlights and goals from the Premier League.

Twitter users in the U.K. and Ireland will be able to see those videos via the @SkyFootball account. Sky News reported, and Theo Luke, head of Twitter Amplify for Europe, the Middle East and Africa told Sky News:

We can’t think of a better way to continue the momentous summer of sport on Twitter than live Premier League video clips.

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