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Duke Basketball to Stream Three Prime Video Games

5/1/2026

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Summary

Duke Streams Games

Duke men’s basketball will stream three games on Amazon Prime Video next season.
The games are Nov. 25, 2026 vs. UConn in Las Vegas; Dec. 21, 2026 vs. Michigan, Madison Square Garden; Feb. 20, 2027 vs. Gonzaga in Detroit.
The multiyear deal offers name-image-likeness opportunities for Duke athletes and a future retail partnership.
Duke AD Nina King and Prime Video head Charlie Neiman said the partnership expands reach and gives fans marquee matchups on a paid platform.

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Duke Schedules Games

Duke scheduled games in Las Vegas, New York and Detroit to avoid ESPN territories, with schools set to receive $500,000 for Video games and Duke expecting higher payouts.
For the Amazon series, Duke committed to ESPN neutral-site events in 2027-28 and 2028-29.
Nielsen ranked Michigan, Duke and UConn as the three teams in 2025-26 with 3.353 M, 2.965 M and 2.842 M viewers, Detroit’s Feb. 20 game aligning with the city’s 2027 Final Four hosting.

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Historical Context

After the Big Ten Network launched in August 2007 as the first cable channel devoted to a single college conference—initially owned 51% by the Big Ten and 49% by Fox—it secured basic-tier carriage across major providers by 2008. The network’s early success showed that conference-specific media can generate multi-million-dollar revenues, a model now echoed in Duke’s 2024 streaming agreement with Amazon Prime Video.

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Duke Streams Games

Duke men’s basketball will stream three games on Amazon Prime Video next season.
The games are Nov. 25, 2026 vs. UConn in Las Vegas; Dec. 21, 2026 vs. Michigan, Madison Square Garden; Feb. 20, 2027 vs. Gonzaga in Detroit.
The multiyear deal offers name-image-likeness opportunities for Duke athletes and a future retail partnership.
Duke AD Nina King and Prime Video head Charlie Neiman said the partnership expands reach and gives fans marquee matchups on a paid platform.

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