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Amazon Debuts 'Pocket Health' and New Clock Tools on Prime Vision for TNF Opener

The alternate feed serves as a test bed for analytics that can migrate into the Al MichaelsKirk Herbstreit broadcast.

Overview

  • Prime Vision adds four features at kickoff: Pocket Health to rate pass-pocket quality, Path To Victory to project remaining possessions, Time Remaining Prediction to estimate clock after a stop, and Victory Formation to indicate when a team can kneel out a win.
  • Pocket Health uses a machine-learning model built with input from analyst Andrew Whitworth and will first appear primarily during replays to avoid cluttering live shots.
  • The new endgame tools aim to mirror the information coaches consult by projecting possessions, likely time after a three-and-out, and the threshold to close a game with kneel-downs.
  • Amazon’s production taps AWS-driven analytics, a High-Sky camera, and on-air insights from TNF analytics expert Sam Schwartzstein; some tools also inform talent off-screen, such as Coverage ID for defensive schemes.
  • TNF returns for a fourth Amazon season with the Commanders at the Packers, following 2024 viewership gains to 13.2 million on average and an expanded 17-game slate that includes Black Friday and a prime-time Chiefs game on Christmas.