Roku now offers Sunday MLB games for free
and new MLB Zone including an MLB FAST channel, for all things
baseball
Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) has secured the exclusive multi-year rights
for Major League Baseball (MLB) Sunday Leadoff live games. Starting
May 19, Roku will offer Sunday MLB games for free on The Roku
Channel, plus an all-new MLB Zone to help baseball fans discover
live and upcoming games, nightly recaps, highlights, a fully
programmed MLB FAST channel, and more across the Roku platform. On
most Sundays throughout the season, Roku will be the home for the
first games of the day, with an exclusivity window during airtime
as well.
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Roku has secured the exclusive multi-year
rights for Major League Baseball (MLB) Sunday Leadoff live games.
(Graphic: Business Wire)
There are numerous ways to access MLB Sunday Leadoff games on
Roku for free. Details are available below and here. Additionally,
paying subscribers of MLB.TV can watch all 18 matchups blackout
free from anywhere in the world.
“As television programming, live sports, and the leagues have
fragmented across networks, apps, and multiple packages, Roku—home
to all of them—plays an increasingly crucial role for viewers and
advertisers,” said Charlie Collier, President, Roku Media.
“With this deal, Roku delivers free, live, weekly Sunday baseball
and 24/7 baseball curation, destinations, and channels across our
platform. The lead-in to all of television is now the lead-off for
Sunday baseball as well. It’s a terrific partnership.”
MLB Sunday Leadoff will stream every Sunday on The Roku Channel
and TheRokuChannel.com from May 19 to Sept. 15. The matchups start
on May 19 with the St. Louis Cardinals hosting the Boston Red Sox.
Other featured games include the Baltimore Orioles with young stars
Adley Rutschman and Gunnar Henderson going head-to-head against the
New York Yankees with Aaron Judge and Juan Soto on July 14; and the
defending National League champion Arizona Diamondbacks with
reigning National League Rookie of the Year Corbin Carroll will
face the star-studded Los Angeles Dodgers with Shohei Ohtani,
Mookie Betts, and Freddie Freeman on Sept. 1. The game telecasts
will be produced in collaboration with Major League Baseball.
Broadcast teams each week will be market-focused, with Chip Caray
(play-by-play), Will Middlebrooks (analyst), and Alexa Datt
(reporter) calling this Sunday’s game. The full MLB Sunday Leadoff
on Roku schedule is included with this press release.
“With free games available to anyone, MLB games on Roku will be
widely accessible to fans,” said Noah Garden, MLB Deputy
Commissioner, Business and Media. “Since Roku serves as an
entertainment gateway for millions, this partnership offers a
valuable new promotional and distribution platform for MLB games
and content.”
As the one-stop destination for fans to browse, discover, and
stream everything MLB, the all-new MLB Zone will include a more
robust MLB FAST channel, with premium sports content around the
clock including up-to-date highlights, MLB Game of the Week
replays, Minor League Baseball game replays, and other baseball
content. Viewers can also find the Sunday games in the MLB Zone by
heading to Sports on the Roku Home Screen menu or using Roku
Search.
The Roku Channel is widely available to stream for free, no
subscription or sign-up required. Viewers can watch it on Roku
devices or TVs, TheRokuChannel.com, and through the Roku app on iOS
and Android devices, Amazon Fire TVs, Samsung TVs and Google TVs
and other Android TV OS devices. The Roku Channel reaches U.S.
households with an estimated 120 million people (Q4 2023) and has
grown to become a top 10 streaming app in the U.S., according to
the Nielsen Gauge Report. The Roku Channel is the #3 app on the
Roku platform by both reach and engagement (Q1 2024).
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About Roku, Inc.
Roku pioneered streaming on TV. We connect users to the content
they love, enable content publishers to build and monetize large
audiences, and provide advertisers with unique capabilities to
engage consumers. Roku TV™ models, Roku streaming players, and TV-
related audio devices are available in various countries around the
world through direct retail sales and/or licensing arrangements
with TV OEM brands. Roku-branded TVs and Roku Smart Home products
are sold exclusively in the United States. Roku also operates The
Roku Channel, the home of free and premium entertainment with
exclusive access to Roku Originals. The Roku Channel is available
in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. Roku
is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., U.S.A.
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actual results to differ materially are detailed from time to time
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Commission, including our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2023. Copies of reports filed with the SEC are posted on Roku’s
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