Roku to Stream Sunday Major League Baseball Game

<p><strong>SAN JOSE<&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; Roku has secured exclusive multi-year rights for Major League Baseball &lpar;MLB&rpar; <i>Sunday Leadoff<&sol;i> live games&period; Starting May 19&comma; Roku will offer an early Sunday MLB game for free on The Roku Channel&comma; plus an all-new MLB Zone to help baseball fans discover live and upcoming games&comma; nightly recaps&comma; highlights&comma; a fully programmed MLB FAST channel&comma; and more across the Roku platform&period; On most Sundays throughout the season&comma; Roku will be the home for the first games of the day&comma; with an exclusivity window during airtime as well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Sunday MLB Leadoff game had been streamed on Peacock the past two seasons but was not renewed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There are numerous ways to access MLB <i>Sunday Leadoff<&sol;i> games on Roku for free&period; Details are available below and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cts&period;businesswire&period;com&sol;ct&sol;CT&quest;id&equals;smartlink&amp&semi;url&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fwww&period;mlb&period;com&percnt;2Fnews&percnt;2Fhow-to-watch-roku-mlb-sunday-leadoff&amp&semi;esheet&equals;53985656&amp&semi;newsitemid&equals;20240513281524&amp&semi;lan&equals;en-US&amp&semi;anchor&equals;here&amp&semi;index&equals;1&amp&semi;md5&equals;e4784683f2090fa27467ac106cbab4a5" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" shape&equals;"rect">here<&sol;a>&period; Additionally&comma; paying subscribers of MLB&period;TV can watch all 18 matchups blackout free from anywhere in the world&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As television programming&comma; live sports&comma; and the leagues have fragmented across networks&comma; apps&comma; and multiple packages&comma; Roku—home to all of them—plays an increasingly crucial role for viewers and advertisers&comma;” said <b>Charlie Collier&comma; President&comma; Roku Media&period;<&sol;b> &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;With this deal&comma; Roku delivers free&comma; live&comma; weekly Sunday baseball and 24&sol;7 baseball curation&comma; destinations&comma; and channels across our platform&period; The lead-in to all of television is now the lead-off for Sunday baseball as well&period; It’s a terrific partnership&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>MLB <i>Sunday Leadoff <&sol;i>will stream every Sunday on The Roku Channel and TheRokuChannel&period;com from May 19 to Sept&period; 15&period; The matchups start on May 19 with the St&period; Louis Cardinals hosting the Boston Red Sox&period; 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&semi; 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&comma; Mookie Betts&comma; and Freddie Freeman on Sept&period; 1&period; The game telecasts will be produced in collaboration with Major League Baseball&period; Broadcast teams each week will be market-focused&comma; with Chip Caray &lpar;play-by-play&rpar;&comma; Will Middlebrooks &lpar;analyst&rpar;&comma; and Alexa Datt &lpar;reporter&rpar; calling this Sunday’s game&period; The full MLB <i>Sunday Leadoff<&sol;i> on Roku schedule is included with this press release&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;With free games available to anyone&comma; MLB games on Roku will be widely accessible to fans&comma;” said <b>Noah Garden&comma; MLB Deputy Commissioner&comma; Business and Media&period;<&sol;b> &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Since Roku serves as an entertainment gateway for millions&comma; this partnership offers a valuable new promotional and distribution platform for MLB games and content&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As the one-stop destination for fans to browse&comma; discover&comma; and stream everything MLB&comma; the all-new MLB Zone will include a more robust MLB FAST channel&comma; with premium sports content around the clock including up-to-date highlights&comma; MLB Game of the Week replays&comma; Minor League Baseball game replays&comma; and other baseball content&period; 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&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Roku Channel is widely available to stream for free&comma; no subscription or sign-up required&period; Viewers can watch it on Roku devices or TVs&comma; TheRokuChannel&period;com&comma; and through the Roku app on iOS and Android devices&comma; Amazon Fire TVs&comma; Samsung TVs and Google TVs and other Android TV OS devices&period; The Roku Channel reaches U&period;S&period; households with an estimated 120 million people &lpar;Q4 2023&rpar; and has grown to become a top 10 streaming app in the U&period;S&period;&comma; according to the Nielsen Gauge Report&period; The Roku Channel is the &num;3 app on the Roku platform by both reach and engagement &lpar;Q1 2024&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;