{"id":252024,"date":"2024-08-07T13:27:05","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T13:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/07\/roku-is-launching-the-roku-sports-channel-on-august-12\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:12:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:12:55","slug":"roku-is-launching-the-roku-sports-channel-on-august-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/07\/roku-is-launching-the-roku-sports-channel-on-august-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Roku is launching the Roku Sports Channel on August 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Streaming provider Roku is adding a new free channel for sports content on August 12. The ad-supported Roku Sports Channel will go live with content both owned and licensed by the company. No subscription or sign-up will be required to access the channel.<\/p>\n<p>The Roku Sports Channel will offer round-the-clock programming, such as live Major League Baseball games, live Formula E car races, <em>The Rich Eisen Show<\/em> and <em>GMFB: Overtime<\/em>. Partner programming on the channel will include classic boxing matches from Top Rank, combat sports from Swerve Sports and poker content from PokerGO.<\/p>\n<p>Sports viewership can be a notable revenue source for streaming services. The Disney-owned ESPN+ has a streaming subscription (and its <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/entertainment\/streaming\/disney-is-increasing-prices-again-for-standalone-streaming-plans-183518837.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:price is going up;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"><\/a>). Max also has an add-on called the Bleacher Report (that&#8217;s <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/max-will-offer-free-live-sports-streaming-until-march-2024-074445038.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:no longer free;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"><\/a>). And an upcoming service called Venu could aggregate lots of games and talk content under one umbrella (and it&#8217;s expected to have <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/venu-is-the-new-sports-streaming-service-likely-to-drain-your-bank-account-190011555.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:a hefty price tag;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"><\/a>). Roku could stand out from the pack by taking the free, ad-supported streaming television route.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/entertainment\/streaming\/roku-is-launching-the-roku-sports-channel-on-august-12-130041121.html?src=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Streaming provider Roku is adding a new free channel for sports content on August 12. The ad-supported Roku Sports Channel will go live with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":252025,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252024"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}