DAZN, Canada’s online sports streaming service is now available to watch on Roku streaming devices and Roku enabled TV’s.
Along with this announcement comes 30 new programs to the DAZN platform. These include PGA TOUR events, Tie Break Tens, Red Bull Air Races and World Snooker that are now featured on the streaming service. The previous programming included the NatWest 6 Nations Championship, top European Soccer leagues, BelN Sports, the 24/7 NFL Network, Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League, FIFA Basketball, WTA Tennis and MotoGP programs. On top of all of these features, DAZN users are able to access every live game of the 2018-19 NFL season. This includes pre-season, regular season, the playoffs and next year’s Super Bowl in Atlanta. Roku users are now able to access all of these programs through the DAZN streaming service.
“This is another exciting day for us as we continue to increase the access to high-level sports content to Canadians, and we get to do it with a great partner like Roku,” said Alex Rice, Managing Director for Rights and Strategic Development at DAZN. “Roku streaming players and TVs are fantastic additions to our growing portfolio of platform partners, and we’re pleased to be offering sports fans across Canada even more choice in how they consume the sports they love.”
DAZN is the first global sports streaming service and is currently available in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Japan and Canada. The service launched in Canada in July of 2017 and is currently the only streaming service that allows NFL fans to watch every live game of the 2018-19 season and the NFL RedZone.
For those unaware, Roku gives users access to over 150,000 movies and TV episode though a slew of other streaming services. These include MLB, Crunchyroll, HBO Now, Hulu, Netflix, NHL among many others. You can read CGM’s full review of the Roku enabled Sharp LC55LBU591C, where Brendan Quinn discusses how it makes a strong case for the mid-range 4K smart TV.
