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(Pocket-lint) – Apple announced a start date for Friday Night Baseball on its Apple TV+ streaming service: April 8, 2022.
At its latest launch event, Apple revealed that it had secured the rights to a Major League Baseball game package on Friday nights. Apple TV+ will now show MLB games, potentially helping the streaming service attract more subscribers. It should also help it better fare against Amazon, which owns the solo rights to stream the National Football League Thursday Night Football.
Apple’s deal with Friday Night Baseball is described as a “double weekly schedule with live pre-game and post-game shows” that will be available in eight countries exclusively on Apple TV+ from the start of the regular season. The first two games to start will be the New York Mets against the Washington Nationals at 7 p.m. ET and the Houston Astros against the Los Angeles Angels at 9:30 p.m. ET.
Streaming will be available to anyone with Apple TV+ in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico and South Korea. In the US and Canada, Apple’s deal includes access to a 24/7 live stream with replays, highlights and other programming. If you don’t pay for Apple TV+, Friday Night Baseball will still be available without a subscription “for a limited time”, said Apple.
To watch all the top games, sideload the Apple TV app on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV 4K and HD, or on tv.apple.com . The app is also available on select smart TVs, game consoles and cable boxes.
For more on Apple TV+ and how it works, check out Pocket-lint’s guide.
Written by Maggie Tillman.
