Apple has refreshed its channel lineup on the Apple TV to include NBC Sports Live Extra. The channel provides “thousands of live sporting events that air on NBC, NBCSN and Golf Channel” for free. Aside from live content, the channel includes loads of highlights and replays of sporting events to view at no charge; NBC Sports Live Extra users can activate the full channel (including content from CNBC, USA, and NBC) by verifying a cable subscription.
NBC has previously offered the streaming channel to iPhones and iPads through the NBC Sports Live Extra app available for free on the App Store. The new channel joins a long list of existing sports-related services on Apple TV including ESPN, MLB.TV, NBA, and NFL Now.
As per NBC, the NBC Sports Live Extra joins the finance-focused CNBC channel on Apple’s streaming content box. Earlier this year, we reported that NBC is planning a cable-required web version of its network for Apple TV expected to debut in the second half of this year.
The new NBC Sports channel is available in the United States on the latest Apple TV and includes sections for Featured events, Live & Upcoming event, Highlights, Replays, and Sports categories. The Live & Upcoming section also includes a calendar of future events that will be available live.
The channel provides “NHL Regular-Season and Stanley Cup Playoff games, PGA TOUR, U.S. Open (golf), Notre Dame Football, French Open (tennis), Premier League (soccer), Formula One, IndyCar and Triple Crown horse racing” content for viewers.
As ever, if you find your Apple TV home screen growing too crowded, you can follow our How-To guide for rearranging and hiding channels to personalize and declutter your Apple TV.
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FINALLY!
Now I can watch all the EPL games without the need to use airplay from my laptop.
A question. Do you need cable connection to watch NBCSN on apple TV?
Oh, I can express my delight. So very tired of the extra step AirPlaying to just watch some damn football :)
As usual it’s USA only…………
think i’ll switch to Google Chromecast, it’s better for the Dutch users and most European users.
Do you know if this will also include NASCAR in the summer?
I don’t see the channel
Any trick to getting this to show up? Not seeing it yet. Have tried restarting and checking for software updates. Was hoping to use it for the hockey games tonight.
I don’t see it either :( can’t force an update either, says none are available…damnit the islanders game is on right now too.
Im still not seeing it 2 days later…
Not seeing it in Boston either.
Oh how I’ve been waiting for this!! I don’t have to AirPlay it from my iPhone any more!! LiveExtra is awesome for hockey fans, it has every NHL playoff game this season…the only thing I hate about it is that it has the same two commercials on repeat whenever there is a break…a stupid chase commercial with dogs in costumes and a Microsoft surface comercial with a lame song. So annoying.
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Awesome!!!
Not showing for me either
As of 7:30 this morning, It has yet to be added to my apple tv here in Brooklyn, NY
Last night it was not available for me during the hockey games. Then app showed up, so I watched Men In Blazers. Then after watching that, went back to main menu and the app was gone. Still not there this morning…
Not showing here in Columbus. Just like them to wait until the EPL season is almost over before adding it.
It is no longer showing up for me. I watched Men in Blazers too and was going to watch Liverpool game and it is not showing up.
Hi Zac, what gives with this? It’s been a few days since this article was published and I *still* don’t have this update available for my ATV. Has anyone been able to actually get this update? If so, how?? Hockey is on again tonight and I have a feeling I’m going to miss it yet again and have to use AirPlay. I’m in the USA and have the latest gen Apple TV…so what’s up with this?
Me just now… “Well I guess I’ll restart the Apple TV two more times before this Red Wings game and see if it shows up, otherwise I give up.”
First restart, no dice. Second restart… BOOOOM.
So there you go. Restart your Apple TV and maybe you’ll get lucky. Streaming quality looks great so far. So glad to finally have this on Apple TV.
And then when I backed out of the game to the home screen… IT WAS GONE.
Tried a restart two times on my atv3 nothing tried it on my sons atv2 nothing this sucks really wanted to see all the new content from my favorite apple product but nope
Hey
Anyone found a fix to get NBC Sport Live on the apple TV. I still can´t see it. I have all the other, Fox, Abc, ESPN etc, but the new one is still not there. I have tried to reset apple TV but still nothing.
Thanks in advance
I don’t know that this workaround is bullet proof…but I went to Settings->General->Regional Settings and reselected ‘United States’. It chewed on it for a few seconds and suddenly I am watching the Montreal-Tampa game.
I see the channel, it gives me an activation code to use on nbcsports.com but it asks for a provider and I assume it wants my internet provider which is not listed…how do I get to view it? do I need the app on a mobile device?
Thanks for the Informaiton. Its good to know that.