TSN launches a new streaming service

Built around the Canadian rights to PGA Tour Live, TSN+ is focused on providing sports fans access to games and feeds not available through national television.

TSN has acquired the Canadian rights to golf-focused streaming service PGA Tour Live, which has become a cornerstone of a new sports-focused streaming service dubbed TSN+.

PGA Tour Live is a streaming service that began this year, providing roughly 4,300 hours of exclusive coverage for PGA events throughout the year, beginning with Friday’s Sony Open in Hawai’i. In Canada, it is replacing paid subscription service GolfTV.

Other exclusive content that will be available through TSN+ includes NTT Indycar Series events, La Liga and LaLiga 2 soccer matches and games from the XFL when the football league relaunches in February.

TSN+ will also air live coverage of the PHF women’s hockey league, National Lacrosse League and boxing matches, as well as provide access to TSN’s library of sports documentaries.

TSN+ will also broadcast a number of exclusive feeds that are meant to supplement the main broadcasts of games and sporting events. These include stats and alternate angles for NFL games, companion feeds for NASCAR and F1 races and special streaming-only feeds from different courts during Grand Slam tennis events.

Finally, TSN+ will also give viewers access to games from leagues and sporting organizations with which TSN has broadcast relationships, but does not air on national televised feeds. These include NBA games between U.S. teams, CHL hockey games and NCAA basketball and football games, as well as and AEW Rampage, the professional wrestling company’s Friday-night broadcast (TSN already airs AEW Dynamite on Wednesdays).

A spokesperson for Bell Media said there may be a pre-roll advertisement before a stream begins, in addition to ads that would air during a regular TV ad break in the broadcast.

TSN+ is currently available through TSN.ca, the TSN mobile ap, gaming consoles and smart TV devices as a free preview. Bell Media has not said how long the preview period will last for, but details on subscription options and pricing would be revealed in the coming weeks.

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