Comcast, Apple Bow New Integration Feature for Upcoming MLS Season Pass
January 29, 2025
Comcast and Apple Jan. 29 announced plans to offer Xfinity subscribers easier access to the upcoming 30th season of Major League Soccer through Apple TV’s MLS Season Pass subscription.
MLS Season Pass costs $14.99 per month during the season, or $99 for the full season.
Customers can sign up for the MLS Season Pass directly through Xfinity and stream live matches seamlessly through the X1 and Xfinity Stream app user interfaces.
“Xfinity provides customers an unrivaled access to sports entertainment, and our new partnership with Apple will offer soccer fans new ways to immerse themselves in Major League Soccer,” John Dixon, SVP of entertainment at Comcast, said in a statement. “Through this new experience, our customers will be able to easily find, follow, and catch up on their favorite MLS teams with the best seat in the house.”
When the season kicks off Feb. 22, every MLS Season Pass match will be accessible from the channel guide on X1 and Stream in both English and Spanish. When a customer selects a game, playback will begin within Xfinity’s viewing experience, without the need to open an app.
The matches will also be featured within a curated MLS destination on both platforms, the center for all things MLS for Xfinity customers. Additionally, on X1, MLS matches will be available in the Xfinity Sports Zone app, a sports companion experience that gives customers the ability to watch one event while getting live updates on others in progress and quickly flip to different games when the action gets exciting.
Xfinity subs will also have free access to MLS 360 — a matchday whip-around show featuring live look-ins and highlights from across the league and accessible by saying “MLS” into the Xfinity voice remote.
Comcast plans to make MLS 360 a part of its multiview experience, giving customers the ability to follow all the MLS action on the same screen as other sports such as NCAA basketball, MLB and NBA and NHL playoffs.
Xfinity will offer all customers a free preview of MLS Season Pass Feb. 22-March 2, accessible on both X1 and the Xfinity Stream app, after which they’ll be able to subscribe to MLS Season Pass through Xfinity.
MLS Season Pass subscribers can also access the platform on the Apple TV app on X1, Xumo, Apple TV and other third-party streaming devices.
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