Roku’s first free live sports stream will be Formula E racing
Formula E has signed a streaming deal with Netflix. | Image: ABB FIA Formula E World Championship
Streamers are gobbling up major sports deals — YouTube has NFL Sunday Ticket, and Apple has Major League Soccer — so why not Roku? In its first live sports streaming rights get, Roku’s signed up to broadcast 11 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship races in the 2024 season. At the same time, five races that will air live on CBS Television Network will be simulcast on Paramount Plus, which can be accessed in the Roku Sports Experience, starting in January.
Formula E’s current season has about a month left to go. A race this past weekend garnered our attention when the DS Penske team was caught installing an RFID scanner that could “collect live data” from all other cars before the day’s race began, a move the FIA Stewards said was…
