MLS Season Pass now available to residential DIRECTV customers

[KyL416]

https://www.directv.com/insider/mls-season-pass-available-on-directv/

DIRECTV and Apple have reached a new, multi-year agreement to make MLS Season Pass available to DIRECTV satellite and streaming consumers starting Feb. 22, timed to the kickoff of the 2025 MLS 30th season.

Starting today, DIRECTV residential streaming customers can sign up to watch MLS Season Pass for $14.99 a month through DIRECTV and watch games via DIRECTV or in the Apple TV app. DIRECTV Satellite customers can purchase the full season for $99.

Every game will be available to watch live in the DIRECTV interface on channels 480 through 495, similar to the viewing experience for other league packages today, or through the Apple TV app. Additionally, DIRECTV is making a free preview of MLS Season Pass available to all DIRECTV residential and commercial customers from Feb. 22 – March 1, after which those customers will be able to upgrade to MLS Season Pass through DIRECTV channels.

 

[dtv757]

awesome ! now can we get NWSL and WNBA LP !!

 

[harshness]

awesome ! now can we get NWSL and WNBA LP !!

For their part, NWSL doesn't offer a "League Pass" product yet so DIRECTV can't carry it.

 

[KyL416]

They do have the free NWSL+ which for US viewers carries the games that aren't on Ion, CBS, ESPN or Prime Video, but it's a streaming only service and like WNBA League Pass, so far it has no traditional MVPD distribution.

As long as NWSL offers their streaming product for free, I wouldn't expect DTV or any other MVPD to pick it up.

Maybe down the road next time that the WNBA's national rights are up, the expansion hits, and if there's bigger demand from bars and restaraunts for access to non-nationally televised games, they will seek some traditional distribution for League Pass, or partner with another service like ESPN+ or Paramount+.