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QUICK READ 02 June 2023

Apple and Major League Baseball announce July “Friday Night Baseball” schedule on Apple TV+

Apple and Major League Baseball (MLB) today announced the July 2023 “Friday Night Baseball” schedule, available to all Apple TV+ subscribers.

“‘Friday Night Baseball’ on Apple TV+ continues to bring fans closer to the game they love each week,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Services. “We’re looking forward to the second half of the regular season and presenting more marquee games for Apple TV+ subscribers each week.”

“Friday Night Baseball” games on Apple TV+ are called each week by Wayne Randazzo (play-by-play), Dontrelle Willis (analyst), Heidi Watney (sideline reporter), Alex Faust (play-by-play), Ryan Spilborghs (analyst) and Tricia Whitaker (sideline reporter). Brian Gorman and Dale Scott — both former MLB umpires — join to break down rules and calls. Game assignments for announcers will be shared on a weekly basis.

Lauren Gardner and Siera Santos continue to handle “Friday Night Baseball” studio show hosting duties, with former MLB players Xavier Scruggs and Matt Joyce serving as analysts alongside baseball journalist Russell Dorsey.

Apple TV+ subscribers can enjoy additional content, including the MLB Big Inning whip-around show featuring live look-ins and in-game highlights every weeknight, and a full slate of MLB-related content, including Countdown to First Pitch, MLB Daily Recap and MLB This Week. Fans can also access additional MLB programming for free in the Apple TV app, including “Friday Night Baseball” condensed game recaps after the completion of the live broadcasts each week, classic games, highlights and interviews and more.

Each Friday (US Eastern Daylight Time), games are available only on Apple TV+ to Apple TV+ subscribers throughout the regular season. Fans in 60 countries and regions can enjoy two marquee match-ups over 25 weeks with no local broadcast restrictions. Apple TV+ is available for A$9.99 inc. GST per month with a seven-day free trial.¹ Fans can find step-by-step instructions on how to watch “Friday Night Baseball” at support.apple.com.

July 2023 “Friday Night Baseball” Schedule on Apple TV+

Friday, 7 July (US Eastern Daylight Time)
Baltimore Orioles at Minnesota Twins
8:00 pm EDT

Atlanta Braves at Tampa Bay Rays
6:30 pm EDT

Friday, 14 July
Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Mets
7:00 pm EDT

San Francisco Giants at Pittsburgh Pirates
7:00 pm EDT

Friday, 21 July
St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs
2:00 pm EDT

San Diego Padres at Detroit Tigers
6:30 pm EDT

Friday, 28 July
Cleveland Guardians at Chicago White Sox
7:00 pm EDT

Los Angeles Angels at Toronto Blue Jays
7:00 pm EDT

1. New subscribers only. A$9.99 inc. GST per month after free trial. Only one offer can be redeemed per Family Sharing group. Plan automatically renews until cancelled. Apple TV+ requires a subscription.

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02 June 2023

UPDATE

Apple and Major League Baseball announce July “Friday Night Baseball” schedule on Apple TV+

Apple and Major League Baseball (MLB) today announced the July 2023 “Friday Night Baseball” schedule, available to all Apple TV+ subscribers.

“‘Friday Night Baseball’ on Apple TV+ continues to bring fans closer to the game they love each week,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Services. “We’re looking forward to the second half of the regular season and presenting more marquee games for Apple TV+ subscribers each week.”

“Friday Night Baseball” games on Apple TV+ are called each week by Wayne Randazzo (play-by-play), Dontrelle Willis (analyst), Heidi Watney (sideline reporter), Alex Faust (play-by-play), Ryan Spilborghs (analyst) and Tricia Whitaker (sideline reporter). Brian Gorman and Dale Scott — both former MLB umpires — join to break down rules and calls. Game assignments for announcers will be shared on a weekly basis.

Lauren Gardner and Siera Santos continue to handle “Friday Night Baseball” studio show hosting duties, with former MLB players Xavier Scruggs and Matt Joyce serving as analysts alongside baseball journalist Russell Dorsey.

Apple TV+ subscribers can enjoy additional content, including the MLB Big Inning whip-around show featuring live look-ins and in-game highlights every weeknight, and a full slate of MLB-related content, including Countdown to First Pitch, MLB Daily Recap and MLB This Week. Fans can also access additional MLB programming for free in the Apple TV app, including “Friday Night Baseball” condensed game recaps after the completion of the live broadcasts each week, classic games, highlights and interviews and more.

Each Friday (US Eastern Daylight Time), games are available only on Apple TV+ to Apple TV+ subscribers throughout the regular season. Fans in 60 countries and regions can enjoy two marquee match-ups over 25 weeks with no local broadcast restrictions. Apple TV+ is available for A$9.99 inc. GST per month with a seven-day free trial.¹ Fans can find step-by-step instructions on how to watch “Friday Night Baseball” at support.apple.com.

July 2023 “Friday Night Baseball” Schedule on Apple TV+

Friday, 7 July (US Eastern Daylight Time)
Baltimore Orioles at Minnesota Twins
8:00 pm EDT

Atlanta Braves at Tampa Bay Rays
6:30 pm EDT

Friday, 14 July
Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Mets
7:00 pm EDT

San Francisco Giants at Pittsburgh Pirates
7:00 pm EDT

Friday, 21 July
St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs
2:00 pm EDT

San Diego Padres at Detroit Tigers
6:30 pm EDT

Friday, 28 July
Cleveland Guardians at Chicago White Sox
7:00 pm EDT

Los Angeles Angels at Toronto Blue Jays
7:00 pm EDT
1. New subscribers only. A$9.99 inc. GST per month after free trial. Only one offer can be redeemed per Family Sharing group. Plan automatically renews until cancelled. Apple TV+ requires a subscription.

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QUICK READ 19 May 2023

Multiview now available for MLS Season Pass and “Friday Night Baseball” on Apple TV 4K

Today, Apple launched the multiview feature on Apple TV 4K, allowing sports fans the ability to watch up to four simultaneous streams, including Major League Soccer matches, “Friday Night Baseball” games, and select MLS and MLB live shows.¹

With this entirely customisable new multiview experience in the Apple TV app on Apple TV 4K, users can see the available live games displayed at the bottom of their screen, choose the ones they want to watch and toggle between multiple layout options. Fans can also choose to display one match more prominently, or watch two to four matches in a split-screen view. Users can also control audio preferences, including the home radio feed for MLS Season Pass, and home and away radio for “Friday Night Baseball”. If a user wants to stop watching in multiview, they can quickly switch to full screen with one click.

Apple TV 4K shows the multiview feature with four Major League Soccer matches playing, one more prominently on the left side.

In addition to MLS matches and “Friday Night Baseball” games, fans can also choose to watch the live MLS and MLB studio shows — MLS 360 and MLB Big Inning — to enjoy all the exciting, in-depth coverage in multiview.

Multiview is available on Apple TV 4K with tvOS 16.5 or later.

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19 May 2023

UPDATE

Multiview now available for MLS Season Pass and “Friday Night Baseball” on Apple TV 4K

Today, Apple launched the multiview feature on Apple TV 4K, allowing sports fans the ability to watch up to four simultaneous streams, including Major League Soccer matches, “Friday Night Baseball” games, and select MLS and MLB live shows.¹

With this entirely customisable new multiview experience in the Apple TV app on Apple TV 4K, users can see the available live games displayed at the bottom of their screen, choose the ones they want to watch and toggle between multiple layout options. Fans can also choose to display one match more prominently, or watch two to four matches in a split-screen view. Users can also control audio preferences, including the home radio feed for MLS Season Pass, and home and away radio for “Friday Night Baseball”. If a user wants to stop watching in multiview, they can quickly switch to full screen with one click.

In addition to MLS matches and “Friday Night Baseball” games, fans can also choose to watch the live MLS and MLB studio shows — MLS 360 and MLB Big Inning — to enjoy all the exciting, in-depth coverage in multiview.
1. Multiview is available on Apple TV 4K with tvOS 16.5 or later.
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MLS Season Pass — the unprecedented subscription service from Apple and Major League Soccer that is home to all MLS and Leagues Cup* matches, and hundreds of MLS NEXT Pro and MLS NEXT games, all with no blackouts — is available to fans in over 100 countries and regions, and is on billions of devices through the Apple TV app on smart TVs, streaming devices, Apple devices, set-top boxes and game consoles, as well as on the web at tv.apple.com/au.

Fans can subscribe to MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app for A$22.99 inc. GST per month during the season or A$149 inc. GST per season, and Apple TV+ subscribers can sign up at a special price of A$19.99 inc. GST per month or A$119 inc. GST per season. A subscription to MLS Season Pass is included with each full-season MLS ticket account. Through Family Sharing, up to six family members can share the subscription using their own Apple ID and password. To subscribe to MLS Season Pass, customers must update to iOS 16.2 or later, iPadOS 16.2 or later, tvOS 16.2 or later, and macOS 13.1 or later.

*This excludes Leagues Cup for viewers in Mexico.
“Friday Night Baseball” is available to all Apple TV+ subscribers on Fridays (US Eastern Daylight Time) throughout the regular Major League Baseball season. Fans in 60 countries and regions can enjoy two marquee MLB match-ups a week with no local broadcast restrictions. Apple TV+ is available for A$9.99 inc. GST per month with a seven-day free trial. For a limited time, eligible customers who purchase and activate a new Apple device could get three months of Apple TV+ for free.