SiriusXM launching new, low-cost Sports Pass
SiriusXM launching new, low-cost Sports Pass
The package features all sports available on SIriusXM, and costs just $5 per month.
SiriusXM wants to give sports fans another way to stay up to date with all of the NFL and college football action this fall, even when they aren’t at home in front of a TV screen. The satellite radio service has announced that — like many live TV streaming services — it will soon be launching a new sports-only package that will allow customers to listen to all of the live games and events that the service streams, plus shoulder programming at one low monthly price.
Key Details:
- Serious about sports: The SiriusXM Sports Pass is launching on Sept. 1.
- Affordable: The plan costs $5 per month or $49 per year.
- Inclusive: The SiriusXM Sports Pass offers all live events on SiriusXM, plus sports talk, analysis, and podcasts.
The SiriusXM Sports Pass will become available on Tuesday, Sept. 1, in time for the start of the NFL regular season as well as Week 1 of college football. The plan includes every live game and event SiriusXM carries, along with local sports talk, exclusive sports channels, national sports voices, analysis from trusted experts, and podcasts. It will have hundreds of channels total, and will be available in-car and on the SiriusXM app.
Specific channels in the SiriusXM Sports Plan include:
Exclusive SiriusXM Sports channels
- Mad Dog Sports Radio
- SiriusXM NFL Radio
- MLB Network Radio
- SiriusXM NBA Radio
- NHL Network Radio
- SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
- SiriusXM INDYCAR Nation
- F1 on SiriusXM
- SiriusXM College Sports Radio
- SiriusXM ACC Radio
- SiriusXM Big Ten Radio
- SiriusXM SEC Radio
- SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio
- SiriusXM FC
- WWE Radio
- SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio
National sports media brands
- ESPN Radio
- ESPN Xtra
- ESPN Podcasts
- Fox Sports on SiriusXM
- NBC Sports Radio
- Westwood One Sports
- VSiN
Local sports stations
- WFAN (New York)
- ESPN LA 710 (Los Angeles)
- 97.1 The Fan (Los Angeles)
- 104.3 The Score (Chicago)
- 95.7 The Game (San Francisco)
- 105.3 The Fan (Dallas)
- 95.7 The Fan (Houston)
- 92.9 The Game (Atlanta)
- 106.7 The Fan (Washington, D.C.)
- The Team 980 (Washington, D.C.)
- SportsRadio 94WIP (Philadelphia)
- WEEI 93.7 (Boston)
- 104.3 WQAM (Miami)
- 97.1 The Ticket (Detroit)
- 97.3 The Fan (San Diego)
- 105.1 The Fan (Portland)
- 105.7 The Fan (Baltimore)
- ESPN 1320 (Sacramento)
- 93.7 The Fan (Pittsburgh)
- 96.5 The Fan (Kansas City)
- 92.3 The Fan (Cleveland)
- 105.7 The Fan (Milwaukee)
- 92.9 ESPN (Memphis)
- WGR 550 Sports Radio (Buffalo)
The package will cost $5 per month, or $49 per year, which makes it the most affordable way to listen to sports programming SiriusXM will offer. Currently, the cheapest way to listen to live sports with SiriusXM is its All Access (App Only) plan, which costs $12 per month but only allows subscribers to listen at home or on mobile devices. SiriusXM’s cheapest in-car plan with sports is the All Music plus Sports add-on, costing $20 per month total.
“Every new channel, artist performance, live event, and creator collaboration advances our vision for the future of audio: making SiriusXM a home for fandom, where listeners can go deeper into the things they love and feel part of a lasting community,” SiriusXM CEO Jennifer Witz said. “SiriusXM Sports Pass brings that vision to life for sports fans by putting every game and event we carry, hometown voices, national personalities and the daily sports conversation into one simple, affordable subscription. No matter who you cheer for or where you listen, it brings you closer to the teams and voices that matter most to you.”
In launching a sports-only channel package, SiriusXM is following the lead of some of the biggest names in pay TV. DIRECTV, Fubo, and YouTube TV have all launched sports-only channel packages in recent years, giving sports fans more options for accessing the programming they want without feeling locked in to paying for entertainment or news channels they’ll rarely use.
Soon, SiriusXM customers will have the same opportunity. The service’s all-in-one offerings aren’t going away, but starting Sept. 1, fans will be able to grab the SiriusXM Sports Pass with nothing but the sports content they love most for just $5 per month.
