Apple's TV App now supports live sports and news in Canada

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Apple'due south Telly App, which is available on the 4th-Generation Apple tree Television and iOS across iPhone and iPad, now supports live sports and news in Canada.

Previously, this feature was exclusive to the United states of america.

This means sports-focused apps such as DAZN, equally well as news streaming platforms such every bit the CBC, will now show upwards in Apple tree'due south Telly App.

While this won't be a huge bargain for all Apple TV users — specially if you lot're already familiar with jumping between multiple apps quickly, like me — for those that are fans of sports, quick admission to live games is now congenital-in.

A complete list of live television apps now featured in the Apple Goggle box App can be found beneath:

• CBC — The app is complimentary, but a $4.99 paid tier removes ads.
• DAZN — A monthly subscription is priced at $20-per-month. DAZN features a variety of professional person sports leagues, including the NFL, MLB, and various pro soccer leagues. You lot can find a full list here.
• Sportsnet — A monthly subscription is priced at $24.99.
• TSN Get — A cable subscription is required.
• RDS GO — A cable subscription is required.

As information technology stands right, league-based apps like Rogers' NHL Alive and MLB TV aren't available though the Goggle box App, though Apple says this could alter in the time to come.

It'south worth noting the TV app also handles sports content differently from tv shows or movies. For instance, even if yous don't subscribe to a specific service, sports content from that platform volition testify upwardly under the TV App'southward specific tab. This isn't the case with telly shows or movies featured in the TV App, with Apple merely pulling content from services you already subscribe to.

Apple says it fabricated this shift in order to give TV App users a better thought of what live sports content is bachelor through the Apple Television receiver. Further, before a live outcome airs, it's displayed as a thumbnail outlining what teams are playing, as well as the fourth dimension of the game, but once the broadcast is underway, the thumbnail turns into a alive image of players.

Users can also fix specific teams to an in-app favourites list in order to receive notifications related to when games are airing, as well as specific times when you might want to tune into a close lucifer.

Apple's TV App first launched in the U.South. dorsum in 2016, before making its way to Canada in 2017, though live television only only launched in the Canadian market today.

The Apple TV App is pre-installed on every iPhone and iPad running iOS eleven.two and in a higher place, as well as the Apple TV 4K and Apple TV 4th generation.

AT WWDC 2018, Apple announced tvOS 12, the new version of its Apple TV operating arrangement. While a small-scale upgrade over tvOS 11, tvOS 12 does feature a few notable upgrades over its predecessor, including Dolby Atmos support and password autofill.