Even folks who don’t pay for access to TV channels can watch the Super Bowl for free on any Apple device or on the web. Fox Sports plans to stage a “takeover” of the Tubi streaming app for the event. The free Super Bowl stream will include a pregame run-up and the Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show featuring rapper Kendrick Lamar. And it requires no viewer sign-in.
So now what’s your excuse to blow off the year’s biggest sporting event? Oh, you probably hate football, not to mention all the commercialist hoopla that comes with America’s modern-day gladiatorial bloodsport. Oh well. For tens of millions of others, Super Bowl Sunday is like a national holiday.
Stream the Super Bowl for free in 4K on any Apple device with Tubi and Fox Sports
Fox Sports’ 11th time airing the Super Bowl, aka the NFL’s championship game, will include “unauthenticated access across devices.” That includes the Tubi streaming app for the first time, the broadcaster said. That will open up free viewing for many people who don’t ordinarily watch TV. Super Bowl LIX kicks off from New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome on February 9 at 3:30 p.m. Pacific.
“As part of the network’s extensive coverage, this year marks the first time Fox Sports rolls out its special takeover of Tubi for The Big Game — inclusive of streaming Fox’s telecast of the Super Bowl on the platform live in 4K,” Fox Sports noted. “Super Bowl LIX is available to watch on FOX, FOX Deportes, Tubi, Telemundo and across NFL digital properties with unauthenticated access across devices.”
You can watch the Apple Music halftime show, too
Kendrick Lamar will headline the Apple Music Halftime Show at the 2025 Super Bowl pic.twitter.com/rsbiE1rmrV
— Apple Hub (@theapplehub) September 8, 2024
And for all viewers — but especially those who don’t like football and consider the glitzy halftime show the main event — the Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show is included. This year it features headliner Kendrick Lamar.
Pregame programming also will air for Tubi viewers, including a special Tubi “red carpet” intro as well as a countdown starting January 28 on the NFL Channel on Tubi. Apple signed on to sponsor Super Bowl halftime shows in 2021.
What you will see when you watch Super Bowl LIX for free
Here’s Fox’s description of the whole shebang:
Featured content is set to include Fox’s Super Bowl LIX Pregame Show, Super Bowl LIX and a first-of-its-kind live pre-show titled the Tubi Red Carpet at Super Bowl LIX. Hosted by Olivia Culpo, Tubi Red Carpet at Super Bowl LIX, which starts at 3:30 p.m. ET, covers the celebrity, fashion and culture behind America’s biggest sports event live from Caesars Superdome. Fans can get ready for the game by tuning into the NFL Channel on Tubi to catch its Countdown to the Super Bowl starting Jan. 28, with historical Super Bowls, iconic halftime shows, best of NFL Honors, NFL analysis and more.
Fox Sports added more details are still to come about how programming and on-air talent.
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