Fox Sports App Comes to Vizio Smart TVs

By Jessica Lerner 

Fox Sports app is now available on Vizio Smart TVs, joining fellow Fox-0wned brands Tubi, Fox Nation and Fox Now.

Along with the already-existing Fox ad-supported channels LiveNOW and Fox Soul, Fox Weather has been introduced to Vizio WatchFree+.

Fox Sports will host a home screen takeover for Vizio TVs on Nov. 12 and Nov. 13, promoting the college football and NFL games that weekend.

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“We are pleased to extend and expand our long-standing relationship with Vizio as we bring Fox Weather and the Fox Sports app to Vizio users and provide them with greater access to our industry-leading portfolio of news, sports and entertainment,” said BJ Elias, evp of Distribution Advanced Services at Fox Corporation, in a statement.

Users of Vizio SmartCast across the county may now access the Fox Sports app on the Home Screen and the Fox Weather channel on WatchFree+. In addition, the Tubi app for SmartCast now offers more than 45,000 films and TV series, including a growing list of original Tubi content.

“Fox and Vizio have been working together for several years to bring audiences the best in entertainment. We are very pleased that our strategic relationship continues to grow, and our expanded agreement means Vizio users can enjoy a wide range of sports, live events, news and lifestyle programming for years to come,” said Katherine Pond, Group Vice President of Platform Content & Partnerships at Vizio.

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