Roku on Wednesday launched the WNBA Zone, a new, streamlined destination created in partnership with the WNBA. The Zone centralizes live matchups, scores, highlights and more in one location. It is available now (Roku).
MISSING THE MARK: THE ATHLETIC’s Dan Shanoff wrote ION’s Friday night WNBA games of the week have “been a staple of the league’s TV strategy for years,” yet the network is absent from YouTube TV’s sports-only package. A YouTube spokesperson said, “We are in ongoing conversation with Scripps to bring ION’s WNBA games to the YouTube TV Sports Plan soon.” Shanoff wrote with the league’s 30th season launching Friday, it “feels like an awkward oversight” (THE ATHLETIC, 5/6).
NEW VOICES: Vox Media and Wavelength launched on Thursday a new video podcast called “ANDMOM,” hosted by Sky G Skylar Diggins and Prime Video’s Cassidy Hubbarth. The podcast debuts on May 14 and features a lineup of guests including former artistic gymnast Shawn Johnson, Basketball HOFer Lisa Leslie, Nets in-arena host Ally Love, Sun C Brittney Griner and more. New episodes will be released biweekly across podcast and video platforms (Vox Media).
