How to Activate NBC sports on Roku and Firestick

By Deepali Bhatia in Activation - February 17, 2024

How to Activate NBC sports on Roku: From football to tennis, college games to the Olympics, NBC sports has got everything covered if you have an affinity for the sports. But, the crux of this article is going to be how you can install and activate this sports broadcast division of NBC on Firestick.

Indeed, firestick has irrevocably shaped the way we have consumed content over the years, from cable TV channels to Firestick, we have really come a long way, but the knowledge of channel activations still alludes to us. But don’t worry as we come to your rescue in equipping you with the exact know-how.

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How to Activate NBC sports on Roku

Check out the steps motioned below to know how to activate NBC sports on Roku

• Configure the Roku streaming player’s hardware.
• Connect your Roku to the internet after completing the setup then connect your Roku device to your account 
• Visit the Roku home page.
• Now look for the NBC Sports channel in the Roku channel marketplace. Select it, then choose “Download.”
• Visit “My Channels” after the download is complete. You will find The NBC Sports channel at the bottom of the channel list.

• Press the channel.
• Create your account and install the channel.
• Open the channel now and enjoy NBC sports.

How you can activate NBC on ROKU

In order to watch NBC sports on Firestick, you will have to go through the installation and activation process.

How you can install NBC sports on Firestick?

In some instances, the app comes preinstalled on your Firestick device. However, the below guide is for those times when you don’t have it already.

Step 1: Home menu search

Go to the search menu from your home screen and type ‘NBC sports’. This can be done through the on-screen keyboard that will be provided to you. You can also get the desired results by using the voice command.

Step 2: Pressing the ‘’get’’ button

In order to Install the NBC app on your Firestick device, click on the ‘’Get’’ button. Remember, if this button is non-functional or simply not working then that would mean that you already have the app preinstalled. So, it can serve as a secondary check on whether you have the app already or not.

Step 3: Launching the app

After you have installed the NBC sports app you can launch it directly from your home screen lying under the ‘’Your apps and channels’’ section. If you can’t see the app at the first glance simply scroll down as it will be somewhere at the bottom of the row or simply click ‘’see all’’.

Now, there is one more method through which you can install the NBC Sports app and that will be via using your internet-connected device’s browser. Here is how you can do it.

• You have to open the web browser on any internet-connected device such as your smartphone, tablet, laptop, PC, etc.
• Now type ‘amazon.com’ on your web browser.
• You will now be required to log in to your Amazon account. Remember, the account should be the one you are using on Firestick
• On the search bar simply type, NBC sports
• From the results, choose the appropriate app.
• After having clicked on the result your Firestick device will appear. Simply, click on it.

If you want to know how to activate NBC sports on Roku check out the step guide mentioned above. In the next section, we will take a look at how to activate NBC on Firestick

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How you can Activate NBC sports on Firestick?

NBC sports on firestick follow our exclusive guide:

Step 1: Launching the app

Launch the installed NBC sports app on your Firestick device

Step 2: Sign in

From the settings, click the ‘Sign In with TV Provider’ option from the settings’’ If you don’t know where the setting menu is, then it would be in the form of a gear icon lying above your home screen.

Step 3: Code generation

After signing in to NBC sports, an activation code will be generated, which you have to take note of.

Step 4: Go to the URL https://www.nbcsports.com/activate

Go to the browser via your device and type the URL https://www.nbcsports.com/activate link in the address bar.

Step 5: Fill in the appropriate details

The page you will be directed to will ask first for selecting the device, which will be Fire TV, and then fill in the activation code that you received. Click ‘’continue’’ after doing that.

Step 6: Take a look

Head back to your Firestick device and see whether the app is not accessible or not, try refreshing the screen if it doesn’t start.

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Whether you want to know how to activate NBC sports on Roku or Firestick procedures are simple. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them in the comment box or go through the steps again.

Conclusion

The NBC app is one shop for all the favorite sports of America. However, watching it outside the cable facilities is undeniably hard. Here come video streaming devices such as Firestick and Roku for rescue. The installation and activation process of NBC sports shouldn’t be troublesome as long as you are following all the above steps to activate NBC sports on Roku and Firestick. In the end, we wish you all the sports lovers happy streaming.

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