SOOP has outlined a brand new League of Legends esports roadmap aimed toward increasing international entry to the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), together with English-language broadcasts and creator-led co-streaming.
In accordance with a put up on the corporate’s social media and accompanying launch, the reside streaming platform has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Riot Video games Korea masking League of Legends esports content material distribution and platform initiatives from 2026 via 2030.
The settlement focuses on long-term cooperation throughout main competitions, with an emphasis on live-first viewing and fan engagement options.
As a part of the roadmap, SOOP confirmed that worldwide viewers will be capable of watch the LCK in English on the platform, alongside creator co-streams that provide reside commentary, reactions and chat-driven interplay. The English broadcast will probably be obtainable by way of the LCK_EN channel on SOOP beginning January 14th.
Different main League of Legends competitions — together with the League of Legends European Championship (LEC), League of Legends Championship Collection (LCS), League of Legends Championship Pacific (LCP) and Campeonato Brasileiro de League of Legends (CBLOL) — might also be obtainable on SOOP, although the corporate mentioned protection will range by season and territory relying on licensing agreements.
Give attention to Reside Viewing and Platform Options
SOOP mentioned its viewing expertise has been optimised throughout PC, cellular and Good TV, with a give attention to low-latency, live-first streaming for each official broadcasts and creator co-streams. The platform additionally highlighted a characteristic known as ‘Time Machine,’ which permits viewers to rewind to earlier moments throughout a reside broadcast and proceed watching with out dropping the reside feed.
The announcement follows the unification of SOOP’s international and Korean companies right into a single platform, a transfer the corporate mentioned was meant to enhance efficiency and consistency for viewers worldwide.
All the time-on League of Legends Content material
Past official match days, SOOP mentioned it’s investing in year-round League of Legends programming. This contains professional participant private streams, platform-exclusive codecs and unique reveals designed to assist followers observe groups and storylines outdoors of the aggressive calendar.
SOOP additionally operates its personal League of Legends event programming via the SLL sequence and has beforehand aired unique content material, together with a post-championship discuss present following T1’s Worlds 2025 victory.
The platform at the moment has streaming partnerships with seven of the ten LCK groups: DN SOOPers, T1, Gen.G Esports, kt Rolster, DRX, BNK FEARX and Dplus Kia. By internet hosting official matches alongside group and participant content material, SOOP mentioned it goals to maintain followers inside a single ecosystem.
SOOP added that former League of Legends skilled Han ‘Peanut’ Wang-ho is actively streaming on the platform and plans to participate in LCK co-streaming, additional supporting its creator-led viewing strategy.
