SOOP confirms English LCK co-streaming as part of multi-year Riot Games collaboration

SOOP has outlined a brand new League of Legends esports roadmap geared toward increasing world entry to the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), together with English-language broadcasts and creator-led co-streaming.

Based on a post on the company’s social media and accompanying launch, the stay 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 stay commentary, reactions and chat-driven interplay. The English broadcast will likely be accessible 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 Sequence (LCS), League of Legends Championship Pacific (LCP) and Campeonato Brasileiro de League of Legends (CBLOL) — may be accessible on SOOP, although the corporate stated protection will fluctuate by season and territory relying on licensing agreements.

SOOP stated its viewing expertise has been optimised throughout PC, cell and Good TV, with a deal with low-latency, live-first streaming for each official broadcasts and creator co-streams. The platform additionally highlighted a function known as ‘Time Machine,’ which permits viewers to rewind to earlier moments throughout a stay broadcast and proceed watching with out dropping the stay feed.

The announcement follows the unification of SOOP’s world and Korean companies right into a single platform, a transfer the corporate stated was meant to enhance efficiency and consistency for viewers worldwide.

Past official match days, SOOP stated it’s investing in year-round League of Legends programming. This contains professional participant private streams, platform-exclusive codecs and authentic exhibits designed to assist followers observe groups and storylines outdoors of the aggressive calendar.

SOOP additionally operates its personal League of Legends match 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 present has streaming partnerships with seven of the 10 LCK teams: 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 stated 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.