Cable, Streaming or Satellite?

Discussion in 'Columbus Crew' started by TRUJDUB, Jan 6, 2019.

  1. Flyer Fan

    Flyer Fan Member+

    Apr 18, 1999
    Columbus, OH
    I had a similar experience with an ABC-carried game and PlayStation Vue in, um, 2017 I think.
     
  2. c-donz

    c-donz Member

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Nov 21, 2018
    This generally has nothing to do with the team or leagues deal with the networks, but more to do with the networks deal with the streaming platform. Unfortunately, it will be hard to say if Hulu/DTVNow/YTTV will carry Crew matches on their CW feed before the season starts. Since YTTV didn’t get them last year, I wouldn’t expect that to change, and the CW probably has a similar deal with DTVNow.

    That is all of course, assuming the CW is even carrying our games.
     
  3. BlacknGold

    BlacknGold Member

    Sep 10, 2008
    Houston
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    25 days out. Would be really nice to set my DVR for some of these games coming up....
     
  4. American Brummie

    Jun 19, 2009
    There Be Dragons Here
    Club:
    Birmingham City FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Bizarre question.

    How can I watch Crew games from Wales?
     
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  5. DAK77

    DAK77 Member+

    Nov 10, 2008
    Merion Village, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I was about to say to check out the SoccerStreams sub on Reddit but it looks like it was shutdown. Sorry.

    Does ESPN+ work in different countries?
     
  6. BigStern

    BigStern Member

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Oct 2, 2018
    Columbus by way of Lima
    ESPN+ through a VPN? Just make sure your spoofed location is outside of the 75-mile radius around Columbus.
     
  7. Minnman

    Minnman Member+

    Feb 11, 2000
    Columbus, OH, USA
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  8. DrunkandDisorderly

    Mar 17, 2008
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    It has been split into Premier League and non-Premier League subreddits. I actually have a Kodi add on that scrapes those and some other sports subreddits for Acestream links. It's pretty damn slick, but unfortunately, most of the links for Crew games were browser-based.
     
  9. Timon19

    Timon19 Member+

    Jun 2, 2007
    Akron, OH
    Hold your breath?
     
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  10. Kyle Crew

    Kyle Crew Member+

    Feb 23, 2013
    Columbus, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Check those threads again.....
     
  11. DAK77

    DAK77 Member+

    Nov 10, 2008
    Merion Village, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    They are sneaky over there.

    I haven't touched anything from reddit since I tried to watch a game on my phone and got very questionable ads and pop-ups.
     
  12. DrunkandDisorderly

    Mar 17, 2008
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    You definitely need a strong ad/popup blocker for some of those links. That's why I prefer Acestream links whenever possible. You can just copy the link and paste it into Aceplayer, no popups involved.
     
  13. DAK77

    DAK77 Member+

    Nov 10, 2008
    Merion Village, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Is that the Ace Stream Media app with the pic of the arrows in a circle?
     
  14. DrunkandDisorderly

    Mar 17, 2008
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    That's part of the installation and will let you cast an Acestream link to a Chromecast, but if you want to watch on a PC you will need to have Ace Player. It's basically a fork of VLC and has a blue traffic cone as an icon. Inside of Ace Player, to play an Acestream link you will need to go to Media>Open Network Stream and then paste the URL in the field and press Play.
     
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  15. American Brummie

    Jun 19, 2009
    There Be Dragons Here
    Club:
    Birmingham City FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'm hoping that an MLS Live-like feature works abroad, really.
     
  16. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite BS XXV

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    If only Oliver Tse didn't go off the deep end into the looney bin and decide to further his career as a poker agent.

    He could tell ya.

    But yeah, I'd just go for the stream or VPN option. Twitter had a deal last year, but it was only for 25 games and who knows if it still is a thing this year.

    Back in the dark ages, ESPN would show MLS games over there on whatever outlet it was. (ESPN UK? ESPN International?)
     
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  17. hardhead

    hardhead Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 19, 2008
    NEO
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    I watched some games on ESPN+ from the Netherlands last year with VPN in this way. It worked fine.
     
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  18. Kyle Crew

    Kyle Crew Member+

    Feb 23, 2013
    Columbus, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  19. DrunkandDisorderly

    Mar 17, 2008
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Damn, didn't realize the two new subs had gotten banned as well.
     
  20. Kyle Crew

    Kyle Crew Member+

    Feb 23, 2013
    Columbus, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Just happened today I think.
     
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  21. DrunkandDisorderly

    Mar 17, 2008
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    :cry:
     
  22. MelbaToast

    MelbaToast Member+

    Jun 20, 2014
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    The one benefit to subbing to DirecTV is their extremely diverse selection of associated streaming apps. They seem to be partnered with everyone. I tend to use those while using the dish for live sports.
     
  23. 110toyourleft

    110toyourleft Member+

    Jan 27, 2007
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This doesn’t work. Tried recently with tunnel bear and ESPN+ in Europe and was still blocked.
     
  24. Kyle Crew

    Kyle Crew Member+

    Feb 23, 2013
    Columbus, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I haven’t used TB on E+, but I’ve used IP Vanish with success.
     
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  25. CrewSchmack

    CrewSchmack Member

    Columbus Crew SC
    United States
    Mar 3, 1999
    Delaware, OH
    Correct.

    You can set it up to record the game, and basically a half hour after it's over you can watch it.

    This is why I setup a powered antenna to pull in 53.
     

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