ESPN+ debuts on April 12

Yesterday ESPN+ announced the addition of the Danish, Swedish, and Indian leagues and the Italian cup competitions.

 

This is freaking awesome!

 

DirecTV Now allows 2 concurrent streams. A third one can be purchased for $5 per month. My daughter occasionally uses one of my streams to watch shows while at grad school. I think Playstation Vue uses a similar system, but the limit is higher... Maybe 3 or 4 concurrent streams.

But, I can access the streams from a number of devices... Three apple TVs, an iPhone, web browser, etc. Just not more than 2 at any given time.

 

Sling offers 1 stream on one package and 3 streams on the other package.
Netflix also has multiple stream options. The one I am on allows 2 streams and I believe they have a 4 stream option.

All the streaming services I know of are offering more than one stream.

 

Verkligen! Fantastisk nyheter. Heja Sverige!

 

I think the other important point is that you can use multiple devices, just not simultaneously. I watch at home on the big screen using the apple tv, or out and about with the phone. Of course, the latter requires one of these...



Just don't leave it at B-dubs, even if they take good care of it for you.[emoji39]

 

K.C fans can finally get the Sunil Chetri action they’ve been craving!

 

I unsubscribed from 1 October. I watch all the sports I want already with my satellite tv subscription, and even $5 was more than I wanted to spend to not watch another system.

 

Me gusta ESPN+.
Me gusta FUBO.tv tambien pero no hay S.A.P.

The worst thing about ESPN+ is that as a cord-cutter I have to pay for Sling to get it but I don't need Sling as everything on FUBO.

 

You don't have to pay for any other service to get ESPN+. It is a direct to consumer service. You do have to pay for another service to get access to ESPN, ESPN2 and their other channels but not ESPN+.

 

Can you get ESPN games on ESPN??

 

Watch your credit card bill. After I unsubscibed on their site, they still kept charging me for a couple months.

 

I'd answer slightly differently... You can watch ESPN games using the ESPN app, but you will need to sign in to your TV provider. If you don't have ESPN in your TV package, you can't watch the game.

I think anything on ESPN channel included in a TV package like SEC Network, Longhorn Network, ESPNU, ESPN News, etc. require a TV package that include the network to be able to watch.

But, yes, ESPN+ is an over the top package that provides content not available on the other ESPN networks.

Five or so years ago, the big issue for TV providers was getting authentication included in carriage agreements to allow customers to access content on things like phones and tablets. Now, you can watch content anywhere from most channels on these devices. I've had my phone showing a soccer game at a sports bar while there with friends watching college football. Every tv in the place was showing college football and there wasn't a TV available for the USL or MLS game I was interested in following.

 

Others have answered but you seen confused. ESPN+ is a separate subscription and requires no other service to get. ESPN+ content is completely different than content on ESPN cable channels. Streaming any content that is broadcast ESPN cables channels (ESPN, ESPN2, sec network, etc) requires logging in to the ESPN app via your TV provider account and you must have access to those channels as part of your TV package.
You use the same ESPN app to access both ESPN+ and ESPN cable channels streaming. This is where the confusion comes in. You can authenticate to that app with both your ESPN account (ESPN+) and your TV provider.

 

But ESPN+ is an additional charge separate from ESPN ap.

 

You can buy ESPN+ through the ESPN app. There is no cost to just use the ESPN app

 

I'm watching a game on Roku, one on my Android and one on my PC. Does that mean I'm paying too much money?

 

No you don't. It's a completely separate package.

 

I understand that Spectrum is doing the same thing. They have a streaming version of their television service that was introduced years ago (back when they were Time Warner) for their cable subscribers, so if you got your internet from them as well, you could watch TV anywhere in your house via your phone/tablet/computer. Now I've heard they are selling access to the streaming app as an add-on for internet-only customers.

As for ESPN+, I'm mildly disappointed (albeit not surprised) by the MLS viewing experience. I really miss the features of the old MLS Live player, and I really really miss 20-minute condensed games. I tried the 10-minute versions on the MLS app, but they're just too rushed.

That being said, I like the service. It costs less than MLS Live did and you get so much stuff. I've been watching rugby and Canadian Football cuz, y'know, why not?

------RM

 

Does anyone know if any of the playoffs are going to be on ESPN+, or are they all going to be national broadcasts?

 

Only the final will be on broadcast TV, but the rest will be on cable (ESPN/FS1).

 

I unsubscribed yesterday. The games became unwatchable after my computer froze up on a frequent basis. Sunday it was RSL at Portland after 9 minutes. I chalked that up to the system not being able to handle all the traffic on the site since it was one of the most compelling games going on in the Western Conference.

On Monday, it froze up after 35 minutes of watching Sassuolo at Sampdoria. I assumed only an infinitesimal fraction of people would have been interested in that contest compared to the Salt Lake-Timbers affair. On both days, it was impossible to refresh the page or get out of what I was watching and switch to another game.

I got a confirmation e-mail that I had cancelled. My subscription will show up on my October and November bills, but shouldn't in December, so we'll see.
At first, I thought it might be my computer that was malfunctioning, but I can watch movies and other videos from other sites without any glitches, so the decision to unsubscribe was pretty easy to make.