Can someone explain how one can subscribe to ESPN+?
How does that work with Direct TV?
Thanks


GO BOBCATS

Here's an interesting excerpt from the Wikipedia article on ESPN+. It sounds like most folks who have ESPN3 via a subscription to a cable company's ESPN offerings won't have a great deal of incentive to also subscribe to ESPN+, unless they are fans of certain specific offerings, like CFL or Ivy League football.


"The service will focus primarily on overflow content similar to that of ESPN's existing digital service ESPN3 (which is distributed to subscribers of participating internet and television subscribers), though some of ESPN3's content will be shifted exclusively to ESPN+, such as most Canadian Football League coverage. Its launch content includes boxing (with exclusive US rights to the Amir Khan vs. Phil Lo Greco bout, as well as archive content from ESPN and Top Rank's libraries), college sports events (including Ivy League events, with the conference having reached a 10-year media rights deal with ESPN prior to the service's launch), the PGA Tour Live service, coverage of Tennis Grand Slams, as well as international cricket (Cricket Ireland and New Zealand Cricket), soccer (including the English Football League, Major League Soccer, UEFA Nations League, and the United Soccer League) and rugby events (including SANZAAR tournaments, Bledisloe Cup, Currie Cup, Major League Rugby, Mitre 10 Cup, and the World Rugby Sevens Series)."

Link to full article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESPN%2

Gonna be interesting to see how the MAC is represented in this. As far as I can tell, you're gonna be lucky to be on ESPN3 from now on. Hopefully the complaints talked about during the Howard game are improved.

Two Power 5 opponents at MAC schools next week, both on ESPN+.

Kansas at CMU
Maryland at BG

If you're a fan of these schools (Kansas LOL...Maryland less so), how pissed are you that you have to sign up for a new service just to watch a road game at a G5 school?

Would really like to know how this is being allocated. Especially since the conference had a new contract before this was launched.

http://www.espn.com/college-football/schedule

I noticed 2 issues; 1) There was no on screen down & distance for each play, 2) The announcers at times were drowned out by the crowd.
I would like to see these issues corrected for all future game broadcasts.




GO BOBCATS

I was paying more per month so I could watch ESPN3 than I am now paying for ESPN+. I can basically drop all cable now...

According to the schedule, the only other game currently listed to air on ESPN+ is the Kent State game.
http://www.ohiobobcats.com/sports/fball/2018-19/schedule

However, I could see them adding the UMass game to air there.

I was just thinking that the other day. I used to pay TWC a ton of money to have cable and internet, then I cut the cord with cable. After paying for internet, Netflix, Amazon Prime, and now Hulu Live...I'm pretty much paying the same amount I was before.

ASN as a broadcast network folded last year: http://awfulannouncing.com/local-networks/american-sports...

It apparently has merged with Campus Insiders as an all-digital platform and now goes under the name "Stadium." As a digital platform they do carry some MWC and maybe CUSA games, but its mostly 1AA: https://watchstadium.com/schedule /

Yes, ESPN+ gives you a 30 day free trial. If there are no games beyond the first couple on ESPN+, cancel it. In any case, it's both less expensive and better than the old MAC-Access streaming.