ESPN 3 for Time Warner Customers

[DMX7]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2012794077_apusdisneytimewarnercable.html?syndicat ion=rss

The new deal that was announced today means TWC customer finally get ESPN3. Anyone know when the deal will actually start though (i.e., when we'll be able to watch?)

[MannyIsGod]

Damn fuckers, its about time. You guys have been missing out. ESPN3 = the shit.

[The_Worlds_finest]

I was getting espn3 for the beginning of the wc then it went away. Today I was inches to switching to uverse just so i can have espn3. As i do not have cable.

[ChuckD]

I'm holding out for "The Ocho".
http://ushuaiaweatherreport.blog.com/files/2009/11/espn-8-the-ocho.jpg

[Chachachango]

so how are we getting mobile espn?

[Sausage]

Among the expanded offerings, Time Warner is launching a new college football channel called "ESPN Goal Line" that gives fans a live peek at games around the nation on Saturdays, a similar offering to the NFL Network's "NFL RedZone." The first program starts Saturday for sports tier subscribers. A similar service called "ESPN Buzzer Beater" will be offered for the college basketball season in January.

Nice. Should be interesting.

[tw05baller]

when is this shit taking effect? im getting impatient...

[ace3g]

yeah I know, it shouldn't be that hard to enable it for TWC customers

[GINNNNNNNNNNNNOBILI]

I think i read beginning of next year

[Sausage]

http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=459453&G=5&C=2&Page=0



Time Warner Cable, Disney to start ESPN on Web
By Nat Worden, Dow Jones Newswires
Monday 18 October 2010
Deal with cable giant sees Disney play catch-up in TV everywhere space.

Time Warner Cable Inc. and The Walt Disney Co. plan to make ESPN channels available live on the Web for the cable company's TV subscribers on Oct. 25, according to Sean Bratches, executive vice president of sales and marketing for ESPN.

The date coincides with ESPN's broadcast of a "Monday Night Football" game between the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants, two teams that hail from Time Warner Cable markets. The service will be provided free to video subscribers of Time Warner Cable.

The move marks a big step forward for the industry's push to move its TV subscription model online and head off competitive threats from emerging online video alternatives that could lead some consumers to cancel their traditional pay-TV subscriptions with cable and satellite companies.

Time Warner Cable said in an emailed statement that it was "very excited" about the launch of ESPN3 and ESPN online.

If ESPN's online channels are successful in driving viewership while protecting the TV industry's subscription business, that could provide a vital boost to the TV industry in fulfilling its longheld aspiration of making video content available to subscribers on popular new digital media platforms, including mobile devices like tablets and smartphones. Some observers accuse the industry of being slow in that effort.

If technical problems emerge and viewers manage to get around the online authentication process that confirms their TV subscription, or if they are slow to adopt the service as consumers continue to flock to new Web video services like Netflix Inc. and Hulu, that could be a painful setback for the industry.

Subscription revenue paid by cable and satellite TV providers has emerged as the TV industry's most profitable business as advertising has suffered from the weak economy and the rise of digital media alternatives. It is a business that has long been dominated by ESPN, which generates the highest affiliate fees from TV providers of any programmer because of its abundance of coveted popular sports programming.

ESPN's owner, Disney, has lagged behind other major media companies, like Time Warner Inc., in moving programming online behind a subscription wall, in a concept known as "TV Everywhere." Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger has voiced support for the concept, but he held back from initial tests of services launched by Comcast Corp. and other providers, insisting the company had to be properly compensated for its content.

Behind the scenes, however, technicians at ESPN have been working out the multitude of technical issues involved in putting the company's channels online for almost a year, and that effort kicked into high gear after Disney reached a new distribution agreement with Time Warner Cable in early September that included access to online channels.

The agreement breaks new ground since previous tests of "TV Everywhere" models have included mostly on-demand programming that isn't live, which is often ineffective for programming events like sports and news.

"The essence of the genre we live in is live [programs]," ESPN's Bratches said."That's fundamental to the value of what we do."

Bratches said the company received no direct payment from Time Warner Cable for online programming rights, but the rights were a factor in Disney's overall negotiations with the cable giant, helping win a longer-term deal with attractive terms for the company.

ESPN itself is still working with various sports rights owners to put all its programming online, but Bratches said the company has permission for most of its content and it has the technical ability to insert alternative content into its online broadcast in the cases where it does not. The network also is having discussions with other TV providers.

Bratches also said the online channels won't show advertisements that are on TV during commercial breaks because ESPN plans to begin developing a new stream of advertising revenue by selling those spots.

Verizon Inc. reached a similar agreement with Disney in October for its FiOS TV service. Bratches said that service is planned for launch on Jan. 18, although Terry Denson, vice president of content strategy with Verizon, said the launch could be earlier. Verizon already has a "TV Everywhere" service with content from Time Warner's Turner networks and others.

"We're applying a focused and disciplined approach to authentication that's built around consumer demand," Denson said.

[ChumpDumper]

Nice. Just in time for basketball season.

[MannyIsGod]

So is that something other than ESPN3? Right now MNF is not shown on ESPN3 if I remember correctly.

[sa_butta]

Why the hell can't we get 360?

[bus driver]

hey do TWC users get the nba channel for free?

[MannyIsGod]

Why the hell can't we get 360?

ESPN3 = ESPN360.

They changed the name earlier this year.

[Nathan Explosion]

That's my son's birthday so I have the day off from work. Hell yeah. I'm going to be on that bitch all the time.

For a while there ESPN3 let me on because I have an AT&T email address that I was using. Eventually they caught on and cut me off. I was watching World Cup matches on it before getting shut down.

It'd be nice if ESPN would release an app (either iPhone or Android) to capture the smartphone users. They could definitely corner the market on streaming broadcasts if that happens.

[Ditty]

hey do TWC users get the nba channel for free?

As long as you have digital cable and the convertor box I believe you get it. I have it on all my tvs with boxes on it.

[ace3g]

"Time Warner subscribers who receive ESPN and have Internet service through the cable company will be able to watch ESPN and ESPN3.com online starting today."

I thought you only needed TWC internet to get ESPN3, but you need both internet and cable as part of your service to get ESPN3.

I have dish network for my TV so I can't get ESPN3; I just tried with no success

[PakiDan]

I'm holding out for "The Ocho".
http://ushuaiaweatherreport.blog.com/files/2009/11/espn-8-the-ocho.jpg

:tu Dodgeball Nationals Nov. 8th on the 'Cinco'

[DJ Mbenga]

have it for the 360. its nothing sepcial since i only carea bout baseball nba, and nfl. its all about soccer and college football in that thing.

[spurs_2108]

how do you get espn 3 on the 360? i already have an ISP that gets me espn 3.

[KEDA]

Who reads seattletimes.com, seriously...

[Chachachango]

anybody having trouble registering? I've tried to register 5 times already still haven't gotten any email.

[rjv]

anybody having trouble registering? I've tried to register 5 times already still haven't gotten any email.

they were having issues getting it launched yesterday. tried it today and got access. so it appears to be working now.

[ace3g]

finally got access to ESPN3; so I guess they were just having technical issues

[MannyIsGod]

how do you get espn 3 on the 360? i already have an ISP that gets me espn 3.

I know it works for the PS3 not sure about the 360 but try a program called PlayOn. The problem is they want you to pay for their program/service.