Tag: ESPN
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Hulu Adds ESPN College Extra & Bases Loaded
This week Hulu quietly added ESPN College Extra and ESPN’s Base Loaded service. This is only the second time ESPN College Extra has is available on a live TV streaming service as PlayStation Vue just added it about a week ago. Previously only DIRECTV and Fios offered according to ESPN’s website. The ESPN College Extra channel are all currently…
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Amazon Hires a Former ESPN Executive to Run Their Sports Efforts
Yesterday Amazon announced that they have hired former ESPN Executive Vice President Marie Donoghue. She will take over as president of Amazon Sports Video and manage all their sports efforts including their Thursday Night NFL Football games. Donoghue spent 17 years with ESPN and played a large part in their 30 for 30 documentary series.…
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PlayStation Vue Just Added ESPN College Extra & PlayStation Emerging Filmmakers
Just a few minutes ago PlayStation Vue added PlayStation Emerging Filmmakers Program and multiple ESPN College Extra channels. PlayStation Vue Emerging Filmmakers channel includes on-demand programming like Orthus about an FBI agent and a ruthless hitman share a twisted secret, Banned in Bosie, Hyperreal, The Many Lives of Any Winters, and Two Roads. “Today, we are thrilled…
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ESPN+ Will Have Exclusive Streaming Rights to 33 College Football Games in Week 1
This weekend college football has their week 0 kickoff with a handful of games followed by a busy week of college football next week. This is the first time college football will happen since ESPN launched their new subscription streaming service ESPN+. This means that over week 0 and 1, 33 college football games will…
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ESPN+ Adds Exclusive Rights to The Emirates FA Cup
Today ESPN announced that they have struck a deal for exclusive rights to stream 79 FA Cup matches beginning with the First Round in November and running through the Final – exclusively to ESPN+. The FA Community Shield, the annual football match between FA Cup and Premier League titleholders to start the English football season, is also…
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Disney May Offer a Discounted Hulu, ESPN+, & Disney Streaming Bundle
Next year Disney will be launching their new live TV streaming service. At about the same time, they should be getting a majority control of Hulu thanks to their purchase of FOX’s share of Hulu. Now it seems that Disney is hoping a discounted streaming bundle will help attract you to subscribe. According to Disney’s…
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How to Watch The NBA Draft on Roku, Fire TV, and Apple TV
Today starting at 7 PM Eastern the 2018 NBA Draft will go live. This year once again ESPN will have full coverage with ESPN airing the draft live and ESPN 2 having analysists giving an in-depth look at every team’s picks. The good news is you don’t need a two-year contract to watch the NBA Draft. Many…
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Expired: Amazon is Offering a Bundle Deal On a Fire TV & ESPN+
Been thinking about getting a Fire TV and want to try ESPN+? Right now Amazon has a bundle deal that will give you a 3rd gen Fire TV and two months of ESPN+ for just $74.98. Now if you decided you do not want ESPN+ you will need to cancel your subscription or it will…
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ESPN Deportes Will Air Super Bowl LIII in The United States
Yesterday ESPN announced that the NFL, CBS, and ESPN Deportes have come to an agreement to air the 2018 Super Bowl LIII in Spanish. The last time ESPN Deportes aired a Super Bowl in Spanish was in 2016. “As the broadcaster of Super Bowl LIII, it was important for us to find a Spanish-language partner to…
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ESPN Is Now Paying the Price For Living in Cord Cutting Denial
Ever wonder why ESPN and other networks got caught off guard by cord cutting? According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, many of the executives were in denial. According to the report, in 2014, ESPN’s research department presented data arguing that cord cutting was unlikely to become widespread. One former ESPN executive went…