Continuing the rage of tying streaming content to the ol’ ball and chain it’s your pricy cable subscription, ESPN announced the launch of the WatchESPN App for the iPhone and the iPod Touch, with an iPad optimized version slated for release in May. Said App could be downloaded now and can provide help to “stay connected to live sports and shows from ESPN, wherever and everytime you want them” — assuming you’re a Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks or Verizon FiOS TV customer that’s. The power to monitor three of the preferred cable networks while at the go, or anywhere at your residence, is definitely nothing to scoff at, but many sports fans’ excitement will indeed be diminished until ESPN fulfills its promise to release apps for “other smartphones and tablets,” and naturally any other big service providers like Comcast, DirecTV and Dish Network get with this system. For you can now live vicariously through us by clicking through to the gallery or watching the western style WatchESPN App commercial available via the source link.
ESPN Launches New ‘WatchESPN’ App for iPad, iPhone and iPod touchApp Gives Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks and Verizon FiOS TV Subscribers Live Access to ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3.com content
NY, N.Y. – ESPN announced today its flagship network ESPN in addition to ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3.com are actually available to Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks and Verizon FiOS TV subscribers via the hot ‘WatchESPN’ App for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, now available at the App Store.
In time for the early rounds of the Masters, the NBA Playoffs and the start of the foremost League Baseball season, Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks and Verizon FiOS TV subscribers who receive the linear networks as portion of their video subscription can now watch the channels from the ease in their iPad, iPhone or iPod touch.
“Innovation continues to drive ESPN,” said George Bodenheimer, president, ESPN, Inc. and ABC Sports. “Once we launched in 1979, nobody envisioned an afternoon when people would carry ESPN of their pockets. But here we’re. And we’ve reached this watershed moment for the industry through tremendous collaboration with forward-thinking partners.”
The free WatchESPN App encompasses a simple user interface that takes the present online viewing experience to the high-resolution, Multi-Touch displays of iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. Once a user downloads WatchESPN from the App Store, they’re going to receive instructions to go into their cable subscriber credentials and access their favorite ESPN content on their device. A version of the applying optimized for the Apple iPad may be available free to download in May.Added Sean Bratches, executive vp, sales and marketing for ESPN, “This represents the culmination of our efforts during the last five years. We try to serve the sports fan wherever they consume sports, and that i can’t think about a greater thanks to do this than making our networks available to fans whenever and wherever they could be.”
The corporate first launched a web-based-accessible authenticated version of ESPN in October, 2010. Authenticated versions of ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN Buzzer Beater/Goal Line launched in January, 2011. Consumers can access the channels through a centralized website, ESPNnetworks.com.
The WatchESPN App is accessible without cost from the App Store on iPad or at www.itunes.com/appstore.
The App would be available on other smartphones and tablets within the near future.
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