The free WatchESPN app that lets users tune into the family sports channels (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3.com) have been upgraded to version 1.1 on iOS (also available for Android ) and inside the process added a brand new UI designed only for the iPad. It sports a brand new tablet friendly UI, however the key restriction remains you should enroll in Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks or Verizon FiOS TV to use the service. In case you shouldn’t have a kind of and want a fast hit of sports TV without your TV, there’s an account preview option that provides a number of hours of viewing, no authentication necessary. You may download it yourself on the iTunes link below or take a look at the industrial embedded after the break.
Update Gives Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks and Verizon FiOS TV Subscribers Live Access to ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3.com on iPad
NY, N.Y. – ESPN is proud to announce its WatchESPN App, which permits live access of ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3.com, is now available on iPad. The WatchESPN App gives Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks and Verizon FiOS TV subscribers who receive ESPN’s linear networks as portion of their cable subscription another screen from which to look at their favorite ESPN content.
The WatchESPN App contains a simple user interface that takes the live viewing experience to the high-resolution, Multi-Touch display of iPad, in addition to iPhone and iPod touch. Once users download WatchESPN, they’re going to receive instructions to go into the best cable subscriber credentials to start accessing ESPN content from any in their Apple devices.
The WatchESPN App is out there free from the App Store on iPhone, iPod touch and now iPad, or at www.itunes.com/appstore.
ESPN 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.
About ESPN, Inc.
ESPN, Inc., is the world’s leading multinational, multimedia sports entertainment company featuring a portfolio of greater than 50 multimedia sports assets. The corporate is constructed from seven 24-hour domestic television networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNEWS, ESPNU, ESPN Classic, ESPN Deportes and ESPN 3D). ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPNEWS HD are simulcast services. Other businesses include ESPN Regional Television, ESPN International (46 networks, syndication, radio, websites), ESPN Radio, ESPN.com, ESPN3.com (broadband sports network) ESPN Mobile, ESPN The Magazine, ESPN Enterprises, ESPN PPV and other growing new businesses, including ESPN on Demand and ESPN Interactive. Based in Bristol, Conn., ESPN is 80 percent owned by ABC, Inc., that’s an indirect subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. The Hearst Corporation holds a 20 percent interest in ESPN.
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