GAH! ESPNU IS THE DEVIL

[morkus64]

So espn launches espnU, which is not availiable on comcast, and espn360, which is not availiable to comcast internet users, then buys the rights to a fair number of Maryland games, including the one today. So the result is that most people, including the ENTIRE MARYLAND CAMPUS can't watch the damn game!


((rage))

 

[Safeway]

ESPN360? Is that like an all-extreme-sports channel?

 

[Jawo]

Huh...usually its carried locally by a station

 

[yankeesfan]

nvm

 

[morkus64]

Originally posted by: Safeway
ESPN360? Is that like an all-extreme-sports channel?

it's basically IPtv... but espn is making ISPs pay for it, so as one person put it, it's almost like reverse net neutrality

 

[morkus64]

Originally posted by: Jawo
Huh...usually its carried locally by a station

Yeah, usually you can get a UMD game on CSN, MASN or the local channel 20 (and big games are on ESPN or ESPN2, which we do get), but when ESPN buys them and puts them on ESPNU, nobody gets to watch

 

[ballmode]

i wont watch that garbage

espn, and espn2 for me

sometimes sports classic

 

[HyTekJosh]

I've seen the problem with Espn360 before. Most campuses end up getting access to an account and then streaming it over the campus tv channel.

 

[YetioDoom]

Originally posted by: morkus64
So espn launches espnU, which is not availiable on comcast, and espn360, which is not availiable to comcast internet users, then buys the rights to a fair number of Maryland games, including the one today. So the result is that most people, including the ENTIRE MARYLAND CAMPUS can't watch the damn game!


((rage))

Same thing happened for the Wisconsin game, but with Charter.

 

[morkus64]

Originally posted by: HyTekJosh
I've seen the problem with Espn360 before. Most campuses end up getting access to an account and then streaming it over the campus tv channel.

that'd be nice, but i think espn would probably go ape-s**t on them... all three umd tv stations go out to the whole DC region, so that's be a pretty massive loss

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Hah, that's why our campus uses satellite TV, and all the smart big kids who live OFF campus get Comcast FTW! Dorm kids can suck their CHANNEL-U hcannels

 

[slpaulson]

The same thing happened with the Wisconsin game today.
People on the campus network were able to stream it online.