Video on I-pad/I-phone

[vbfan19]

Re: Video on I-pad/I-phone

you may have to set up an account for "remote access" (watching when you are away from home). Your cable provider should have information on it.

[Newsbreaker]

Re: Video on I-pad/I-phone

This stuff is confusing, and more than a little weird.

First, all the UNI video through Neulion is Flash based, which is laughably behind the times. The only way it could be worse would be to require Real Player.

ESPN3 and WatchESPN are two different things, on the same website. ESPN3 access is tied to your ISP, and only gets you access to certain games. To watch it, you either need to be on an intenet connection from a subscribing provider (such as CFU or mediacom, but NOT CenturyLink), or have activated Remote Access tied to an ESPN account. ESPN3 cannot be accessed from mobile devices.

WatchESPN is tied to your cable provider, and gives you access to everything on ESPN3, plus anything airing on an ESPN Network. To access it, you enter your cable/satellite account credentials. It never matters where you are watching it from. It can be accessed from mobile devices. It is not available to DTV subscribers - they haven't negotiated to have it yet, though their current 10-year deal with ESPN is up in December, and it is almost certain to be included in their new deal starting soon.

[UNIdad]

Re: Video on I-pad/I-phone

This stuff is confusing, and more than a little weird.

First, all the UNI video through Neulion is Flash based, which is laughably behind the times. The only way it could be worse would be to require Real Player.

ESPN3 and WatchESPN are two different things, on the same website. ESPN3 access is tied to your ISP, and only gets you access to certain games. To watch it, you either need to be on an intenet connection from a subscribing provider (such as CFU or mediacom, but NOT CenturyLink), or have activated Remote Access tied to an ESPN account. ESPN3 cannot be accessed from mobile devices.

WatchESPN is tied to your cable provider, and gives you access to everything on ESPN3, plus anything airing on an ESPN Network. To access it, you enter your cable/satellite account credentials. It never matters where you are watching it from. It can be accessed from mobile devices. It is not available to DTV subscribers - they haven't negotiated to have it yet, though their current 10-year deal with ESPN is up in December, and it is almost certain to be included in their new deal starting soon.

Well, this is certainly the best news I've heard yet! I'm using WatchESPN now to watch the Iowa game while still at work.