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Gadget Show: TV channels delivered by Internet, new TV sets
One of the biggest changes in television this year will be more channels being available online with no separate cable or satellite subscription. But for would-be cord-cutters, watching sports has been the Holy Grail. Until now — Dish Network Corp. on Monday unveiled an Internet-only subscription offering that includes ESPN.
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I think it's a step in the right direction, but, I profoundly dislike the idea of running x number of apps just to get television. For example, run netflix for movies and older tv. run sling tv to watch sports and a handful of other shitty shows, run hulu for commercials, commercials, commercials, 3 sunday night shows, commercials, 9000 south korean soap operas and 7000 bollywood movies right after this commercial break.
The article isn't explicit about if the new service will allow you to watch already-played sports, or if will be 'live only, no matter what'. So, if you're 15 minutes late to tuning into a game, you're just SOL and have to live without watching the first 15 minutes of it.
I guess we'll see. Really looking forward to see what HBO has.
I would sign up for ESPN during the college football bowls. BTW the game between Ohio State and Oregon is only on ESPN. The game is not on ABC.