ESPN3 / TV Question

[TheColonyEagle]

May be a dumb question:

If one were to wonder into a sports bar and wanted to watch a game that is on ESPN3....is that possible? There used to be ESPN Game Plan, is that still a thing?

I won't be at home and will be out of town next week when we play UT Permian Basin. Should I be able to request the game at a sports bar?

 

 

[dmaxel]

As a safe answer, I want to say no, it's not possible. I would imagine most bars have DirecTV and are ok with flipping channels, but that's it. ESPN3 isn't a channel per se that they can flip to. They'd need more equipment to get it up and running, and that'd require some early arrangement.

[BTG_Fan1]

On 10/4/2017 at 1:58 PM, TheColonyEagle said:

May be a dumb question:

If one were to wonder into a sports bar and wanted to watch a game that is on ESPN3....is that possible? There used to be ESPN Game Plan, is that still a thing?

I won't be at home and will be out of town next week when we play UT Permian Basin. Should I be able to request the game at a sports bar?

To add on to what @dmaxel said, its not something that should be on TV.. ESPN3 is an only online option, I believe...

With that being said, it is easy to get it on your phone via the ESPN App, all you should need is your cable provider login.

[UNT 90 Grad]

If you found a place with Apple TV that had an Internet Service Provider that supports ESPN3, you’d be in luck, but that’s probably pretty rare. I’m surprised sports bars don’t do this, however, to broaden the number of games they can show. 

[Cerebus]

8 hours ago, UNT 90 Grad said:

 I’m surprised sports bars don’t do this, however, to broaden the number of games they can show. 

It's against terms of agreement unless they pay a very large special fee.  

[TheColonyEagle]

Maybe I could walk in with my Roku....

If they have wifi.....and find a TV in the corner. 

;-)

[jperg2]

Use a Chromecast and cast it to one of the screens in their establishment.

[UNT 90 Grad]

2 hours ago, Cerebus said:

It's against terms of agreement unless they pay a very large special fee.  

Even if you don’t charge admission?  Interesting. 

[Cerebus]

2 hours ago, UNT 90 Grad said:

Even if you don’t charge admission?  Interesting. 

Most bars don't charge cover, they make money off of selling drinks.  If you're doing that cable wants it's cut.  

[VideoEagle]

2 hours ago, Cerebus said:

Most bars don't charge cover, they make money off of selling drinks.  If you're doing that cable wants it's cut.  

For those who don't realize it, when a cable/satellite company sells programming to a bar or restaurant the price includes rights to play whatever is on their channels. ESPN 3 isn't one of those channels, so it's not included as what is paid for. If the bar is charging a cover charge, then the channel is entitled to a cut of that. That cut is built into the price of ppv things like MMA. 

[NT91]

There is not one CUSA game on ESPN, ESPN2 or 3 today.

i do see a few SBC games.

Edited October 7, 2017 by NT91

[BTG_Fan1]

33 minutes ago, NT91 said:

There is not one CUSA game on ESPN, ESPN2 or 3 today.

i do see a few SBC games.

I thought I saw FIU/MTSU but I may have been half asleep last night