ESPN Introduces New College Sports Service, ESPN College Extra

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

ESPN today announced the launch of ESPN College Extra, a new college sports service that will bring hundreds of ESPN3 exclusive live college sports events to the TV. The service delivers an extensive portfolio of college sports events year-round including football, basketball, baseball, softball and more. Live events will be accessible to customers of AT&T U-verse and DIRECTV – which is now part of the AT&T family – Bright House Networks, Cox, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS and select NCTC members at launch beginning Saturday, September 5 with the start of the 2015-16 football season. Any additional providers to carry ESPN College Extra will be announced at a later date.

ESPN College Extra live events from FBS conferences (including the ACC, The American, Big 12, MAC and Sun Belt) and FCS conferences (Atlantic Sun, Big South, Horizon League, MAAC, MEAC, MVC, Pioneer, Southland, Summit League, SWAC, WAC and more) will be delivered to fans on up to eight channels through a sports tier or other affiliated TV package. All exclusive events will continue to be made available on ESPN3 at no additional cost to fans with an affiliated internet or video subscription.

 

[texascpa]

Awesome. Also explains the cancellation of ESPN Gameplan and Full Court. I have no problem with it as the cost for both were pretty high considering you only received SD quality.

 

[Cusetime]

Will this be part of the sport package I get from Time Warner for $ 8.95 a month??? Anyone know?

 

[OburgOrange]

Will this be part of the sport package I get from Time Warner for $ 8.95 a month??? Anyone know?

The name of the service has the word "Extra" in it. What do you think TW is going to do?

 

[JJReddawg]

Will this be part of the sport package I get from Time Warner for $ 8.95 a month??? Anyone know?

Per this:
http://www.itsallaboutsatellites.com/the-new-espn-college-extra-now-on-directv/
It will be $165 on Directv, which I imagine will be close to what will be on Time Warner.

 

[Macky44]

FiOS doesnt even let me watch The Ocho...so i know i wont get this even in the 2nd tier that im in.

 

[sutomcat]

The name of the service has the word "Extra" in it. What do you think TW is going to do?

Looking at what they just announced and what ESPN3 historically shows, there are going to be a lot of crappy games featured. I would think a business model where you pay monthly or a flat fee for the season would not be successful.

They surely are going to make it possible for people to sign up for the odd game they really care about for some relatively low fee (say $10)?

I could see where they could make them a lot of cash, at least in places where college football is really popular.

 

[Moontan]

cuseguy has been hinting at this for the past 2 years.

 

[OmahaCuse]

Only bummer is that our game is on the 4th and this kicks off on the 5th...

 

[DomeStranger]

Sounds like this is for people that don't have wireless internet or care to learn to use a Roku or similar device.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Looking at what they just announced and what ESPN3 historically shows, there are going to be a lot of crappy games featured. I would think a business model where you pay monthly or a flat fee for the season would not be successful.

They surely are going to make it possible for people to sign up for the odd game they really care about for some relatively low fee (say $10)?

I could see where they could make them a lot of cash, at least in places where college football is really popular.

I'm guessing that you would have to purchase the TW Sports Pass for $8.99 / month.

Have there been any FB or BB road games not available in Syracuse on TV recently?

 

[llandz]

Much easier to use Roku or Apple TV. Except will it get rid of the 5 minute delay, so when I am in the chat room and everyone goes OHHH NOOOO, I get to see it minutes later???