re: LSU Clarifies Television Decision for NCAA Regional

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quote: You do not need to be on a WatchESPN cable provider to get ESPN3. ESPN3 has a much much broader distributiion. ESPN puts a bunch of stuff on ESPN3 that they do not televise on another ESPN channel. Its the stuff on TV that you need WatchESPN for.

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If you try to watch ESPN3 on iPad, it forces you to go to the app, and that forces to enter your provider, username, and password.

The number of providers are very limited. That's what this is all about. ESPN is holding the games hostage to create artificial demand for an Internet service that most people don't want or even need. It is entirely possible to provide different games on ESPNU in different markets. They did that for LSU football last year. But that would kill their need to tell people to "contact your local cable provider and tell them that you want watchESPN."