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Apple Adds New NBC Sports Channel to Apple TV

LOL, at the people complaining about having to pay to watch programming. If you guys want free stuff just get a Linux TV.

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simonbarratt said:
I watch the Premier League. NBC Sports shows every game live either on TV or online. Sometimes the game I want to watch, is not on TV but online only. This will let me watch on Apple TV, without having to mess about with airplay (and its stutters!)

I've been waiting for this one for a while.
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Also, I won't have to worry about getting a phone call during the game and the AirPlay stream dropping out.

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markstruczewski said:
Okay...so you need to have a cable or satellite subscription to access apps like NBC...that's nothing is new.

I don't have a cable/satellite subscription. Actually, we just cut the cord from DirecTV a month ago. Willingly.

But here's my question to NBC (as if they care): you already have NBCSN on cable and satellite AND you have an NBCSN app for mobile. Why, then, do you need an Apple TV app?

I mean...if I had cable/satellite, I would watch the games on there. Not Apple TV. Duh!

And guess what? If you have cable/satellite but don't subscribe to NBCSN (like programming without sports), you can't get the games on Apple TV either. You have to get the programming on cable/satellite to get access to them on Apple TV.

So...what's the point?

I'd love to be able to watch the Stanley Cup Playoffs on NBCSN on Apple TV. But that won't happen.

This is a worthless app in my opinion.
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Literally, the post before yours answered your question.
 
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simonbarratt said:
I watch the Premier League. NBC Sports shows every game live either on TV or online. Sometimes the game I want to watch, is not on TV but online only. This will let me watch on Apple TV, without having to mess about with airplay (and its stutters!)

I've been waiting for this one for a while.
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Ditto. Awesome.
 
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matt2053 said:
There is a lot of content which you can't watch on TV.

For example, NBC might be covering more than one sporting event at a time. So maybe they are covering three different hockey games today, and which one you see is determined by which market you are in. On TV you can only watch that one game. On Live Extra, you can pick whichever one you want.
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Untrue. If multiple NHL games are being played at the same, NBC puts the games on CNBC and MSNBC.
 
Hookemfins said:
Untrue. If multiple NHL games are being played at the same, NBC puts the games on CNBC and MSNBC.
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When there are two back to back games on either channel and the first runs over the allotted time by way of going to overtime or some other reason (penalties, reviews, etc) the first game takes priority so you end up missing that much of the second game. However you can go to the Live Extra app and choose the second game and therefore watch all of it live until it starts on TV.
 
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rs0212 said:
When there are two back to back games on either channel and the first runs over the allotted time by way of going to overtime or some other reason (penalties, reviews, etc) the first game takes priority so you end up missing that much of the second game. However you can go to the Live Extra app and choose the second game and therefore watch all of it live until it starts on TV.
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In the future check around. I would be surprised if they didn't start it on another channel and switch it back to NBCSN when the other game ends. They may even put it on the NHL Network.
 
2010mini said:
Hasn't showed up for me yet. Weird
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I was watching mine and it was getting "error during playback" or something. Then I went to dinner. Came back and the channel was gone. So I'm guessing they are having some issues
 
Of all the sports apps NBCSN seems to be the buggiest of all. I couldn't get any hockey games on my iPhone last Thursday. Last night I received errors connecting and pauses during the last nights games.
 
matt2053 said:
Maybe sometimes during the playoffs or something, but not during the regular season Sunday games.
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You're correct. Not for any regular season games.


eta: They must have pulled the app, it isn't on my ATV.
 
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I had the app yesterday (although it only has soccer available for replay and not indycar/f1). Today it is not on my Apple TV 3, even with a reboot.
 
trustme said:
So I have to buy a cable subscription to watch a channel on Apple TV that I can already watch on my existing cable? What's the point of this?
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I understand your frustration. However, I am a college student. I do not have cable myself, but my parents do back home. With my apple tv I can put in their account info and I can watch content in my apartment. Having more channels like this is useful for me and other students and people who are using an apple tv in a different location than where the cable is.
 
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johnLongview said:
Let us know if it works for you - I'm able to authenticate the new app on my ATV, but I'm not seeing any F1 content, aside from the "highlights" stuff. NBC Sports Extra app on the iPhone shows full replays, etc.
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I wanted to check things out today; however, the NBC Sports Channel is still not visible on my ATV. Any idea what might be causing this?
 
I was hoping they would do this. I am a huge Formula 1 fan and watch the F1 weekend (practices, qualifying and the race here in the USA via NBCSN and they stream all the Sessions (including the raw feeds from Practice 1 and 2 that don't air on NBCSN) via the NBC Sports Live Extra App. I usually just run it on my iPhone or iPad and Airplay it to my Apple TV but now I can just watch it directly from the Apple TV.
 
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Do the NBC Sports and ESPN channels allow you to watch full baseball games if you sign up with a provider account which is phone and internet only?
 
darkfiber said:
I was hoping they would do this. I am a huge Formula 1 fan and watch the F1 weekend (practices, qualifying and the race here in the USA via NBCSN and they stream all the Sessions (including the raw feeds from Practice 1 and 2 that don't air on NBCSN) via the NBC Sports Live Extra App. I usually just run it on my iPhone or iPad and Airplay it to my Apple TV but now I can just watch it directly from the Apple TV.
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Maybe. When the app was available, except for the highlights section only soccer was available for replay. It might come down to licensing agreements, much like Hulu where certain content is web only.... We will see, when the app returns to the lineup that is....
 
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Still haven't received this app? Anyone else still having a problem not seeing it? First time this has happened on ATV to me.
 
I checked mine and it's there but I didn't try to watch anything. It was in the middle of the page for me.
 
Should update the story. Many people seem to not have the app yet. if so doesn't work. Did Apple pull the app? Anyone got this working?
 
Strange, I just had it on, registered it, watched a few min, of things to see if it worked and it did. Went back to the main menu and it disapeared. How odd
 
alg35536 said:
Strange, I just had it on, registered it, watched a few min, of things to see if it worked and it did. Went back to the main menu and it disapeared. How odd
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Same for me last night. Logged in and went to watch some EPL replays but it shut the ATV2 down. When it restarted, the app was gone. Must be an error with the downloading program. I've restarted 3 times now and the app isn't showing up anymore.
 
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