I'd like to watch the World Cup this summer without getting a cable subscription. During the last one, I got a cable subscription for a couple months and I'd rather not repeat that nightmare. Is there a legal way to pay for and watch the live streams in the US?
Posted Mar 12, 2014, 5:46 PM UTC
You would be able to watch it on the BBC or ITV with Hola unblocker, think they will have all the matches covered and they are terrestrial TV
I'll look into this, thanks for the info.
CBC streamed a lot if not all of the games online last time, no idea about the US though. I'm sure there will be plenty of not so legal streams though.
To be clear this is for Canadians. I streamed using a subscription to sportsnet for the Euros. 20$ for the entire competition.
This might help: http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2014/02/espn-schedule-2014-fifa-world-cup/
Thanks for the link. Unfortunately, this requires that you have a subscription from an affiliated video provider (cable, dsl, etc).
I don't understand that much of US TV, but I thought ABC was public, I must be wrong. It seems that if ABC, ESPN and Univision are only viewed by paying, you'll have to watch streamed matches through the internet.
ABC is available over the air for free, but they're only broadcasting 11 matches out of 64. The rest will be on ESPN1/2/3, and can only be seen if you have a cable subscription. The online streams on WatchESPN will only be accessible by those with an existing cable subscription. I'd happily pay some reasonable fee directly to ESPN in order to watch the live streams without having to get a cable subscription.
I guess Univision will do just fine, assuming they will indeed be streaming for free.
What's wrong with the good old pirating your streams?
Ads. Plus some of us are at work and don't want constant popups when we are trying to keep it on the down low.
AdBlock.
Not all of them have ads but i understand your point. I don't know about the US but over here FOX has a lot of football rights and they sell online packages alone, maybe they have some equivalent over there too. Either way good luck, if i stumble across something i'll let you know.
They're always hit or miss for me in terms of reliability/quality, so I'd rather have a reliable source lined up.
Where do you live? In america it's unlikely. ESPN paid a lot of money the last few years and they provide a relatively good service. At least it's on TV. Some games will be on ABC which is free if you've got an HD Antenna.
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You can always borrow a friend's login information on the WatchESPN app. I don't believe they have a limit on the amount of devices a user can login from, so if you have a parent or friend that has cable they should be able to assist.
Great idea, thanks.
Don't think so mate pornhub don't stream rape from the Scottish bois
Univision will have every game in glorious HD on their site.
It will be in Spanish, but it will be free.
They did the same thing in 2010.
Awesome, but I don't see any more details on their website. However, I do vastly prefer the Spanish commentators' passion over the mindless dullards that usually accompany the US broadcast.
Thats the corporate site. It'll be here and will be hard to miss from the main page.
Great, thanks.