books wrote:PkrsBcksGphsMqt wrote:books wrote:Sorry if this question is one from like 10 years ago, but do you need to have a cable subscription to watch ESPN on devices like Apple TV or Roku? I remember a friend a few years ago had an Xbox and watched ESPN through it, without a cable subscription, but I never bothered to understand how he did it. I have an Apple TV now, but you need to register through a cable provider in order to watch the live programming on the ESPN app. Am I missing something? Thanks.
I have a Roku and I canceled cable 2/1 of this year. Have been watching ESPN on it ever since. Pretty sure your internet provider just has to have an agreement with ESPN. I have Charter.
Thanks! So the app is asking for an internet provider, not a cable provider? I assumed it was the latter; I'll try the former.
I believe so. Otherwise Charter just hasn't flipped a switch or something since I canceled my cable. But I'm pretty sure if you were to try ESPN3 on your laptop you'd just need to have an ESPN approved internet provider, I think that is how it worked back when I was in school and I'd watch ESPN in class . So the Roku should be the same way and that's what I've experienced thus far.