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In the USA. Apparently the ESPN deal, which we don't have much information on is a bad thing for the US market- a very large market, estimate at 10 million.

Willow cricket got cut off by this deal, instead American viewers who have grown comfortable turning on their traditional TV to Willow must now subscribe to the ESPN pay per app crap. A very poor set up- you have to subscribe, then watch the game on your smart phone- really hard to do this, if you get calls for grand kids or friends while watching, the video cuts out or you have to somehow stop the audio to take the call.

If you want to want to watch it on traditional TV, you have to get a trained person to come to your house and merge it with the tv screen, not easy to do this, the game could be done by the time you figure it out.

In reply to Emir

Trump is President. You have bigger things to fret about.

Shouldn't be a big deal for those with smart Tvs

In reply to imusic

Boi, why yuh dotish dis morning, if you have nothing good to say, just shut you blasted mouth nah.

In reply to Emir

Follow Narper’s Best in d West wagons. Ole talk and up to date scores. Yuh can’t go wrong.

In reply to Emir

Get a FIRESTICK…

anyone in Canada knows if it's on the CBN/ATN channels?

In reply to kangalang

checked the guide .. looks like it's on. One more subscription channel to add one

ESPN is saying that the match starts at 4pm Eastern /New York time

Match on BT sports 3

ESPN has the game listed but there seems to be some glitch as I am getting “Unable to Access Event” error message.

In reply to Karma

They say to wait til 4m eastern time

Game has started but some one screwed up the settings at ESPN.

In reply to Narper

BT sports 3
Rush sports
Supersports 2

In reply to Baje

Yeah that rubbish. I contacted ESPN support about this. No response yet. They got daylight savings messed up i suspect.

In reply to Baje

Either CWI or ESPN is confused about the time the match starts. They need to sort this isht out! Apparently neither party realizes that there is a time difference!

I am watching it on TNT sporks UK.

ESPN+ is live now.

In reply to Emir

Nope you can watch the game on ESPN plus channels you don't need an app or smart tv
Willow hasn't been showing WI home games for a few.

Plus for ppl like me who no got no cable I in SK and watching it on Tnt Sports 3 using me iptv subscription and can watch on several other stations. so the options are still there
and you know you have to pay Willow just like how you got to pay ESPN right?

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In reply to Narper

Lol. You telling de man watch it on de radio?

In reply to imusic

6 Year Deal

Well just like Trump CWI signed a 6 Year deal with ESPN so hopefully they work out the time issue soon lol

The upside with ESPN is that you can rewind and rewatch the entire match if you miss it the biggest downside is that you never get early coverage and the 30 minute build up before matches!!!

In reply to positiveg

Thanks for the information Bro, I wasn't aware that I can bypass the phone, when I think of app, I automatically assumed it is smart phone set up.

But, still the experience was unpleasantly different for my cable provider

Here's what happens: Using my remote speaker button, I bring up ESPN Plus. A message pops up in my screen, it reads- "you are now being transferred to a third party app." The page looks no different that a computer or smart phone screen than it does a traditional TV.

The experience is vastly different from a regular tv station, like willow, where I can go directly to the station.

With ESPN plus, I have to navigate about 20 different sports that is also shown live, in order to locate the cricket match- they always seem to have the cricket match hidden away, sometimes 5 overs will go by before I can land on the cricket tile box.

I wanted to make the point, that ESPN may be a good short term deal for CWI but if they want to capitalize on the USA market this big promising market, ESPN plus isn't the way to go.

ESPN is a regular station, CWI do not have a contract with this entity. It would have been great if they did.

ESPN Plus is a different legal entity, CWI has the contract with them, it is a streaming station, unlike traditional cable tv, like Willow or ABC. Difficult access- for example a separate bill or contract is required for subscription, with Willow for example, it is part of the cable package.

And locating you match is tedious and subject to intermittent break in service.

In reply to Emir

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