Cablevision Launches ESPN3

MSO says WatchESPN and Disney TV Everywhere services coming soon

By Todd Spangler, Multichannel News -- Broadcasting & Cable, 11/20/2012 10:50:29 AM

Cablevision Systems is now making ESPN3 available to Optimum Online customers -- seven years after ESPN originally introduced the broadband-video website, previously called ESPN360 -- while the MSO said it will soon offer the full WatchESPN TV Everywhere service as well as those for three Disney networks.

The cable company is introducing the services under its expanded distribution agreement announced last month with Disney and ESPN Media Networks.

ESPN3, available to Cablevision's broadband customers, provides a subset of the programming available via WatchESPN. ESPN3's coverage includes thousands of live events and game replays year-round, including basketball, football, college basketball, soccer, baseball, tennis, golf and cricket.

With Cablevision's launch, ESPN3 is now available in 79 million households nationwide, which is comparable to standalone cable TV networks, according to Justin Connolly, senior vice president of national accounts for Disney and ESPN Media Networks.

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