AppleInsider Staff
For the third year in a row, the Super Bowl will be live-streamed online to American football fans in the U.S., as Fox Sports plans to make the game available free through its website and for pay-TV subscribers via its iOS app.
One day after CBS announced it would be making its coverage of the AFC playoffs free to view online, Fox Sports — which has the rights to Super Bowl XLVIII — said it too would be offering up Internet streaming, reports Variety.
In addition, the broadcaster will also be serving up the full game, including halftime performance by Bruno Mars, to users of its FOXSportsGO iOS app. There is one stipulation, however, in that iOS devices may only access the content after signing in through a participating provider.
Currently, the FOXSportsGO app is partnered with AT&T U-verse, Comcast XFINITY, Midcontinent Communications, Optimum, Suddenlink and WOW!, though Fox is adding "new TV providers every day."
The big game kicks off at 6:30 p.m. EST on Sunday, Feb. 2, when this year's AFC and NFC champs are set to clash at MetLife Stadium. Fox will be streaming live at foxsportsgo.com and through the FOXSportsGO app, which can be downloaded for free via the iOS App Store.
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19 Comments
iOS App streaming is cool but why do I need a paid tv subscription when I can stream it freely on the web? 3 years in a row? Where is the progress? CableTV providers need to become internet service providers. Keep cutting the cords. They will get the message.
Thanks, Fox, for ensuring I don't waste 4 hours watching a dumb football game.
Its very stupid global does that too if you dont have tv cable subscription you can't see nothing!!!
What is the point of being able to stream it to an iOS device if you are supposed to pay for cable to see it? Dumb.
[quote name="AppleSauce007" url="/t/161439/fox-to-stream-super-bowl-xlviii-live-on-website-and-ios-app#post_2453250"]iOS App streaming is cool but why do I need a paid tv subscription when I can stream it freely on the web? 3 years in a row? Where is the progress? CableTV providers need to become internet service providers. Keep cutting the cords. They will get the message.[/quote] I agree. That chord cutting has to eventually take place totally! Maybe it will take the Netflix approach and they or similar companies have to find ways to source content other than from the old guard. As Netflix and other streaming companies start contracting directly for such things as Super Bowl, Olympics, Football (as in the real thing AKA soccer), F1 and so on, as I am sure they will more and more over time, Comcast and Verizon et al have to change or die. The big question is the actual physical connections to we the people. IMHO the infrastructure needs to be owned and operated by companies not actually providing content thus ensuring net neutrality. That or by Apple and I will change my tune totally on that last point ;)