Category: college football

ESPN’s 4K National Championship broadcast airs on Comcast, DirecTV and Altice

[ad_1] Back in October ESPN started broadcasting college football in 4K, and now it’s time for the National Championship Game. For tonight’s matchup between LSU and Clemson the network will present a Samsung-sponsored feed from the Field Pass view — with “free flowing commentary of the game” and SkyCam angle in Ultra HD. There’s still […]

Sports teams are using Signal to duck deflategate-like scandals

[ad_1] Facebook isn’t the only company struggling over the prospect of end-to-end encryption in messaging apps, as a report from Yahoo Sports cites examples from “every level of sport” turning to encrypted messaging. While Whatsapp and iMessage provide encrypted communications, increasingly the app of choice is turning out to be Signal, which not only protects […]

Watch ESPN’s first native 4K game Saturday — if you have DirecTV

[ad_1] By now we’ve seen Ultra HD TV broadcasts of sports and other content, but for the first time ESPN is getting into the game. The network just confirmed that Saturday night’s college football matchup between Florida and LSU will be the first one it ever broadcasts live in native 4K resolution. The only problem […]

Disney and Charter have reached a multi-year distribution deal

[ad_1] “This agreement will allow Spectrum to continue delivering to its customers popular Disney content, makes possible future distribution by Spectrum of Disney streaming services, and will begin an important collaborative effort to address the significant issue of piracy mitigation,” said Tom Montemagno, executive vice-president of programming acquisition for Charter, in a statement. As the […]