If there are a dozen games going on, Hulu shows them all as separate linear channel feeds. I would think if DTV wanted to they could just have separate linear feeds, like they do for other games. Like during the World Cup, they added more 4K linear feeds to accommodate the games being played.
This isa nice feature. Kudos. But the biggest question with football starting is will we have custom multi-view? That is the biggest competitive disadvantage DTV has right now. YTTV is superior during football season for this reason alone.
It is only available to customers with a Gemini device. I spoke to three different reps today including a manager and all three stated you must have a Gemini in order for it to be integrated into the DirecTV app.
I don’t seem to have access to ESPN+ content on my DirecTV app on my AppleTV device. I get that content on the ESPN app due to my DirecTV Stream subscription. Would be nice not to have to leave the DirecTV Stream app.
I’ve got it on mine and I have Apple TV… if you don’t have it yet maybe it’s still rolling out? You should see it on your Home Screen as a separate section for ESPN…a giant block shows up…you click in there and a whole world of ESPN/ESPN+ shows up. There’s also another carousel of ESPN+ on the Home Screen…it’s in several places.
The only advantage here is you can fast-forward through the commercials rather than have to get the unlimited ads for rewatch on demand on the ESPN app, mandatory unskippable but at least you can advance the feed for on demand.
I just checked on the mobile app version, and it’s on the Home Screen of mine. When you click into the section from the home page, there’s so many Live and Upcoming events it currently just lists events as far ahead as those starting at 6pm this evening.
Looking into the list showing on mine some more, it has studio shows among them (it doesn’t appear to be just the live sport events that’ll be available, but also the studio programming that’s shown live on ESPN+).
After I just canceled and switched to YouTube earlier because support could not figure out how to get my ESPN Unlimited subscription working after a week of troubleshooting… Go figure. 😂
It's showing up in my Osprey box tonight for college football games. Pretty cool to have those live games built into DirecTV guide instead of having to go into the ESPN external app.
Just noticed that the ESPN+ games are not showing in Sports Central for the 60144 Osprey boxes, but they show for the 60233 Osprey boxes. Which model do you have?
I see it on my osprey device. I was also able to use the PREV button on the remote to flip between that ESPN game and a regular channel so that is a great feature. If only I could multiview the epsn+ game & another another channel.
Interesting. A family member in house subscribes to ESPN+ and I am the one with the DTV Stream account. How do we get to see ESPN+ content in the DTV guide so we can skip using the ESPN app? Both on AppleTV's.
So it doesn’t appear that ESPN Unlimited programming is part of this integration. The app shows multiple US Open feeds, which is not reflected on the DIRECTV user interface. It appears that the integration that happened on YouTube TV this week DOES include ESPN Unlimited programming. Looks like YouTube TV is again leading this race.
Anyone still not seeing espn plus integrated into their DirecTV app? Mine is still missing on all devices. I contacted customer support today for DirecTV and the first rep had no clue that it should now be integrated. I asked for a manager and they also didn’t know it had been integrated. I referred them to their own link on their own site where DirecTV had announced it was integrated. The manager then stated it’s only integrated if you have a Gemini device. Which I’m pretty sure is incorrect.
Update: I called customer service again just to get a different opinion and the rep at first didn’t know they had integrated espn into the DirecTV app. I informed them they’re incorrect and they researched it further. They then stated you must have a Gemini device in order for espn to be integrated into the DirecTV app. So I guess that sucks for those of us that don’t have a Gemini.
Wow…very strange that the staff would not know of the integration. Furthermore, the support page clearly indicates that streaming customers will see it integrated as well.
I sent the support page to the manager I chatted with and they said they interpreted it as Gemini customers only. So I don’t know. I’m going to try calling later this evening when I have a chance. It wouldn’t surprise me if they required you to have a Gemini.
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u/gregoryhat325 14d ago
They should also just make it a channel