Comcast and ESPN are making good on their promise to bring live sports to iPads and other devices, announcing today that Comcast subscribers can now log in to ESPN’s WatchESPN mobile and web apps. And coming soon, ESPN will be making its live TV streams available through Comcast’s XfinityTV.com web portal.
The availability of TV streams online is part of a larger initiative
on the part of cable networks and distributors, called TV Everywhere.
And while in the long term it should mean that cable subscribers will
get more access to all their favorite channels and shows online, in the
short term pay TV providers and all the different networks have to do
new deals that give them access to those online and mobile streams.
