Xbox LIVE ESPN3 Update Page (For Time Warner and Brighthouse)

Because they don't intend on fixing it to begin with. I am able to watch all the ESPN feeds at work because I am a TWC subscriber and can use my login/password that I use to pay my bill online to access them ie authentication. Why they cannot do this for Xbox is stupid. Oh wait. It is because they are to afraid of people cutting the cord. If it makes you feel any better I am an HBO subscriber and cannot use HBO GO even though Time Warner Owns HBO.

FYI, AOL/Time Warner doesn't own Time Warner Cable, they sold it off a couple years ago. As a TWC customer I can watch ESPN3 on my iPhone and iPad. Somehow I think MS is also to blame on this.

Since we have a new forum and all my posts are back in the archive, I just wanted to add my voice here and also be a point of contact for anyone with any questions.

Let me start off by saying that I fully understand and sympathize with your concerns. I want you to have ESPN access on your consoles just as much as you do. That said, nothing is technically "broken". We just don't offer this service to users on these ISPs.

We are working to bring this content to you, however we don't have any date or ETA right now. All I can do is ask you all to be patient, maybe check out some of the other media options on the console like Netflix, Zune, and the newly added Hulu Plus in the meantime. Again, feel free to post here if you have any further questions. Thanks!

It's just a shame that the service isn't available for all Xbox Live gold-level users, and the shame only increases when we know that it's not specified in more than the equivalent of fine print on page 500 when the service is advertised.

Every time I see Xbox Live advertised as having "live ESPN events" I have to cringe. As far as the other services go, I've just suspended my Netflix account because of the cost. I might try the free month of Hulu Plus, but i doubt I'd pay for it as a monthly service. I have been and will continue to be more interested in being able to watch ESPN3 events on my console.

Two questions:

1. Who exactly is "working" on bringing the content to us? Teams of lawyers and middle management pushing memos and stipulations back and forth across a negotiating table? In that case, we're not likely to get the service anytime soon (if ever).

2. Why did Xbox Live "jump the gun" and go ahead with ESPN3  despite not all the ISPs being on board? While not as drastic, I would say it'd be like paying for gold membership but not being able to play Take-Two Interactive games because Xbox and Take-Two hadn't agreed on a revenue-sharing plan.

I have Time Warner and have been waiting patiently for ESPN3 to be available on the 360 since last year. However; at this point, I can say nothing other than this is absolutely ridiculous. It's been 6 months and there isn't even an ETA. Just say it isn't coming already and save us from hoping.

The problem is that saying "it's coming soon" "it's not broken" "we want to do it" (which are all things that have been said repeatedly by all parties involved) sounds less and less true the more often you say it.

If you're not going to provide the services advertised then let us know and let us know whose decision it was to not go forward (ESPN, TWC or MS).  That way we can choose if we want to still do business with the organization that failed to deliver.

Look, I realize people get paid to say things like, "We are working to bring this content to you," and generally make Xbox Live sound awesome.  But the bottom line is that I've been lied to for the past seven months, and it's getting increasingly harder to find news on a service I was promised back in November.

I teach English for a living, which means I teach all sides of communication skills.  I know the tricks of the trade when it comes to communicating PR spin.  But there's no spinning the fact that I'm paying for a service I'm not getting.  Two solutions are available:  provide access to said service, or don't charge me for a product I can't access.

I'd rather Microsoft just come out and say "it's not being released" than to keep putting up with this stuff. I was told on the phone by ESPN that it would be out by the end of January, I've read on here it would be out by April, and the date keeps getting pushed further and further back. Someone from Xbox needs to be frank with us and explain what in the heck is going on. Is it still coming out? Can we expect it out in the next few months? By the end of the year? Some rough timeframe, even if not set in stone, would be helpful. Like others have said, this service is available both online and on the iPad, so I don't think the issue is with Time Warner or with ESPN. The issue seems to be with Microsoft. Any clarification would be appreciated, because I'm frankly sick of "It's coming soon."

Time Warner won't let me use the HBOGO app on my Ipad either...so I think I'm just done with them as an ISP.  I'll call the ESPN on 360 thing strike 1, the outright refusal to update that situation strike 2, and HBO Go strike 3.  I've been a customer of Time Warner for as long as they've been providing in my area.  Changing is annoying...but they've really done it to themselves.

For some to think the issue lies with Microsoft and ESPN know that other ISP's get this content.  Time Warner thinks it can hold on to customers by not providing this content.  Their big loss is going to be some other ISP's gain as I will not renew once my contract expires.  Its ashamed too because I like TW's channel selection.  However if my 360 is to be all it can be, it must be able to provide the content I desire without limitations.

i wanna know whats up with this two, its been a year now and nothing for anyone with brighthouse or twc. xbox live went up in price, my cable went up in price for my tv and internet, and yet no espn3.

Well I've solved the Time Warner ESPN3 Xbox live issue and I'm now enjoying espn3 on my Xbox. Thank you verizon fios.

Also, here is the link for Bright House users.

broadband.espn.go.com/.../initAuth