Watch espn app for android and comcast one of the providers

one of the "miscommunications" is here:

http://espn.go.com/watchespn/getaccess?

it refers to the Google Play App to download the Watch ESPN app which gives the illusion that the app will work when downloaded to your Android device -- and I just spent an hour finding out it does not. 

My xfinity player plays reruns of previously played shows but does not stream for current programming; watch espn does this.  Does your xfinity player stream any programming.

Thanks

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@epurman wrote:

My xfinity player plays reruns of previously played shows but does not stream for current programming; watch espn does this.  Does your xfinity player stream any programming.

 

Thanks

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Are you referring to the WatchESPN app on your iPhone or iPad or are you referring to live ESPN streaming on www.xfinity.com/tv?

Thanks,
Joe
XfinityTV.com/Xfinity.com Support
@TWITTER: @XfinityTVJoe

yeah. this whole "we'll bring it to android in the coming MONTHS" is complete BS.

hey - listen: it already works for iOS. All you needed to do was to add "Comcast" as the approved provider option to the ESPN app and feed the customer info / log in info to ESPN.

the exactly same is needed for the Android app.

They already made the change for the iOS app, so it's hard to believe why a similar change for Android should take "a few months".

I work in the ecommerce/IT industry and work a lot with developers and programmers. this should be a 4 week project at most. Especially since they are no reinventing the wheel...

However, we all know Apple and maybe Comcast gave iOS exclusivity for a few months just to make Apple and ESPN or whoever happy.

Thanks comcast joe:

You are correct.  For an Android phone (in my case Samsung Galaxy), when I go to the URL the WatchESPN , www.xfinity.com/tv?   after scrolling to watch live TV, I get boxes for ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN3.

Because of Flash, I can stream any of those.

Because I have sprint, it comes with Sprint TV; Sprint TV has a limited selection of live programming but one of the 24/7 channels is ESPN; this is slightly better than the xfinity URL above.  However, the android CANNOT stream with watchespn at this time.

However, the IOS or ipod touch for a comcast user can get and stream with the watchespn app CURRENTLY.

Hope this clarifies.

this is the biggest joke. why don't they advertise iPhone while they are at it?

its about the money, not the technology

PS - forgot to mention that I called Comcast support here in Jacksonville asking about this four different times - three times I got disconnected while being transferred to the "app department."   The one time I got through I was told to go to http://www.comcast.net/sports/ and that I could do what I needed to from there.   I can watch TV on the PC - but there is no link to the smartphone app.   Ugh!   I would encourage you not to advertise something you can't deliver!

I share the frustration of downloading the WatchESPN app on my Android, only to be told that to use it I must be a subscriber of Bright House, Time Warner, or Verizon.   ComcastJoe asked "where are you seeing that?"   Joe:  I got a message "pushed" to my cable TV box (in Jacksonville, FL), accessible from the cable tv menu "messages" option on Thursday, June 7, that said (quoting verbatim, emphasis mine): "Enjoy your favorite ESPN networks live on your computer, tablet, or smart phone.  Download the WatchESPN app or visit xfinity.com/tv.  Best of all, it's now included with your XFINITY TV service."   Again, note, this wasn't eager me going out there to download it to see if it worked.  I got a message from Comcast, pushed to my TV, telling me that I could download an app on my "smart phone,"  not iPhone.

Please let us know when it will be available for Android.   A correction to the erroneous advertising would be nice as well.

I think it is kind a funny that Comcast send out messages to your email and set top box stating you can now watch ESPN on your phone and your tablet. When download the Android app "Watch ESPN" it shows almost every provider out there with the exception of Comcast. So when is this going to be fixed?

It's not about whether we come next or not, what is important that they shouldnt advertise (or advertise properly) about the watch ESPN app unless they have actually implemented it.

as per your ad, i downloaded "WatchESPN" app on Android smartphone. it loaded okay but then tells me i must have one of the following providers to use: Bright House, Time Warner, Verizon Broadband, or Verizon FIOS.   how do i make it work on my phone? thanks,

It's been three months.  Any update on when the WatchESPN Android app will support Comcast customers??

I tried this on my droid and screen looks like it is loading and then goes "black"