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Where To Watch The 2014 Soccer?

How do we watch the World Cup matches without ESPN123?

  • Straightforward question: we'd like to be able to watch the 2014 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/index.html matches, especially towards the later stages. We have ultra-basic basic cable (over the air broadcast TV via cable, no cable box), fast internet, Netflix, Amazon Prime.Since this is mostly for my dad, a solution that doesn't involve too many technical steps would be better - I'm not averse to spending some cash on it, but the thought of paying even more money to Time Warner Cable fills me with murderous rage. Obvious solutions? Creative ideas?

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    BBC will be streaming the games via their iPlayer. You can use either a VPN like https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/ or a DNS/Reverse Proxy Service like https://unlocator.com/channels/ will allow you to stream to a PC as if you were in the UK. It looks like https://unlocator.com/channel/bbc-iplayer/ and a https://support.unlocator.com/customer/portal/articles/1284813-how-to-setup-chromecast may work. There would be a bit of setup required but once done it should be transparent. I should say I use these services for MLB games and I've tried quite a few. I've found Unlocator to be the most performant solution.

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Univision. Might be able to find ESPN radio on at the same time for English language commentary.

mzurer

borrowing someone's cable password and watch it online?

zw98105

The easiest, legalest solution is to upgrade your existing cable package, and then return it to the ultra-basic level after the tournament is over. Make sure that you aren't grandfathered in to some service level that is no longer available first.

Rock Steady

The most obvious solution is to watch at a pleasant bar.

CheeseLouise

I thought most game times will just take place during work hours... can he meet you for lunch at work? The # of games x # of beers that you'd have to buy might not make financial sense to watch it at a bar.

St. Peepsburg

Couple of minor clarifications: - Sorry, a bar is not on the cards. This is strictly at home. - Yes, a temporary upgrade to the cable package is an option, but see "murderous rage", above. - I'm not sure how I'd go about accessing Univision or what I'd access online with a cable password.

RedOrGreen

http://ask.metafilter.com/263105/How-do-we-watch-the-World-Cup-matches-without-ESPN123#3821163: - I'm not sure how I'd go about accessing Univision or what I'd access online with a cable password. Univision is a Spanish language channel that will be carrying the World Cup and is likely available on your basic cable package. With a password borrowed from someone with a qualifying cable subscription you can watch the games on http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index on a computer or many varieties of phones/tablets.

Rock Steady

You can watch all of the games on broadcast TV in Spanish (56 matches on Univision, 8 matches on UniMás). (Univision also has a cable channel, which is simulcasting the games). http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2014/06/no_cable_tv_you_can_still_watc.html is a guide. You should be able to access these channels with an antenna or through your super-basic cable package (the channel number will be different in each case). The article also mentions that you can watch the pre-quarterfinals matches for free online or on a tablet. 10 matches will be aired on ABC so you'll probably want to switch over for those. If you're unhappy with the Spanish language broadcast, then find someone with one of http://espn.go.com/watchespn/affList?device=videosub cable packages and borrow/rent their password. Then you can watch anything that is broadcast on ESPN 1/2 (all but the ABC matches) online on ESPN3.

acidic

These are the steps to use a cable password. 1. Ask someone who has a higher tier of cable to set you up with a new account and password (can be almost every cable company) 2. Get this account and password. 3. Go to watchespn.com, click on a game or match that says "ESPN" or "ESPN2". 4. It will ask you to authenticate-- pick the cable company. This will send you to their authenticated portal. 5. Type in the username and password 6. Watch games!

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