WatchESPN iOS just app has been released and it provides access to live TV on your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
For those of you wanting to cut the cable cord, this will not be your salvation, because you must be a subscriber to Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks or Verizon yarn TV (I'm on Comcast, therefore no love for me. If you are a subscriber to one of them, the WatchESPN app iOS will give you live access to all of its content on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3.com.
"The continuous innovation of reader ESPN," said George Bodenheimer, President, ESPN, Inc. and ABC Sports, in a prepared statement. "When we launched in 1979, nobody envisioned a day when people would ESPN in their pockets." But we are here. "And we have reached the turning point for the industry thanks to the remarkable collaboration with partners of the avant-garde".
It's an interesting move from central sports, but it is not moving bold, changing game, it would have been if she offered access if you are not a subscriber to cable. I get it: cable companies pay billion sports network, this is why it is not appropriate to give this but probably would pay about $50 per year for access ESPN on an iOS device only.
We are in the middle of a change of sea directly related to the iPad and the mobile devices. Time Warner Cable has recently released an iPad app that gives only you live streaming TV, if you are on your approved by Time Warner Cable modem and it is still under fire from content providers.
Finally, the channels can circumvent entirely cable providers and sell directly to consumers. This cart, model price opposed by cable companies years but I don't know if it can be stopped if the Tablet market continues to grow.
You can check the WatchESPN iOS app here (iTunes link).
