Is ESPN3 available on DirecTV?

Just wondering when and if ESPN3 is going to come to DirecTV? We're big college basketball fans and checking the schedule we noticed that some of the games are going to be shown on ESPN3.

ESPN3 is just an online service. It used to be called ESPN 360, but they renamed the service a couple of years ago. You can watch it for free at ESPN's website here: http://espn.go.com/watchespn/player/_/source/espn3/ or watch it through an Xbox 360 gaming system if you have an Xbox Live account.

Originally Posted by Thomas G

ESPN3 is just an online service. It used to be called ESPN 360, but they renamed the service a couple of years ago. You can watch it for free at ESPN's website here: Streaming Online - WatchESPN or watch it through an Xbox 360 gaming system if you have an Xbox Live account.

They're not just an online service. ESPN3 requires an agreement between your ISP and ESPN in order for you to watch. This may coincide with a cable TV carriage agreement (Time Warner I know for sure.)

With regard to the original question, the more relevant question would be whether you can watch ESPN 3 with your current ISP.

Originally Posted by n2rj

They're not just an online service. ESPN3 requires an agreement between your ISP and ESPN in order for you to watch. This may coincide with a cable TV carriage agreement (Time Warner I know for sure.)

With regard to the original question, the more relevant question would be whether you can watch ESPN 3 with your current ISP.

ok, thanks. It works with my ISP so I just assumed.

Here's a list of approved internet providers who are allowed to connect to ESPN3:

3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Website: www.3rivers.net

Access Cable Television, Inc.


Advanced Communications Technology
Website: www.actaccess.net

Alabama Broadband, LLC
Website: www.alabamabroadband.net

Alameda Power & Telcom
Phone: 510-748-3900
Website: www.alamedapt.com

Algona Municipal Utilities
Website: www.netamu.com

All West Broadband
Phone: 800-532-5255
Website: www.allwest.net

Allo Communications LLC
Website: www.allophone.net

Alpine Communications
Website: www.alpinecom.net

Alyrica Networks, Inc
Website: www.alyrica.net/

American Broadband
Website: www.abbnebraska.com

Antietam Cable Television, Inc.
Website: www.myactv.net

Ardmore Telephone
Website: www.ardmore.net

Arkwest
Website: www.arkwest.com

Arrowhead
Website: www.arrowheadtel.net

Arthur Mutual
Website: www.artelco.net

Arvig Communication Systems
Website: www.arvig.com

AT&T
(AT&T DSL and Uverse customers only)
Website: www.att.com | www.att.com/extras

ATC
Website: www.atc.cc

Athena Broadband
Website: www.athenabroadband.com

Atlantic Broadband
Website: www.atlanticbb.net

Atlantic Telephone Membership Corporation (ATMC)
Website: www.atmc.net

Audeamus
Website: www.sebastiancorp.net

Ayersville
Website: www.ayesvilletelco.com/index2.html

Baja Broadband
Website: www.bajabroadband.com

Bardstown Cable Internet
Website: www.bardstowncable.net

Bardstown Cable Internet (BISI)
Website: www.bardstowncable.net

Bay Country Communications
Phone: 410-901-2224
Website: www.bcctv.com

BELD Broadbrand
Phone: 781-348-BELD (2353)
Website: www.beld.com

Big Bend Telecom
Website: bigbend.net

BitWise Communications, Inc.
Website: www.itv-3.com

BLTV
Website: www.blomand.net

Blue Ridge Communications
Website: www.brctv.com

Brandenburg Telephone Co.
Website: www.bbtel.com

Bright House Networks
Website: http://brighthouse.com

Bristol Tennessee Essential Services
Website: www.btes.net

BroadbandCTI, LLC
Website: www.bbcti.net/residential

BTC Communications, Inc. (GA)
Website: www.btconline.net

Buckeye
Website: Buckeyecablesystem.net

Burlington Telecom
Website: www.burlingtontelecom.com

BVU Optinet
Website: www.bvu-optinet.com

Cable TV of East Alabama
Website: ctvea.net

Cambria Connected
Website: www.cambriaconnected.com

Cameron Communications
Website: www.camtel.com

Canby Telcom
Website: www.canby.com

CAS Cable
Website: www.cascable.net

Cascade Link LLC
Website: www.cascadelink.com/media

Catalina Cable TV Company
Website: www.catalinaisp.com

Cavalier IPTV LLC
Mid-Atlantic : (800) 683-3944(VA, MD, PA, DE, NJ, DC customers)
Midwest: (800) 374-5364 (MI, OH business customers)
Southeast: (888) 432-4855 (AL, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, TN customers)
Website: www.cavtel.com

CC Communications
Website: www.cccomm.net

CDE Lightband
Website: www.clarksvillede.com

Cedar Falls Utilities
Website: www.cfu.net/internet

Celect Communications, LLC
http:/www.celectcom.net

Cencom Inc.
Website: www.nntc.net/

CentraCom
Website: www.centracom.com

Central Cellular, LLC, dba COTC Connections
Website: http://www.connectstroud.com/internet.html

Charter
Phone: 888-438-2427
Website: www.charter.com/Visitors/Home.aspx

Chattanooga
Website: www.epbfi.com/myfi

Chesnee Communications
Website: www.chesnet.net

Cincinnati Communications, LLC
Website: www.cincinnaticomm.com

Citizens Cable Communications
Website: www.wpa.net/

Citizens Telephone Cooperative
Website: www.citizens.coop

City of Monroe
Website: www.monroega.us

City of Muscatine
Website: www.mpw.org

City of Salisbury
Website: www.fibrant.com

City of Wilson
Website: www.myglnc.com

Clariti Media
Website: www.myclariti.com

CMA Communications
Website: www.cmaaccess.com

CNS
Website: www.cns-internet.com

Columbus Datacentric
Website: www.columbus-ks.com

Comcast
Website: www.comcast.net

CoMPAS Cable
Website: http://compas.compascable.net

Comporium
Website: www.comporium.com

Comspan Communications
Website: www.comspancomm.com

Consolidated
Website: www.myconsolidated.net

Consolidated Cable Vision, Inc.
Website: www.ctctel.com

Conway
Phone: 501-450-6000
Website: www.conwaycorp.com

Cordova Telephone Cooperative
Website: http://www.ctcak.net

Cox
Website: www.cox.net

Craigville Telephone Co., Inc.
Website: www.adamswells.com

CRST Telephone Authority
Phone: (605)964-2600
Website: www.crstta.com

CST Communications
Website: www.centralscott.com

CT Communications Network
Website: www.ctcn.net

CTC Telecom
Website: www.ctcweb.net

Cumberland Cellular Inc.
Website: www.duocounty.com

Cybernet1, Inc
Website: www.cybernet1.com/index.htm

DACOR Inc.
Website: www.dacor.net/

Daktel Communications
Website: www.daktel.com

Darien Communications
Website: www.darientel.net

Delcambre Telephone Co
Website: www.delcambre.net

Digital Agent, LLC
Website: www.digitalagent.net/espn3access

Direct Communications Cable
Website: www.directcom.com

Direct Communications Cedar Valley, LLC
Website: www.directcom.com/eaglemtn/

Dixie-Net, Inc.
Website: www.dixie-net.com

Douglas Services Inc,
Website: www.douglasfast.net

Dubois Telephone Exchange
Website: www.duboistelephone.com

Eagle Communications Inc.
Website: www.eaglecom.net

Eagle Valley Telephone
Website: www.eaglevalleytel.net

EATEL
Website: www.eatel.com

Elauwit Networks
Website: www.elauwitnetworks.com

ElbertonNET
Website: www.elberton.net

En-Touch Systems, Inc.
Phone: 281-225-1000
Website: www.entouch.net

Enhanced Telecommunications Corp
Website: www.etczone.com

Etex Communications
Website: www.etex.net

Falcon Broadband
Website: www.falconbroadband.net

Farmers Mutual Telephone Co.
Website: www.fmtc.com

Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative
Website: www.farmerstel.com

Farmers Telephone Cooperative
Website: www.ftc-i.net/internet.htm

Felton Telephone Company
Website: www.feltontel.net

FiberNet Monticello
Website: www.fibernetmonticello.com

Fibersphere Communications
Website: www.fibersphere.com

FirstMile Technologies
Website: www.firstmileusa.com

Flint Cable TV
Website: www.flintcatv.com

Foothills
Website: www.foothills.net/internet_residential.php/

Frankfort Plant Board
Website: www.fewpb.comt

Frontier
Phone: 866-931-5256
Website: www.frontieronline.com

GardenValley
Website: www.gvtel.com

Gator.net
Website: www.gator.net

GCEC Telecom
Website: www.gcecisp.com

GCI Cable, Inc.
Phone: 1-907-868-0100
Website: www.gci.net

Gilmer Cable Television Co., Inc.
Website: gilmer.tatertv.com

Glandorf
Website: www.glantel.net

Glasgow Electric Plant Board
Website: www.glasgow-ky.com

Glenwood Telecommunications LLC.
Website: www.shopglenwood.net

Glenwood Telephone Company
Website: www.gtconline.com/index.html

GLW Broadband
Website: www.glwb.net

goINET, Inc.
Website: www.goinet.com

Golden West Cablevision
Website: www.goldenwest.com

Grafton Technologies, Inc.
Website: www.beyonddigitaltv.com

Grand River Mutual Telephone Corporation
Website: www.grm.net

Grande Communications
Phone: 1-877-6 GRANDE
Website: www.grandecom.com

Green Hills Communications, Inc.
Website: www.greenhills.net

Green Mountain Access
Website: www.gmavt.net

GTC Video
Website: www.jscomm.net

Guam Cablevision, LLC
Website: www.mcvguam.com

GulfPines Communications, LLC
Telephone: (662) 401-3275

Gumlog Broadband
Website: www.gumlog.net

HardyNet
Website: www.hardynet.com

Hargray CATV Company, Inc.
Website: www.hargray.com

Hart Communications, Inc.
Website: www.hartcom.net

Hawaiian Telcom
Website: www.hawaiiantel.net

Hayneville Holdings
Website: www.htcnet.net

Heart of Iowa Communications
Website: http://home.heartofiowa.net

Hiawatha Broadband Communications
Phone: (507) 474 4000
Website: http://www.hbci.com

High Speed Utah
Website: www.highspeedutah.com

Home Communications, Inc.
Website: www.homecomminc.com

Home Telecom
Website: www.homesc.com/internet

Home Telephone Company (Minnesota)
Website: www.hmtel.com

Horry Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Website: http://www.htcinc.net

Hotwire Communications
Website: http://www.gethotwired.com/

HTC Communications Co.
Website: iptv.htc.net

InfoStructure
Website: www.infostructureinc.net

Inside Connect Cable, LLC
Phone: 502-955-4882

Insight
Phone: 469-417-0314
Website: www.insightbb.com
Insight in Columbus, Ohio does not have access to ESPN3.

Integra Telecom - Prior Lake, MN
Website: www.getintegra.com

Intermountain
Website: www.imctv.com

Internet Nebraska
Website: www.inebraska.com

Iowa Network Services
Phone: 515-830-0110 or 1-800-CALL-INS
Website: www.iowanetworkservices.com
Only Kalona Cooperative Telephone and Clear Lake Telephone (aka Northland Communications) customers have access

Jackson Energy Authority (Eplus Broadband)
Website: eplusbroadband.com

KanOkla Communications
Website: www.kanokla.com

Knology
Website: www.knology.com

Kraus Cable TV
Website: www.krausonline.com

Kuhn Communications Inc.
Website: www.kuhncom.net

Laurel Highland Television Company
Website: www.lhtot.com

Laurens Municipal Power & Communications
Website: www.laurens-ia.com/

Liberty Cablevision
Phone: 787-355-3535
Website: www.libertypr.com

LISCO
Website: www.lisco.com

Logan Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Website: home.logantele.com

Long Lines
Website: www.longlines.com

Loretel Communications
Website: www.loretel.com

Loretto
Website: www.lorettotel.net

LUS Fiber
Website: www.lusfiber.com

Lycom Communications, Inc.
Website: www.lycomonline.com

Magazine
Website: www.magtel.com

Mahaska Communication Group
Website: www.mahaska.org/index.php

Manning Municipal Communications
Website: www.mmctsu.com

Manti
Website: http://www.manti.com/

Marco Island Cable, Inc.
Website: www.marcocable.net/

Master Vision Broadband
Website: www.canlakecable.net

Matanuska Telephone Association, Inc.
Website: www.mtasolutions.com

McClure Telephone Company
Website: www.mccluretelephone.com/television

McDonald Country Internet Service, Inc.
Phone: (417)-529-8450
Website: www.olemac.net

Mediacom
Phone: 877-410-2225
Website: www.mediacomcc.com

Message Express Internet
Website: www.mei.net

MetroNet, Inc
Website: www.metronetinc.com

MI Connection
Website: www.mi-connection.com

Mid-Hudson
Phone: 800-342-5400 or 518-943-6600
Website: www2.mhcable.com

Midcontinent Communications
Website: www.midco.net

Minerva Valley Telephone Co
Website: www.minervavalley.com

Mobius Communications Co.
Website: www.mobiustv.com

Monon Telephone Co. Inc.
Website: www.monontelephone.com

Morris Broadband
Website: http://www.morrisbroadband.com

Morristown Utilities Commission
Website: www.musfiber.com

Moundville Telephone Co., Inc.
Website: www.mound.net

Mountain Rural Telephone Coop.
Website: www.mrtc.com/xDSL/

MTC Cable
Phone: 845-586-3311
Website: www.mtctelcom.com

MTCO Communications
Website: www.mtco.com/?internet&high-speed-internet

MTE Communications
Website: www.mtecom.net

Murray Electric System
Website: www.murray-ky.net

Nelson Cable Inc
Website: www.nelsoncable.com/

Nemont Communications Inc
Website: www.nemont.net/

New River Valley Unwired
Website: www.nrvunwired.net

New Visions Powerline Communications, Inc
Website: www.blinkusa.com/blink-powernet-fullflex-tv.htm

New Wave
Website: www.nwcable.net

Newroads Telecom
Website: www.newroadstelecom.com

Nex-Tech, Inc.
Website: www.nex-tech.com

North State Communications
Website: http://my.northstate.net/

Northeast Missouri Rural Telephone Company
Website: www.nemr.net

Northern Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Website: www.northerntel.net/

Northland Cable Television
Website: www.yournorthland.com/espn3

NPG Cable, Inc.
Website: map.npgcable.com

NTELOS Media Inc.
Phone: 1-877-4 NTELOS or 1-800-262-2200
Website: www.lumosnetworks.com

Nulink
Website: nulinkdigital.com

NVC
Website: www.jamesvalley.com

Nyecom Teleservices, Inc.
Website: www.plvwtelco.net/

Omintel Communications
Website: www.omnitel.biz

OneWave Networks, LLC
Website: www.onewavenetworks.com

OpenBand Multimedia
Website: support.openband.net

Optilink
Website: www.dutil.com/optilink/dalton_index.php

Oregon Telephone Corporation
Website: www.ortelco.net

otelco
Website: www.otelco-alabama.com

Palmetto
Website: www.prtc.coop

PAXIO Inc.
Website: www.paxio.com

PBT Communications
Website: www.pbtcomm.net

PEAK
Website: www.peakinternet.com

Phonoscope
Phone: 713-272-4600
Website: www.phonoscope.com

Pine Belt Cellular Inc.
Website: http://www.pinebelt.net

Pineland Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Website: www.pineland.net

Pinnacle Communications
Website: www.pinncom.com

Pioneer
Website: www.pldi.net

Plant Telenet
Website: www.planttel.net

Plantation Cablevision, Inc.
Website: www.plantationcable.net

Porchlight
Website: www.porchlightcommunications.com

Prairie Grove Telephone Company
Website: www.pgtc.com

Premier Communications
Website: www.mypremieronline.com

PRTCommunications LLC.
Website: www.prtcnet.com

Public Service Data Inc.
Website: www.pstel.net

Puerto Rico Telephone Company, Inc.
Website: www.clarotodo.com

QX Networking & Design
Website: www.qx.net

Randolph Telephone
Website: www.rtmc.net/video.html

Range Telephone Cooperative
Website: www.rangeweb.net

RC Technologies Corporation
Website: www.tnics.com

RCN
Phone: 866-726-0066
Website: www.rcn.com

Reds TV & Cable, Inc.
Website: www.redscable.com

Reserve Long Distance Telephone Co, Inc
Website: www.rtconline.com

Ripley Cable
Website: www.ripleycable.net

road9
Website: www.road9.net/Customer_Services.aspx

RT Communications
Website: www.rtcom.net/index.php

Rural Telephone Company
Website: www.rtci.net

Russellville EPB
Website: www.epbnet.com

Salem Communications


San Bruno Municipal Cable TV
Website: www.sanbrunocable.com/

Sandhill
Website: www.shtc.net

Scott County Telephone Coop
Website: www.sctc.org

Scottsboro Electric Power Board
Website: www.sepb.net/

Service Electric Cable TV & Communications
Website: www.sectv.com

Shawano
Website: http://www.shawano.tv

Shen Heights
Phone: 570-462-1911
Website: www.shenhgts.net

Shentel
Website: http://www.shentel.net

Shrewsbury Electric & Cable Operations
Website: selco.shrewsbury-ma.gov/portal

Sjoberg's Inc.
Website: www.mncable.net

Smithville
Website: www.smithville.net

South Central Wireless
Website: www.sctelcom.com

South Slope Cooperative Telephone Company
Website: www.southslope.com/index.html

SouthEast Telephone
Website: www.setel.com

Southwest Arkansas Telephone Cooperative, Inc
Website: www.swat.coop

Spencer Municipal Utilities
Phone: 712-580-5800
Website: www.smunet.net

Spruce Knob Seneca Rocks Telephone
Website: www.spruceknob.net/tvpage/tvwebpage.htm

St Joseph Cablevision
Website: stjoseph.npgcable.com

Stratuswave Communications
Website: www.swave.net

SuddenLink
Website: www.suddenlink.net

Suite 224
Website: /www.suite224.net

Summit Broadband
Website: www.summit-broadband.com

Swiftel Communications
Website: www.swiftel.net

TEC
Website: www.tec.com

Tel-Star Cablevision, Inc
Website: www.telstar-online.net/index.htm

Teleguam
Website: www.gta.net

Telepak Networks, Inc.
Website: www.telepak.net

Thacker-Grisgsby Communications
Website: www.tgtel.com

The Ringgold Telephone Company, Inc
Website: www.rtctel.com

Time Warner Cable
Phone: 1-800-TWCABLE
Website: www.timewarnercable.com/contact

Topsham Communications, LLC
Website: www.topshamcommunications.com

Town of Pineville (dba PTC)
Website: http://pinevilledsl.net/

Tri-County Telephone
Website: www.tctelco.net

Triangle Communications
Website: www.itstriangle.com

TriCounty Telecom
Website: www.goTriCounty.com

TruVista
Website: www.truvista.net

Tullahoma
Website: http://www.lighttube.net/fiberopticsdepartment.php

TV Cable Company of Andalusia, Inc.
Website: www.andycable.com

TV Service, Inc
Website: www.tvscable.com

TVC, Inc.
Website: www.lentel.com

United Communications
Website: www.unitedtelcom.net

United Telephone Mutual Aid Corp
Website: http://www.utma.com/index.html

UnwiredWest
Website: www.unwiredwest.com

Valparaiso
Website: www.valp.net

Verizon Broadband
Phone: (800) 742 5375
Website: www.verizon.com

Verizon FiOS TV
Phone: (800) 742 5375
Website: www.verizon.com

VIKING Broadband, Inc.
Website: www.vikingbroadband.net/

Vol First
Website: www.volfirst.net

vtx
Website: www.vtxvision.com

Wabash Mutual Telephone Company
Website: www.wabash.com

Wadsnet Internet Service
Website: www.wadsnet.com

Waldron Communication Company
Website: www.wcomco.net

Waycross Cable Company, Inc
Website: www.mediastreamga.com/mymediastream.htm

Webster-Calhoun Cooperative Telephone Association
Website: www.wccta.net

West Alabama TV Cable Company, Inc.
Website: www.watvc.com

West Carolina
Website: abbeville.wctel.net/, anderson.wctel.net/, /mccormick.wctel.net/

Western Broadband
Website: www.westernbroadband.net/

Western Iowa Telephone Association
Website: www.wiatel.com/

WideOpenWest Finance, LLC
Website: www.portal.wowway.net/

Wilkes Telecommunications
Website: www.wilkes.net

Wilkes Telephone & Electric Company
Website: www.nu-z.net

Windstream Communications
Website: www.windstream.net

Wire Tele-View Corp
Website: www.wtvaccess.com/

WKTV


WTC Communications Inc.
Website: http://www.wtcks.com

WVVA.net Inc
Website: www.wvva.net

Wyandotte Municipal Services
Website: www.wyan.org

Yadkin
Website: www.yadtel.net

Yelcot Video Group, Inc.
Website: www.yelcot.com/

Zona Communications
Website: www.zonacommunications.com

List from: http://espn.go.com/watchespn/affList

This doesn't help. When attempting to verify access to WatchESPN access to ESPN3, we have only these choices:
BendBroadband
Bright House Communications
Comcast XFINITY
Midcontinent Communications
Time Warner Cable
Verizon FiOS TV

That's it. No DirecTV... dead end.

DirecTV doesn't support ESPN3. DirecTV still hasn't made a deal with ESPN3 to provide it to us.
This is ticking me off because I'm missing a GRC race right now.

I have Time Warner Cable for my ISP but they don't provide ESPN3 unless you have cable TV service with them as well. I have Directv and I don't anticipate that changing any time soon! I used to have Windstream for my ISP and they provided ESPN3, but their service in our area was too slow for the various streaming media I use, so I switched to Time Warner. More "customer first" mentality from one of our media giants!

I just checked ESPN3 website. You can put in your zip code and your current TV provider (not necessarily your ISP) and it will tell you whether you have access. It says DirecTV subscribers do not currently have access. As mentioned below, you might have access anyway if you also have an XBOX live account or a Cable TV account that does offer access to ESPN3. It then gives you a box to enter your name and email address to send a message to DirecTV to tell them you wish they were subscribed to ESPN3.

DirectTV has a college bb package it wants its subscribers to buy. Espn3 access would work against this.

XBOX Live does not give you access to ESPN3 live sports unless your ISP already does.

Unfortunately, Windstream has stopped providing access to ESPN3, as of today (March 1, 2013). The Windstream representative that I spoke with indicated that it's because "ESPN3 will no longer broadcast live events". I spoke with ESPN and they indicated it's not true. So I don't know if there's some misunderstanding between the 2 companies, or it may be that since Windstream (at least in South Carolina) can provide discounted bundles with Dish Network, perhaps that comes into play. I realize that ESPN3 will black out some events that are shown on ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU in the local market, but they assured me that no changes are planned. I've emailed Windstream asking them to reconsider; if anyone who reads this is with Windstream and is disappointed, please consider contacting them and perhaps we can convince them to change their mind.

I just have comcast internet and it lets me watch it xD