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Skip, great preview thanks.
Espnews is such an odd channel.
Not sure I'm gonna find a way to be able to watch it.
(I'm not ESPN+ subscriber).

At the moment, I don't subscribe to anything but ESPN+ (got it for Australian Open tennis). I don't expect to be able to see the Stanford game tonight. That said, somehow I was able to watch the Stanford women play NC State via WatchESPN, even though, as I understand it, the game was broadcast on ESPN.

Anyway, my point is that just because you pay for ESPN+ (it's actually $13/month now), don't assume you will be able to watch ESPNNews. ESPN/Disney still wants you to pay a streamer (like Sling) or cable company (DirecTV) to access their main cable channels. The business model still relies on channel carriage fees paid out by those companies.

EDIT: Well, my post above is garbage, or at least not relevant to tonight's game. I'm an ESPN+ subscriber w/out any other streaming/cable subscription. Turns out that, contrary to my expectations, on Wednesday morning at WatchESPN.com I clicked on the Stanford v. Wake icon and got the following message: "You have access to stream this content." So, ESPN+ isn't a bad deal (though I'm paying $12.99 per month), especially if you're a tennis fan like me (access to watch Australian Open matches live).

[needle]

Skip, great preview thanks.
Espnews is such an odd channel.
Not sure I'm gonna find a way to be able to watch it.
(I'm not ESPN+ subscriber).

At the moment, I don't subscribe to anything but ESPN+ (got it for Australian Open tennis). I don't expect to be able to see the Stanford game tonight. That said, somehow I was able to watch the Stanford women play NC State via WatchESPN, even though, as I understand it, the game was broadcast on ESPN.

Anyway, my point is that just because you pay for ESPN+ (it's actually $13/month now), don't assume you will be able to watch ESPNNews. ESPN/Disney still wants you to pay a streamer (like Sling) or cable company (DirecTV) to access their main cable channels. The business model still relies on channel carriage fees paid out by those companies.

EDIT: Well, my post above is garbage, or at least not relevant to tonight's game. I'm an ESPN+ subscriber w/out any other streaming/cable subscription. Turns out that, contrary to my expectations, on Wednesday morning at WatchESPN.com I clicked on the Stanford v. Wake icon and got the following message: "You have access to stream this content." So, ESPN+ isn't a bad deal (though I'm paying $12.99 per month), especially if you're a tennis fan like me (access to watch Australian Open matches live).