Secn+ / uverse update..

[8dog]

It appears they really are still having an outage. Outage number 422541

They do not know what the issue is and have no target date for resolution

I got this from a call center supervisor after the first guy tried to tell me twice that they no longer offered the channel

 

[dawgstudent]

Your dedication to this is noted.

 

[8dog]

Fortunately i dont think we will need secn+ until baseball now

 

[Bulldogg31]

Tried the ESPN app on a smart TV?

 

[8dog]

Yes. As well as using Firestick and appletv. This isnt just a problem with me. Its a lot of people

 

[aTotal360]

Does uVerse have an app? I have xfinity and the ESPN app barely works. But if I stream ESPN through the Xfinity app, it works flawlessly. I assume they do that on purpose to I have hit with Xfinity sponsors and not the commercials ESPN has sold.

 

[fevans]

I have posted about this as well. We just signed up with Uverse in October. The issue is with SECN+ games that aren't actually shown on an ESPN channel and are only available via streaming format. For me, it doesn't matter where I attempt to watch ROKU, Fire TV, PC, phone. They all return some sort of "user not authorized", "not part of package" error. I am currently on a 7-day trial with Sling and it works great. I only did that one because it is the cheapest option should I decide to keep it temporarily during the "outage". I probably won't since most of our upcoming bball games are on ESPN channels. I debated about going with a streaming TV option, but was concerned with the DVR options. I'm kicking myself now.

 

[8dog]

Yes. But only available on phone/tablet and does not appear to work.

The supervisor did claim to do “a work around that sometimes works”. And secn+ is currently working on my phone

 

[anon1787432961]

I have posted about this as well. We just signed up with Uverse in October. The issue is with SECN+ games that aren't actually shown on an ESPN channel and are only available via streaming format. For me, it doesn't matter where I attempt to watch ROKU, Fire TV, PC, phone. They all return some sort of "user not authorized", "not part of package" error. I am currently on a 7-day trial with Sling and it works great. I only did that one because it is the cheapest option should I decide to keep it temporarily during the "outage". I probably won't since most of our upcoming bball games are on ESPN channels. I debated about going with a streaming TV option, but was concerned with the DVR options. I'm kicking myself now.

Here's what I think happened. Some bonehead at AT&T thought they could use their streaming app to do everything, thinking that all they needed to do was stream what was airing on ESPN, ESPN2, SEC Network, SEC Network ALT1 and SEC Network ALT 2.

By doing this, they get everyone to only use their app for TV streaming, which seems like a great idea. Until you realize that many ESPN SEC games are streamed only via the ESPN app. I still believe this was an effort to save money on not paying the 3rd party authentication company that works with the ESPN app (when you login to it the first time). And the belief that their own app could do everything they need.

They also have severely underestimated the number of SEC fans that want to watch ALL games that were available on the ESPN app.

 

[8dog]

But the uverse app is not available outside of phone or tablet is it? People want to watch through their streaming device on the tv without mirroring so thats another big mistake if that was what they were doing

 

[dawgstudent]

WatchESPN still works great. The ESPN app sucks.

But now - you can stream any game through the xfinity box on your TV if you use them for your TV services.

 

[yjnkdawg]

Tried the ESPN app on a smart TV?

You still have to have a TV provider. So if you have Uverse then it won't work just like it won't on Roku, Fire stick, etc.

 

[yjnkdawg]

Yes. As well as using Firestick and appletv. This isnt just a problem with me. Its a lot of people

Yep! Anybody who has Uverse as their tv provider has the same problem. The customer service rep that I talked with the other night was clueless on WatchEspn or SECN+. She said I could still watch on my regular Uverse programming, but that's not her fault that she doesn't understand. It's AT&T's fault.

 

[fevans]

There is a Uverse app for the Amazon Fire TV as well as the phone. It is not available on the Roku. I decided to use that for one of our rarely used TVs instead of paying for another Uverse set-top box. We only have a set-top box in our main TV room.

 

[kphall11]

I didn’t know they still offered Uverse TV after ATT acquired directv. Thought it would phase out.

 

[o_fredgarvin]

WatchESPN still works great. The ESPN app sucks.

But now - you can stream any game through the xfinity box on your TV if you use them for your TV services.

Yes when I had Xfinity, WatchESPN was great. But I'm now stuck with UVerse. Is there anyway to access Watch ESPN if AT&T is your provider. The Apple store only gives me the Xfinity version.

 

[WilCoDawg]

They are starting to do this. It’s their ultimate goal to drive things towards satellite or internet-based viewing.

 

[mstateglfr]

WatchESPN still works great. The ESPN app sucks.

But now - you can stream any game through the xfinity box on your TV if you use them for your TV services.

What is the difference between the espn app and watchespn?


On my phone, tablet, and roku devices its all watchespn apps.
What is the espn app that sucks?

 

[fevans]

It appears that the issue is resolved for me, knock on wood! I tried it when I got home and it's working on the PC, phone, Roku, and Fire TV. Hopefully it's working for everyone else.

 

[RocketDawg]

I don't think there is any difference. With WatchESPN you can get (almost?) all the ESPN programs, SEC+, etc., provided you have a qualifying provider with which to register. ESPN+ is new, I think, and must have some other stuff, because it costs $4.99/month. I really don't know what they have. I suppose it could be the same as WatchESPN but is for those who don't have a qualifying cable or satellite service.

We're going out of town and since I don't know what cable the Airbnb condo we're staying in has, I brought my Gen 2 iPad out of storage and updated it with WatchESPN and Dish Anywhere (I have Dish satellite service), so now my iPhone and iPad work quite well. With Dish Anywhere I can watch any channel on my phone or iPad that I can watch on my television at home, assuming an internet connection that's capable of streaming.

 

[RocketDawg]

Tried the ESPN app on a smart TV?

I don't think there is an ESPN app for a smart tv, unless possibly for Samsung. Pretty sure you have to have a streaming device, like Roku or AppleTV. I might be out of date, but it's not on my LG OLED and as far as I know, I can't download one.

 

[anon1787432961]

I don't think there is an ESPN app for a smart tv, unless possibly for Samsung. Pretty sure you have to have a streaming device, like Roku or AppleTV. I might be out of date, but it's not on my LG OLED and as far as I know, I can't download one.

All of 2018 on Samsung TVs

https://espnmediazone.com/us/press-...aming-apps-now-available-samsung-smart-tvs/Ok

 

[tmjdog]

Spent hours on the phone with att U-verse just to confirm they know nothing about why sec+ games are no longer available - big waste of time. I did get what may be a solution from espn though. They say the old watchespn app is about obsolete, and it needs to be replaced with the red ESPN app on a white background. 1 Open the old watchespn app & log out of your provider 2 delete the app 3 install the red espn app & log into your provider. When I did this, sec+ games were still not available at first, but were later in the day. Things seem to be ok now, except for 2 problems. I don’t think the new app is compatible with chrome cast which is what I use to stream in the den. The other problem is that this app is not very user friendly. The old app was much easier to navigate. I’m still experimenting & have only done this on one device. Will give it a little time before setting up other devices. FYI. No guarantees, just where I am with this problem.

 

[DoomSlayer]

I don't think there is any difference. With WatchESPN you can get (almost?) all the ESPN programs, SEC+, etc., provided you have a qualifying provider with which to register. ESPN+ is new, I think, and must have some other stuff, because it costs $4.99/month. I really don't know what they have. I suppose it could be the same as WatchESPN but is for those who don't have a qualifying cable or satellite service.

No, ESPN+ is a new subscription based thing they have started. They just signed a big money deal with UFC to help get it started. UFC will have a few shows on regular ESPN but the majority of their shows will be ESPN+ only. The problem with that is UFC always saves their biggest fights for PPV, which means they will run into the same problem that Fox did, nobody cares about the smaller shows with lesser known guys, they will save their money for PPV.

 

[8dog]

Espn app is just the new version of watchespn. For example my smart tv doesnt have watchespn as an option. Its espn app. Its just phasing out watcespn.

Both are separate and apart from espn+