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ESPN ScoreCenter gets iPhone makeover

by Steven Sande (Dec 20th, 2012)

Just in time for the NFL playoffs and college football bowl games, ESPN has introduced a new version of the free ESPN ScoreCenter app. Version 3.0 of the app brings iOS 6 and iPhone 5 optimization, but the biggest change is to the overall design of ESPN ScoreCenter. It's now easier to navigate ...

Time Warner's TWC TV app updated to include sports channels

by Steven Sande (Apr 23rd, 2012)

On Friday, Time Warner Cable added a number of national and regional sports networks to the free TWC TV app for iOS and the TWCTV.com Web portal. The new capability lets Time Warner Cable video customers at the Expanded Basic level or higher to watch those networks live from iOS devices or ...

ESPN launches Watch ESPN app that lets you do just that

by Mike Schramm (Apr 7th, 2011)

ESPN is one of those big media producers that has done well on the App Store -- not only has the company released a number of successful apps for its various properties, but the content sells well on iTunes also. Now, the company is actually sending content directly to your iOS device. By ...

My Mac Setup: Gameday Edition in the UK

by Richard Gaywood (Oct 10th, 2010)

My girlfriend Danielle recently emigrated from the US to live with me in Wales. Her move meant leaving behind family and friends, but most importantly she abandoned decent live coverage of her beloved Michigan Wolverines. Here in the UK, our only broadcast option for college football is ESPN ...

Disney CEO calls iPad "a game changer"

by Dave Caolo (Feb 10th, 2010)

While discussing the iPad with the Associated Press on Tuesday, Disney CEO Bob Iger hinted at his company's plans for the iPad, and called it "a game changer." He gave brief examples of ideas they're throwing around for the iPad, including ESPN ScoreCenter and an interactive app for the ABC drama ...

Game on! Apple highlights sports games in new ad

by Sang Tang (Oct 1st, 2009)

Continuing its creative interactive blitz on high profile websites, Apple has begun placement of a new iPod touch ad on ESPN.com. Like the ad on IGN, which fellow TUAW-er Josh Carr recently featured, the ad on ESPN.com showcases a variety of games that interact with and shake up the site's menu. ...

5 apps for the radio lover

by Sang Tang (Sep 25th, 2009)

Radio just isn't the way it used to be. It's not that "this ain't your father's radio." This isn't even the radio you knew five years ago. A loosening of media ownership rules (via the 1996 Telecommunications Act) has transformed what was once a local medium into more of a national one, one that put ...

ESPN brings PodCenter to the iPhone

by David Chartier (Aug 20th, 2007)

Add ESPN to your list of major media outlets who have designed a portal specifically for the iPhone. While they might have had an easier time customizing their PodCenter with podcasts and downloadable media for the iPhone (after all, they were already halfway there with a PodCenter), they win ...

Video podcasting the Super Bowl ads

by Dave Caolo (Feb 6th, 2006)

So, have you selected your favorite Super Bowl ad? I liked the giant monster and robot who gave birth to the Hummer. Yeah, it was creepy, but I laughed at the tagline, "It's a little monster." If you still haven't made your selection, you can review all of the commercials via this video ...

ESPN content back in iTunes

by Dave Caolo (Jan 31st, 2006)

It would seem that the ESPN "This is Sports Center" ads [link] that were giving people the "...not available in the US store" error in the iTunes Music Store last week are working again. Also, extended highlights and gold medal runs from the 2006 Winter X Games [link] have been ...

New ESPN content in iTunes

by Dave Caolo (Jan 28th, 2006)

Reader Radical Bender has alerted us to some additional ESPN/ABC Sports clips that have shown up in the iTunes Music Store [Link]. Specifically, the best of the X Games (both current and from the X Games 9 in Aspen), shorts from Sports Century, five episodes of Street Ball and several of the very ...

ESPN, ABC Sports content coming to iTunes Music Store

by Jan Kabili (Jan 3rd, 2006)

Sports fans rejoice! Sports programming is officially coming to the iTunes Music Store starting today. ESPN and ABC Sports will be offering sports programs on iTMS. ABC Sports programming will kick off today when condensed versions of yesterday's Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and Nokia Sugar Bowl will be ...