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Get your pucks ready! The 2023 NHL Playoffs will resume on Tuesday (April 25).
Three games are scheduled for Tuesday, starting with the New York Islanders vs. Carolina Hurricanes, which airs at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on ESPN.
Rather catch the action in person? Tickets to the NHL Playoffs are available on StubHub, SeatGeek, Vivid Seats and Ticketmaster. Prices and availability may vary depending on the date of the game.
Keep reading for details on ways to watch and stream the playoffs without cable.
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How to Watch & Stream the NHL Playoffs
You can stream games in the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs on ABC, TNT, TBS, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN+. There are a lot of games to keep track of, so be sure to check your local listings for additional information.
Tuesday’s Hurricanes vs. Islanders game starts at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on ESPN. Hurricanes lead the series 3-1.
Currently tied 2-2, the Los Angeles Kings vs. Edmonton Oilers will face off at 9:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. PT. on ESPN; while the Minnesota Wild will take the ice against the Dallas Stars Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT on TBS. The Stars and Wild are also tied 2-2.
Wednesday’s schedule includes the Florida Panthers vs. Boston Bruins (7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on ESPN) and Seattle Kraken vs. Colorado Avalanche (9:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. PT on ESPN).
No cable necessary! We rounded up a handful of streaming options that are perfect for hockey fans on a budget.
Starting at the most budget-friendly plan, SlingTV is discounted to just $20 for the first month to stream live sports, news, entertainment and more.
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$20 $40 50% off
Fubo is another solid choice at $74.99/month for 154 channels (including 100+ sporting events) and a free trial for a week. Vidgo starts at $69.99/month for access to 150+ channels such as ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN Deportes, NHL Network, MLB Network, FS1, FS2, ACC Network and more (if you’re streaming internationally, use Express VPN).
DirectTV Stream offers a free trial for five days and discounted streaming packages. Right now, the Entertainment tied and Optimo Más plan for Spanish-speakers are discounted to $64.99/month (regular $74.99/month) for three months.
DirectTV Stream
$64.99 after 5-day free trial $74.99 13% off
Stream dozens of cable and local channels such as ESPN, TNT, TBS, HGTV, Bravo, MTV, BET, and ABC. DirectTV Stream’s higher-priced plans come with free HBO Max, Showtime, Starz, Epix and Cinemax for the first three months.
Hulu + Live TV is another option to stream sports and live television for $69.99/month. Aside from over 75+ live and on-demand channels, subscribers can stream Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN+.
Livestream concert start-up Mandolin shut down on Monday after its business struggled to survive following the resumption of in-person concerts.
Mandolin launched in the spring of 2020, alongside over two dozen similar platforms, when widespread COVID-19 lockdowns forced in-person experiences online. In 2021, the company raised $12 million from venture capital firms including Mark Benioff’s TIME Ventures to hire more staff to support its mobile version Mandolin Live+ and it to fund the acquisition of competitor NoonChorus.
Mandolin’s chief executive Mary Kay Huse, a former Salesforce executive, aimed for Mandolin Live+ to become a companion app to live concerts, allowing fans who couldn’t make it in person to watch the event live at home — just as fans of a sports team might, but with more interactive features. However, on Monday, the company said it was closing its doors and gave little context.
“We are sad to announce that after 3 incredible years of connecting artists and fans more authentically through digital experiences, we are officially closing down our product and business operations,” a statement on Mandolin’s website reads.
“We’d like to sincerely thank our clients and partners for their belief in our mission and the time spent helping us develop a platform that truly empowered artists to own their fan relationships. Though we can no longer lead the charge, we firmly believe market power will continue to shift toward better supporting artists in this endeavor and we are all so appreciative of the feedback, faith and validation you’ve provided over the years to get us this far.”
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Everyone likes to save money! With price hikes from streamers like Netflix and YouTube TV, the monthly subscriptions that were supposed to be cheaper than a cable bill are really starting to add up.
No need to worry, though: If you’re looking for an affordable streaming option, Showtime offers groundbreaking movies such as the Oscar-winning Everything, Everywhere All At Once, along with addictive original series and hours of sports content for one low price.
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For a limited time only, new subscribers can test out Showtime for free for the first week. The service will cost $10.99 a month after the free trial and you can cancel anytime.
Showtime
$10.99/month after 7-day free trial
Another excellent way to save? Try a bundle deal and get Showtime and Paramount for just $11.99 a month.
How to Watch Everything, Everywhere All at Once for Free
Everything, Everywhere All At Once has returned to theaters but you can still watch it at home. The sci-fi film starring Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Key Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis, is streaming free on Showtime.
For those who have cable, the movie is scheduled to air on Showtime at 6 p.m. on Friday (March 17). If you’re already subscribed to Showtime, click here to begin streaming the film on demand, or click the red buy button above to launch your free trial.
Everything, Everywhere All At Once is also available on Prime Video as well as sites like Vudu and Google Play.
Other ways to land a free trial, add Showtime to your Hulu account for an additional $10.99 a month after a free trial for the first week. Additionally, Amazon Prime members can subscribe to Showtime as a Prime Video channel and redeem the free trial.
What Else Is Streaming on Showtime?
Between award-winning movies, hit series and cult classics, Showtime has a bit of everything. Subscribers can stream original series such as Yellowjackets, George & Tammy, Ziwe, Billions, championship boxing –including the David Benavidez vs. Caleb Plant bout on March 25 — and lots more.
Also on Showtime: Confess, Flex, Your Honor, The L Word, Dexter: New Blood, The Affair, Couples Therapy and The Chi. Catch up on episodes and full seasons of must-watch shows, along with documentaries, boxing, MMA fights and other programs.
With the Showtime app, viewers can download full episodes and watch them offline. You can access Showtime on your computer, smartphone, iPad, smart TV, Xbox and other compatible devices via the app or at Showtime.com.
Some of the other movies, shows, documentaries and docuseries now streaming on Showtime include Marcell the Shell with Shoes On, Uncut Gems, X, Lady Bird, Outcry, Bandit, Breaking, Pleasure and Infinite Storm.
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Countdown to the Oscars! The 2023 Academy Awards will return to ABC on Sunday (March 12).
Rihanna and Lenny Kravitz are set to perform at the event hosted by Jimmy Kimmel live from Hollywood’s Dolby Theater.
Nominees include Michelle Yeoh, Austin Butler, Angela Bassett, Colin Farrell, Cate Blanchett, Ana de Armas, Brendan Fraser, Michelle Williams and Steven Spielberg.
Elvis, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Whale, Top Gun: Maverick, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, The Fabelmans, Tára are among this year’s Oscar-nominated films.
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Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up” is nominated for best original song alongside “Applause” by Dianne Warren, “Hold My Hands” by Lady Gaga and BloodPop, “Naatu Naatu” by M.M. Keeravaani and Chandrabose, and “This Is a Life” by Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski.
Michael B. Jordan, Ariana DeBose, Janelle Monáe, Questlove, Dwayne Johnson, Jonathan Majors, Zoe Saldaña, Melissa McCarthy and Deepika Padukone are among the presenters.
Model Ashley Graham, actor Vanessa Hudgens and multi-hyphenate Lilly Singh will host Countdown to the Oscars on Sunday, March 12, at 6:30 p.m. EDT/3:30 p.m. PDT on ABC. Media personality Rocsi Diaz and content creator Reece Feldman will be the correspondents for the Academy’s member viewing party in NYC.
Ahead of the pre-show, ABC News will air On The Red Carpet Live: Countdown to Oscars 95, Sunday, March 12, at 1-4 p.m. ET/10 a.m.-1 p.m PT. The pre-show coverage will also stream on ABC News Live starting at 1:30 p.m. ET/10:30 a.m. PT.
ABC News Live Prime anchor and World News Tonight weekend anchor, Linsey Davis, and Good Morning America weekend co-anchor and World News Tonight weekend anchor, Whit Johnson, will host the red-carpet special. Joining Davis and Johnson will be ABC News correspondent Chris Connelly, ESPN’s Andscape senior entertainment reporter and ABC News contributor, Kelley Carter, and Hollywood insiders, including Variety’s Elizabeth Wagmeister and Clayton Davis, and celebrity stylist Joe Zee.
Read on for ways for watch and stream.
How to Watch the 2023 Oscars Online for Free
The 95th annual Oscars will air at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on ABC. If you don’t already have cable, there are lots of ways to watch and stream the Oscars from your TV or laptop such as Hulu and other streamers and ABC.com (an antenna might also do the trick).
How to Watch the 2023 Oscars on Hulu
If you already have Hulu, the Oscars will be available to stream on Monday (March 13). For those who haven’t joined yet, plans start at just $6.99 a month for Hulu’s ad-supported package and $12.99 a month to watch without commercials.
Hulu (with ads)
$6.99/month
Hulu + Live TV is $69.99 to stream over 75 live channels including ABC and NBC, in addition to access to the entire Hulu streaming library, Disney+ and ESPN+.
More Ways to Watch & Stream the 2023 Oscars from Anywhere
Viewers can stream the 2023 Oscars live or on-demand on DirectTV Stream. Plans start at $69.99/month and customers can save up to $120 with the purchase of a DirectTV streaming device. Other streaming options include Verizon Fios, Sling TV, YouTube TV, Vidgo and Express VPN for those who want to stream the show internationally.
Another budget-friendly option is Fubo TV, which offers hundreds of cable, network and sports channels starting at $69.99 for the Pro package (after a free trial) for over 111 channels including ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, FX, TLC, ESPN, FS1, AMC, MSNBC and Nickelodeon; plus more than 1,000 hours of Cloud DVR and unlimited streaming on up to 10 devices.
Watch the official trailer for the 2023 Oscars below.
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The 2023 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards will air live from Los Angeles on Saturday (March 4) at 7 p.m. ET/PT. Social media influencer and Dancing with the Stars winner, Charli D’Amelio, will co-host the ceremony with CBS This Morning host Nate Burleson.
Bebe Rexha is slated to perform her David Guetta collab, “I’m Good,” which peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100.
The Kids’ Choice Awards will feature appearances from Halle Bailey, Pete Davidson, Michael Le, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Baby, Melissa McCarthy, MrBeast, Chris Pine, Bella Poarch, Awkwafina, Anthony Ramos, Michelle Rodriguez, Seth Rogen, That Girl Lay Lay and Adam Sandler who will receive the King of Comedy Award.
Adele, Billie Eilish, Rihanna, Harry Styles, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Lizzo, Jack Harlow, Selena Gomez, Paramore, Bad Bunny, The Weeknd and BLACKPINK are among the music star’s nominated this year.
Jenna Ortega, Jack Harlow, GAYLE, Joji, Nicky Youre and Letitia Wright are among the first-time nominees. Netflix’s Stranger Things leads the pack with six nods while Nickelodeon’s That Girl Lay Lay, The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder and the Disney+ series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series and The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder snagged four nods each.
“I got slimed at the KCAs in 2021, saw my sister get slimed at last year’s show and now, no one is safe with me as co-host,” D’Amelio said in a news release. “Nate and I will make sure this year’s show is full of unexpected Slime shots, impressive dances and surprise tricks along the way!”
Added Burleson, “Hosting NFL Slimetime is always a blast, and I can’t wait to bring that same energy and Slime as co-host of the iconic Kids’ Choice Awards! I grew up on Nickelodeon and my kids still love watching, so we’re all ready for the stunts, surprises and superstars that await us at this year’s show.”
Keep reading for ways to watch and stream the Kids’ Choice Awards.
How to Watch & Stream the 2023 Kids’ Choice Awards
The 2023 Kids’ Choice Awards will air live on Saturday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT. The show will be simulcast across Nickelodeon, TeenNick, Nicktoons, Nick Jr., TVLand, CMT and MTV2.
If you already have cable, satellite or live TV through an internet provider, you can watch and stream the show on any of the aforementioned channels.
Will the Kids’ Choice Awards live stream on Paramount+? Although Paramount+ offers live television the Kids’ Choice Awards will not be streaming live on the platform.
Not to worry though, cord cutters can stream the Kids’ Choice Awards on Philo, Fubo, Hulu + Live TV, Direct TV, Vidgo, Sling and ExpressVPN to stream internationally.
Looking for a free trial? Philo is probably your best bet as far as price goes. You can stream Nickelodeon and other cable channels for free for the first week and then just $25 a month after the free trial ends.
Philo $25/month after 7-day free trial
Aside from Nickelodeon, TeenNick and Nick Jr., Philo allows TV lovers to binge dozens of hit shows, movies and more available on cable channels such as MTV, BET, OWN, WEtv, A&E, TLC and HGTV.
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Baseball is back! While the official 2023 Major League Baseball season doesn’t start until March 30, spring training kicked off on Friday (Feb. 24).
Friday’s MLB pre-season matchups include the Texas Rangers vs. Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners vs. San Diego Padres and an exhibition game between the Boston Red Sox and Northeastern Huskies. All three games are available on MLB.TV.
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On Saturday, the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies will face off along with the Kansas City Royals vs. Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs vs. San Francisco Giants, Toronto Blue Jay vs. Pittsburgh Pirates and more.
Keep reading for a breakdown of MLB.TV and other streaming options.
How to Watch MLB.TV on Prime Video
Now that stadiums are back at full capacity after two years of COVID delays, canceled games and smaller crowds, fans have the option of enjoying games in person — or from the couch. If you chose the latter, then it’s time to join MLB.TV.
With MLB.tv on Prime Video, baseball fans stream MLB games on a smart TV, computer, phone and other compatible devices. For Prime members, Amazon’s streaming arm is an easy choice as the platform offers a free trial to MLB.TV. Baseball fans can also land a free trial at MLB.com.
What is MLB.TV? It’s a subscription package that lets you watch and stream thousands of major and minor league games live and on demand. You’ll get live access to out-of-market feeds for all regular season MLB games that aren’t subject to regional, national or another kind of blackout.
According to Amazon, live regular season games included in your subscription will feature out-of-market teams only. Nationally televised games and local team games televised in your area including MLB playoff games, the World Series and the All-Star Game will not be available for live streaming with MLB.TV.
MLB.tv on Prime Video
$24.99/month after 7-day free trial
MLB.TV is $24.99/month to stream 250+ spring training games, plus every out-of-market game and you can cancel anytime. The annual plan is $145.99 or $129.99 for a Single Team Pass. If you subscribe through Amazon Prime, the fee will be added to your Prime membership ($14.99/month or $139/year after a 30-day free trial.
How to Watch MLB Games on Fubo, ESPN+ and More
When it comes to nationally televised MLB games, there are plenty of ways to watch and stream without cable or satellite. For example, you can stream MLB games on Fubo TV, Vidgo, DirectTV Stream, Sling TV, Hulu + Live TV, Roku devices and ExpressVPN (to stream internationally).
Can you watch MLB on YouTube TV? Unfortunately, YouTube dropped MLB Network in January.
Meanwhile, ESPN and ESPN+ will carry a combined 10 MLB spring training games starting with next week’s matchup between the New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals. The game will air on ESPN on Monday (Feb. 27) at 1 p.m. ET and stream on the ESPN app.
ESPN+
$9.99/month
Six spring training games will stream on ESPN+ from March 23-March 28. MLB spring training coverage will air on ESPN and stream on the app from Feb. 27- March 2. See the full schedule here.
How to Watch MLB Games on Apple TV+
Although the 2023 season hasn’t launched yet, Friday Night Baseball is returning to Appel TV+. For now, fans can relive the 2022 season and other sports like Major League Soccer until MLB games return. Apple TV+ is $6.99/month after a weeklong free trial.
MLB on Apple TV
$6.99/month after 7-day free trial
Want more baseball goodies? For officially licensed gear celebrating your favorite teams, hit up Fanatics, Dick Sporting Goods and the MLB Shop. Other MLB products and apparel can be found at major retailers such as Amazon, Kohl’s, and Walmart.
Visit MLB.com for a full schedule of baseball games for the new season.
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There’s good news and bad news for Outlander fans. The hit series starring Caitríona Balfe and Sam Heughan has been renewed for an eighth and final season, Starz announced on Thursday (Jan. 19).
“For nearly a decade Outlander has won the hearts of audiences worldwide and we’re pleased to bring Claire and Jamie’s epic love story to a proper conclusion,” Kathryn Busby, president of original programming for Starz said, per Variety. “But before we close this chapter there is plenty of their passionate story to tell over the course of 26 new episodes and even more to explore of this dynamic world and its origin story. We’re thrilled to continue to partner with Matthew, Maril and Ronald and can’t wait to see where their alluring storytelling takes us next.”
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Luckily, fans don’t have to say goodbye just yet. In addition to announcing the end of Outlander, Starz greenlit a 10-episode prequel series, Outlander: Blood of My Blood, which will center around Jamie’s (Heughan) parents.
Outlander, which premiered in 2014, incorporates romance, science fiction and history into one series. The show follows the story of a fictional nurse named Claire Randall (Balfe) who — after ending her stint as a World War II British Army nurse — gets transported from the year 1945 back in time to 1743 Scotland. After being forced to marry Scottish warrior, Jamie Frasier (Heughan), Claire’s heart gets torn between two men with vastly different lives.
The cast of Outlander includes Sophie Skelton, Richard Rankin, Caitlyn O’Ryan, Simon R. Baker, Mark Lewis Jones and Glen Gould.
Season 6 premiered on Starz in March 2022 after being delayed for two years because of the pandemic. Season 7 will premiere this summer with 16 episodes and will feature returning characters along with new additions to the cast.
How to Watch Outlander on Starz
Want to catch up on Outlander? Stream the series online with this limited deal from Starz. Right now, new and returning subscribers can join for just $5 for the first month. That means you can binge watch Outlander and tons of other shows and movies for less than what you would normally pay for lunch.
Starz Subscription $5 for 1 month
For those who already have cable, satellite or TV via internet provider, Starz is available on Prime Video, Sling, Direct TV and DirectTV Stream, AT&T, Verizon Fios, Cox, Spectrum, Hulu, Xfinity, Dish and more. See a full list of partnered providers here.
What time does Outlander usually come on TV? New episodes typically air on Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on Starz and drop at midnight on the Starz app.
With the Starz app, viewers can binge watch previous seasons along with the upcoming season when it arrives this summer. And you can stream from your TV, smart phone or another compatible device via the Starz app (use ExpressVPN to watch Starz internationally). After the promo deal ends, Starz will cost $8.99 a month and you can cancel anytime.
How to Get a Free Trial to Starz
Looking for a free trial? Your best bet is to go through another provider such as Hulu, Prime Video or YouTube TV. Find discount deals on sites like Groupon and check with cable or streaming providers to see if they offer free previews of Starz.
Starz features a selection of original shows and limited series such as Gaslit, Shinning Vale, P-Valley, BMF, High Town, Heels, Blindspotting, The Spanish Princess, The Serpent Queen, Power Book II: Ghost, Power Book III: Raising Kanan and Power Book IV: Force.
Watch a teaser for Outlander Season 7 below.
The music livestreaming app Sessions, founded by former Pandora CEO Tim Westergren, has “shut down,” according to LinkedIn comments from multiple former employees. “Christmas came with the unexpected news that Sessions is going out of business,” one engineer wrote this month.
These comments were echoed elsewhere on LinkedIn. “This morning we were informed that Sessions would be closing their doors permanently,” another former employee wrote. A software engineer attributed the company’s closure to “difficult circumstances.” An artist shared a screenshot of an Instagram message from the platform saying that it had shuttered as of Dec. 19.
That artist tells Billboard he had money waiting for him on the platform when it shut down; others voiced similar complaints on social media. Westergren and former employees did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Sessions launched in April 2020. In interviews at the time, Westergren said that livestreaming lacked “marketing and monetization” opportunities. Seven months after launching, the company announced a $75 million fund to market artists’ livestreams. “The larger the fanbase [of an act using Sessions], the larger the marketing spend” to promote their performance, Westergren said.
Any level of artist could apply to stream a performance on Sessions, which said it hosted more than 500 acts a week across more than 200 countries. These acts could choose whether or not to charge a price for watching; viewers could also pay extra to send special emoticons. Sessions took 30% of all revenue brought in through the site, while 70% went to the artist. (Though the revenue split for the Sessions app was different: 40% to the artist, 30% to Apple for its App Store tax, 30% to Sessions.) Westergren said that a professional musician could bring in more than $20,000 from a livestream performance, while amateurs could collect as much as $700.
Sessions was one of many livestreaming companies that launched when COVID-19 temporarily shuttered venues. “Every day, another livestreaming company joins the fray,” Westergren acknowledged in 2020. But as clubs and arenas re-opened, fans were eager to get back to live shows; in August, Live Nation announced that it had already sold more tickets in 2022 than it did in all of 2019. On top of that, 2022’s economic climate proved difficult for all sorts of tech companies; even behemoths like Meta laid off workers.
As former Sessions users began figuring out that the platform was no longer running, they commiserated on social media and looked for new places to try to find fans. “I’m going over to Twitch now,” one wrote on Instagram. “Good luck everyone.”
Nearly two years after Marc Anthony was forced to cancel his highly-anticipated “Una Noche” livestream concert at the last minute, the event’s promoter is now suing the streaming platform for causing the “complete and total failure.”
In a lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles court, attorneys for Loud and Live Entertainment claimed that Maestro had assured the promoter that the platform’s technology could “automatically scale to accommodate the number of ticketholders” – more than 100,000 people worldwide.
But when the night of the April 17, 2021, concert came, Loud and Live says those same fans “stared at blank or frozen computer screens” as Maestro experienced what it later described as a “complete collapse of the streaming platform.”
“As a result of Maestro’s complete and total failure, Loud And Live — which paid Anthony a substantial guaranteed artist fee, promoted and backed the concert financially, and contracted with sponsors and vendors around the world — suffered significant economic losses, all of which were foreseeable to Maestro.”
“Una Noche” was supposed to be one of the biggest livestreamed shows of the pandemic era, headlined by Anthony — who fills soccer stadiums in Latin America — and joined by superstar Daddy Yankee as a guest performer. By showtime, more than 100,000 tickets had been sold.
As a streaming partner, Maestro was no novice. Prior to the Anthony concert, the platform had handled major shows like Billie Eilish’s October 2020 livestream and Melissa Etheridge’s successful EtheridgeTV series. But at 8 p.m. EST on April 17, as global fans logged on to watch Anthony perform, Maestro’s system failed. Despite frantic attempts to revive the stream, the concert never happened, and fans were left waiting for hours until learning the show was officially canceled.
“Una Noche” may have been the most high-profile concert livestream to fail, but it’s hardly the only one to experience problems. For instance, Justin Bieber’s 2021 New Year’s Eve livestream with T-Mobile was seriously delayed — almost missing East Coast celebrations — due to unexpected demand from more than 1.2 million T-Mobile customers.
Avoiding such debacles is more complicated than it looks. Unlike physical shows, which have seat selection and could sell out, livestreams offer little incentive to buy a ticket early or arrive ahead of time. This can lead to a surge in activity at the start of the event — the size of which is difficult, if not impossible, to predict and prepare for.
But in its new lawsuit, Loud and Live says those were concerns were well-known to Maestro — and that the company had promised to have the technology and the experience to deal with them.
“Although Maestro had represented to Plaintiff … that it had handled events much larger than Anthony’s, and expressly warrantied that its platform would ‘automatically scale’ to meet Loud And Live’s needs (whether it had 500 viewers or millions), Maestro failed to stream even one minute of the show,” the company’s lawyers wrote. “Maestro’s misrepresentations regarding its technological capabilities induced Loud and Live to engage and rely on Maestro.”
In legal terms, Loud and Live says that Maestro’s failures breached the contract the two companies signed. It also says the streamer violated the promises that the streaming platform had made about the capabilities of its technology — meaning it breached its “express warranty” and made a “negligent misrepresentation” to Loud and Live.
Read the entire complaint here:
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Monday Night Football is in full swing! The Chicago Bears will go up against the New England Patriots on Monday (Oct. 24) at 8:15 p.m. ET, and even if you don’t have cable, there are plenty of ways to watch NFL games without spending a fortune.
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To make the process a little easier, we put together some of the better options for Monday Night Football and other NFL games. Read on for a schedule of upcoming MNF games, plus ways to watch and stream live and on-demand (with and without cable).
Monday Night Football: Games, Dates & Time
Monday Night Football began on Sept. 9 and will continue into January 2023. ESPN enlisted the help of DJ Marshmello to remix the MNF theme song.
So far, this year’s MNF matchups have featured the Denver Broncos vs. Seattle Seahawks, Tennessee Titans vs. Buffalo Bills, Minnesota Vikings vs. Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys vs. NY Giants, and the Los Angeles Rams vs. San Francisco 49ers.
The Bears will play the Patriots on Monday, followed by the Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns on Oct. 31. Most of the aforementioned games will broadcast on ESPN, EPSN2 and ESPN Deportes, but a couple of the scheduled games will air on ABC as well. See the full 2022 MNF schedule here.
How to Watch Monday Night Football Without Cable
Gone are the days of simply switching channels to catch all of your favorite NFL games, and it can be hard to keep track of which games are streaming on which platforms. For example, Prime Video is the streaming home for Thursday Night Football, while Sunday Night Football games are available on NBC and Peacock, and some Monday Night Football games will simulcast on ESPN+.
That said, while there are different ways to watch football games from your TV, phone, laptop or computer, the price will vary depending on which platform that you choose.
With ESPN+, you’ll get access to football and more for $9.99 a month (or $13.99 a month to bundle with Disney+ and Hulu). Watch the NFL, college football, soccer, MLB, NBA, NHL, UFC 279, PGA Tour, Top Rank, PLL Playoffs, Premiere League, La Liga, cricket and other sporting events on ESPN+. You can also binge dozens of sports series and TV shows, and original content such as PPV fights, and the entire 30 for 30 series, which includes The Captain, Tom Brady: Man in the Arena, Al Davis vs. The NFL, Vick, Be Like Water, Breakaway, More Than An Athlete with Michael Strahan, and Our Time Baylor Basketball.
ESPN+
$9.99/month
The Rams and 49ers game streamed live on ESPN+, but Monday’s Bears vs. Patriots game will broadcast on ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN Deportes. The game will begin at 8:15 p.m. ET/5:15 p.m. PT. Monday Night Countdown pre-game coverage will begin at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT.
Other Ways to Watch Monday Night Football Without Cable
There are several other affordable options to watch sports and more. For example, FuboTV, Vidgo, Direct TV Stream and Sling TV start at around $20-$70 for live and on-demand streaming, including ESPN and other sports channels, in addition to DVR recording.
Fubo Pro
$69.99/month after 7-day free trial
You’ll get a free trial with Direct TV Stream and Fubo TV, which means that you can watch football games for free for up to a week. You can also watch games on YouTube TV and NFL+, the latter of which starts at $4.99/month (or $39.99/year) after a 7-day free trial. With NFL+, football fans can watch or listen to games live and on-demand, plus enjoy recaps and more.
NFL+
$4.99/month after free 7-day trial
Another money-saving option: Hulu + Live TV is $69.99 a month for 75+ channels in edition to ESPN+, Hulu and Disney+, and DVR storage.
Want to stream from outside of the U.S.? With ExpressVPN you can access ESPN+, Hulu, and other streaming platforms.
