Big changes to ESPN's coverage of the AO this year.

[Moose Malloy]

looks like all the evening sessions will exclusively be on ESPN+. I'm sure many US viewers here will only realize this on Sunday.

Another Australian Open Schedule Update: Monday, Jan. 24, ESPN2 Telecast Extended to Feature Madison Keys, Rafael Nadal in QFs

No. 1 Seeds – Nine-Time Winner Novak Djokovic, Australian Ashleigh Barty – Lead the Fields Nightly Live Coverage, Semifinals and Championships on Linear Television, ESPN+ New Highlight Show on ABC Each Weekend ESPN+ – More Exclusive Hours, Matches on Show Courts & Four Quarterfinals; Adds...

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[Ledigs]

From US don’t even know what ESPN+ is

 

[Icsa]

These days you can pay a few bucks to Disney and get ESPN+ for a month

 

[MeatTornado]

This is ridiculous

Screw ESPN. All my homies hate ESPN.

 

[Visionary]

Clicking on this thread, I was so concerned that the honorable but greedy ESPN had decided to exclude Novak Djokovic's matches. Good they have not.

 

[pj80]

That sucks...night time is where they put the bigger matches.

 

[Cupcake]

From US don’t even know what ESPN+ is

It's online an online streaming 'channel'. You have to have a subscription to a service that carries ESPN, ESPN2 etc such as Sling, or Fubo, or a couple others, (not YouTubetv) or a regular cable service. Then subscribe separately to ESPN+ It is very reasonable - last year, if I'm remembering, it was $6 per month. And you can cancel after the first month. Maybe there is still a one week free trial. It gives you all courts, and replays from all courts any time I wanted to watch. Especially handy when two good matches are on at the same time. Last year I subscribed to Sling orange for I think $35, and plus $6 for espn+, and had more access to the AO than I could watch.

In the past they have also covered Wimbledon, and the USO, but not the French.

 

[Visionary]

That sucks...night time is where they put the bigger matches.

Come to China man! They'll put you into the quarantine hotel where you can watch the matches in the day, evenings precisely. It's just about 3 hour difference in between here.

 

[pj80]

Come to China man! They'll put you into the quarantine hotel where you can watch the matches in the day, evenings precisely. It's just about 3 hour difference in between here.

Do they give you free food?

 

[Nate7-5]

Perfect, all I have is ESPN+

 

[Visionary]

Do they give you free food?

One of my colleagues is telling me that he had to cover all the expenses there. Sorry.

 

[Purestriker]

looks like all the evening sessions will exclusively be on ESPN+. I'm sure many US viewers here will only realize this on Sunday.

Another Australian Open Schedule Update: Monday, Jan. 24, ESPN2 Telecast Extended to Feature Madison Keys, Rafael Nadal in QFs

No. 1 Seeds – Nine-Time Winner Novak Djokovic, Australian Ashleigh Barty – Lead the Fields Nightly Live Coverage, Semifinals and Championships on Linear Television, ESPN+ New Highlight Show on ABC Each Weekend ESPN+ – More Exclusive Hours, Matches on Show Courts & Four Quarterfinals; Adds...

espnpressroom.com

Boo!

 

[coolcamden]

F espn

 

[TennisFan3]

This is SERIOUSLY MASSIVELY UTTERLY PATHETIC.

ESPN IS THE WORST NETWORK OF ALL TIME. So Mad..

 

[norcal]

Subscribe to ESPN+, you get all the matches and it's only 6-7 bucks (month). I do it for all the majors espn carries. Very worth it.