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ISPs Ask FCC to Halt "Discriminatory" ESPN360 Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 15, 2009 - 9:34am.

Washington - A group of small cable TV operators has petitioned the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to halt the practice of content providers charging "discriminatory" rates to ISPs in exchange for exclusive content, as they say is the case with Disney's (NYSE: DIS) ESPN360 broadband service, Ars Technica reports.

CBS, ESPN Expand NCAA Basketball Web Video Streaming

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 3, 2009 - 1:46pm.

New York - CBS has expanded the sites from which its NCAA March Madness on Demand live video player will be available, to include USAToday.com, and CBS Interactive's

ESPN to Offer Campus, Military Base Users Free ESPN360

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 4, 2008 - 12:58pm.

New York - Disney's (NYSE: DIS) ESPN plans to make its live sporting event broadband video service, ESPN360, free to access to anyone on college campuses or military bases who sign up from an .edu or .mil domain, The New York Times reports. Currently, ESPN360 is only available to subscribers with ISPs who have made deals with ESPN to offer the service, which includes some 20 million broadband customers of AT&T, Verizon, Charter and others. The Times reports that ESPN360 has served just 500,000 viewing hours since last September.