<P> Beginning with the launch of subscription over-the - top content service ESPN+ in April 2018, a substantial number of programs that had previously been available on ESPN3 had been paywalled and now require an ESPN+ subscription . </P> <P> ESPN3 features live online sports viewing from a broad array of global events including: FIFA World Cup global qualifiers, X Games, North American Soccer League, DFB - Pokal and the Major Arena Soccer League, with an array of American football events such as high school football, NCAA college football, Arena Football League, Canadian Football League (CFL), NCAA college basketball (both men's and women's), NBA and WNBA basketball, Major League Baseball, Sugar Land Skeeters and NCAA baseball, Kontinental Hockey League and National Women's Hockey League ice hockey, three grand slam tennis events, one men's major golf championship, cricket, Major League Lacrosse and NCAA College lacrosse (as well as the Toronto Rock of the National Lacrosse League, via TSN), competitive eating contests such as the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest and National Buffalo Wing Festival; in 2011, ESPN3 was one of the few sources to view live American Le Mans Series races . ESPN3 broadcasts are mostly events that do not air on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU; some are exclusive broadcasts, some are alternate camera angles of programming airing in simulcast on one of the linear networks, some are simulcasts from either ABC, foreign or regional sports networks, and some (especially in the case of arena football) are local radio broadcasts synchronized with the arena's internal Jumbotron feed . </P> <P> In the United States, the network is available to individuals who receive their high - speed Internet connection or cable television subscription from an affiliated service provider . Since 2008, ESPN3 has also been available to approximately 21 million U.S. college students and U.S. - based military personnel via computers with college / university (. edu) and U.S. military (. mil) IP addresses . ESPN3 is only available to Internet providers who pay fees to ESPN . ESPN3 is not carried by traditional cable and satellite providers, as it is not a single channel, but streams multiple live events at the same time; however, ESPN includes a listing for a linear "ESPN3" channel (which only includes one event at a time) in the television listings on its website . As part of the wide - ranging distribution agreement that DirecTV and The Walt Disney Company announced, ESPN3 was made available to DirecTV customers in early 2015 . In December 2016, ESPN started the nationwide rollout of the ESPN App on DirecTV set top boxes in five states, which allows customers to stream thousands of live events from ESPN3 on their DirecTV set top boxes . The nationwide rollout was completed in February 2017 . </P> <P> On November 1, 2010, ESPN3 launched on Xbox Live . This service allows Xbox Live members to access live sporting events on ESPN3, among other offerings, at no additional cost . At launch, Xbox Live Gold membership was required to access the ESPN app; however, with the June 2014 update to Xbox Live, Gold membership is no longer required to access ESPN on Xbox 360 or Xbox One . Dish Network added ESPN3 in April 2014 . In September 2016, ESPN3 was made available on over-the - top online video service Sling TV . </P>

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