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NCAA March Madness Coming Live to iPhone

Friday March 13, 2009 8:49 am PDT by Eric Slivka

CBS has launched CBS Sports NCAA March Madness On Demand [App Store, $4.99] for the iPhone and iPod touch, offering a number of features related to "March Madness", the upcoming NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. Most notably, the application provides live video streaming of all games, but unfortunately the feature is limited to a Wi-Fi connection. Users on 3G or EDGE connections will only receive audio feeds.

Key Features:
- WI-FI LIVE VIDEO STREAMING of NCAA March Madness games from the first round to the NCAA Championship between March 19th and April 6th.
- AUDIO ONLY FOR 3G AND EDGE
- Video highlights on demand from every game
- Real time graphical bracket with updates on game match-ups, regions, and scores
- Exclusive CBSSports.com Edge Matchup game previews, including team-by-team analysis and matchup comparisons
- Breaking tournament news coverage
- Box scores, game recaps, and team stats

The application is only valid for this year's tournament and will expire on April 6th at the conclusion of the tournament.

In addition to the new iPhone application, CBS will be offering its traditional live TV coverage and free online streaming throughout the tournament.
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thacube
Posted: 42 months ago
nice, looks interesting
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TexanMan05
Posted: 42 months ago
This is actually really awesome and priced reasonably.. I'm not a big basketball fan but if they could do this for NCAA Football next season consider me a customer.
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scirica
Posted: 42 months ago
The app looks very slick, and if the video quality is top notch I think this is going to be a huge hit. I can't wait for March Madness to begin and I'm not even a really big fan...but I'll be watching now!!
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Robby
Posted: 42 months ago
Do you guys know if there is a way with a jail-broken iPhone to spoof the phone into thinking it has WIFI when it is still on 3G. I seem to remember hearing about this a while back but couldn't find anything.
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thecritix
Posted: 42 months ago
That's fantastic, I wish someone would offer a similar service for the premiership.
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wonderbread57
Posted: 42 months ago
That's freaking awesome! but what a battery killer right? Watching a whole game on the iphone? And it could be said that if you have WiFi access you most likely have a real computer around.. or a tv. In any case, if I had an iPhone I would buy this app immediately. So cool. I
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bossxii
Posted: 42 months ago
Wifi only.... kills it's appeal. As stated above if I have wifi I'll watch on my Laptop, no point unless it's 3g viewable. Nice thought though.
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t0mat0
Posted: 42 months ago
Why do people really think that 3G could really be optimal for that kind of video?

"but unfortunately the feature is limited to a Wi-Fi connection. Users on 3G or EDGE connections will only receive audio feeds."

Surely that's so there aren't lots of lost connections for starters?

Is it that hard to find a wifi connection?

Same goes with UK BBC iPlayer - doesn't mean it isn't great to have.
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SFStateStudent
Posted: 42 months ago
Gawd, makes me wanna' just hang out at the house and watch my 40" Sony Bravia LCD with Comcast HD! WiFi only:mad: Can they get a more useless app for the iPhone and still charge people $4.99...:eek:
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m-dogg
Posted: 42 months ago
well I love college basketball (go uconn!) and was disappointed to learn that I have to work at a conference on the first TH & FRI of the tournament.

just checked and confirmed the hotel has free wifi throughout so I will have to pick this up and give it a shot with my ipod touch...should be nice to get updates while traffic at the booth is slow...
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