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NBC rebrands Olympics app as NBC Sports Live Extra, promises streams for a wider athletic universe
NBC's Olympics Live Extra may have lost its original raison d'être after the flame was extinguished in London, but that doesn't mean it's time to purge the app from your phone's home screen. An update for Android and iOS users alike is giving the title new life as NBC Sports Live Extra, and the name makes it quite obvious that you'll have a lot more to watch than just biathlons and fencing. NBC expects to offer live streaming for the European PGA, LPGA, MLS, NHL, Notre Dame, PGA, Ryder Cup and other events or leagues culled from the channel formerly known as Versus. Highlights, social sharing and other side features will carry over as well. You don't have to do a thing beyond check for a new version to make the switch to the already updated apps, but you will have to subscribe to conventional TV to use them properly: NBC is requiring TV Everywhere authentication for access to most of what's on offer from NBC Sports Network and the Golf Channel.
Golf Channel brings the Sony Open in 3D to multiple providers this weekend
When we first learned the 2011 Sony Open would be shot in 3D it seemed hard to imagine anyone would be broadcasting live 3D sports by then, but now it's practically commonplace. Multichannel News points out six providers confirmed to carry Golf Channel's live 3D feed on Saturday and Sunday (check after the break for airtimes) including Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Cox Communications, Shaw Communications and Rogers Communications, while Telus also mentioned on its Twitter feed that it would carry the event. As usual, if your carrier has been in on previous Versus-like 3D events, we'd expect it on the same channel but check your local listings.
Cablevision picks up Versus, Golf Channel in HD
Following directly in the footsteps of Comcast, it looks like Cablevision has become the next carrier to add Versus HD and Golf Channel HD to its high-definition lineup. Additionally, the deal moves Golf from Cablevision's $4.95-per-month sports tier package to its iO digital lineup. Interestingly, the company's CEO even mentioned that a whopping "80-percent of its cable subscribers were embracing digital television," but neglected to mention the concentration of paying HD customers. So while hockey may be a good ways off at this point, the Cablevision golfers in the crowd will have a lot to look at in the upcoming months.
