A different first world issue: no ESPN on Charter/Spectrum!

Amazon sport do a lot of tennis as part of their prime membership. At least, here in the uk.

this is what we had to do.

Spectrum seems to be making a lot of people angry. Patter has just cut the cord with them and gone over to YTTV.

Yeah, I'm mostly pissed off that I no longer get my local ABC news.  All the other local news broadcasts are pretty much unwatchable for me.  

Spectrum updated the info on the blank channel to say that Disney pulled this on Youtube TV, Sling and Dish (?).  I really think this is going to be the end of cable as we know it if Spectrum doesn't cave.  Cable companies will not offer "a la carte"/pick your own channels.  That's why all these TV streaming services were created.

I guess I need to add up all the "a la carte" apps to see what the monthly damage will be on top of internet.

Not sure about that.......maybe....but I don't have Spectrum internet.  Ours is AT&T.  I do the ESPN+ as part of the Disney/Hulu/ESPN bundle.   
The college games being blocked on that particular app may have more to do with the NCAA and where the games are located and what markets you are watching in than the Spectrum battle of the moment.   

I was surprised when we found out some things were blacked out, because we thought games were on ESPN, so games would stream on the plus app. Not always the case.  But all I am familiar with on there is college football.  If I were a sports aficionado, I would check on other sports before I switched to just ESPN+.

It is so annoying. There have been similar problems with dish and direct tv and various stations over the years. We switched back to spectrum from dish because they were the best way to watch local sports. But now most of the channels that Dh and the kids watch are out unless they make an agreement. There has to be a better way.

Sports are what we missed the most when we cut the cord. I watch a baseball game most days of the season through the MLB app, and I pay a premium for that, but there are some games not on the app that other providers carry (like ESPN) so we have lots of different apps loaded so I can catch as many as possible. And as mcjunkin indicated some games are blocked out regionally so before you guys make a decision call and confirm that the main teams you’ll want to watch will be available to you through whatever provider/app you choose. DH does soccer through a million different apps because they’re on the NBC Network. Basketball is our biggest issue because our team isn’t on TV nationally that much and we’re blocked from viewing because we live in the region.

Here is a link on the SEC site and they’ll tell you who carries the games. But again, make sure your favorite teams won’t be blocked for you. AT&T Now, Sling, Hulu and YouTube seem to be the ones that stream the games SEC Network. Eta: but if the game is televised nationally whoever is televising it might own the rights to it. ABC, ESPN and CBS will be carrying some of the games. 

This is why we went with spectrum in the first place.  They were one of the only ones to carry Bally Sports North.

YouTube TV is the way to go. You get local channels plus cable channels as well and it's much cheaper than cable.

I share an account with my sister because you can have 6 logins so it's a win/win for us both!

So you can share with someone who does not live with you?  I just looked at Youtube TV and it says this so I'm not sure:

Check into Hulu Live. They have all our local channels, a ton of ESPN channels, and loads more. If you go to the website and enter your zipcode, it will show you the channel lineup for your area. They are adding channels all the time! We love it. And you get Hulu Streaming as well.

I did a week trial of FuboTV as soon as charter and Disney blanked out in the middle of tennis. We were ready to ditch cable anyway, this definitely decided it for us. Fubo is known for all its sports channels, this sports lover in in heaven.

My plan is to check out other streamers thru free trials and decide which we like best. Though I had no idea you could share YouTube tv. That’d be a huge benefit

Spectrum is the only option in the town I moved to this year. I already hated it before the Disney blackout. I frequently have problems with buffering. The worst was when the broadcasts of the Super Bowl and the NCAA basketball final constantly cut in and out and the sound was not synched with the picture. Fortunately I don't watch much sports except when my boyfriend is here. I watch a lot of streaming with Roku.

In my former town I was able to use a Cablevision cable card with TiVo, which I loved. I had to give up TiVo when I moved because Spectrum does not provide cable cards (which are no longer mandated by the FTC). The Spectrum cloud DVR sucks

Yep, we had the same issue with Spectrum. We could not even watch ESPN+ or anything that we paid for additional via streaming that was affiliated with Disney. Hubby couldn't watch his Formula One, and that was the last straw. We officially cut the cord yesterday. I dropped off all of the boxes, and we are done. We now have You Tube TV with Acron add on and Philo to get all of the channels we love. It is saving us about $100 a month.

The only thing we aren't used to is how to find all of our shows--is it on Amazon Prime, Britbox, Philo, YouTube TV? I told hubby we may need to make a list. Philo and YouTube TV have a guide/live so that is helpful too.