Kinda OT: Watching M Football overseas

Submitted by LewanHatesDonkeys on

General question as the season gets closer.

 

Currently stationed in S. Korea and looking for the best way to watch games.  Armed Forces Network to my knowledge doesn't provide BTN.  Is it worth sending an email to the to see what they can do or are the pirated streams my best option?  Anyone have experience watchin games in other countries that may be of any help?  Thank you!

goblueram

July 6th, 2015 at 4:46 AM ^

I'm interested in any advice here as well.  I'll be watching some games overseas for the first time, and of course it is in my first year buying season tickets as an alum...funny how these things work out. 

I have heard the "slingbox" is a good option, if you have a cable setup in the US you can use. 

MGoPhysics

July 6th, 2015 at 5:22 AM ^

For the past ~3 years, I've used a vpn and then logged into a comcast account (you need to know someone or have your own) which allows for streaming of btn and espn among other things.  You might not even need the vpn, but I had better success with it.  There are usually streams available, but the quality can be poor.  NBCsports might have even have had a free stream of the ND game.   I've always been able to find a stream, sometimes with a little more searching needed.

It's not watching, but as a last resort mgoblue always has an audio stream, which has better announcing anyway.

LDNfan

July 6th, 2015 at 6:02 AM ^

I've used this http://www.rajangan.me/category/american-football but the quality can be sketchy and all of the popups at the beginning are beyond annoying. Yet, it has worked for the most part.

Bigger issue for me is the time difference...esp. with all of the night games that end up being 2am games here. Really hard to have a life if you are up from 2-5am watching football..and REALLY sucks if the team loses..which, yeah has happened a few times over the last couple of years. 

I'd like a way to watch a recording of the games the next day...just would mean avoiding this place for a few hours. 

NFG

July 6th, 2015 at 6:41 AM ^

AFN at random shows college football from any network. We had BTN in Iraq but it varied on what games. I know AFN use to have votes on which games to broadcast.




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Stevedez

July 6th, 2015 at 7:11 AM ^

My sister has Dish Network and that allows me to use the BTN2GO app and the Dish Anywhere app by logging in with her account. Dish has a slingbox built into the receiver. For games I don't watch live, I can set it to record from here. Works great. I used to use the common streaming sites, but they were hit and miss on quality. ESPN has an international app that allows you to purchase a subscription, but if you have Dish, it doesn't make sense to spend money on it.

I have been overseas for 10+ years and have always found a way to watch games live. Timing of night games isn't the best, but that just means your Sunday is a sleep in day, which mine normally are.

The Mad Hatter

July 6th, 2015 at 8:19 AM ^

So the OP joins the military to protect our freedoms and way of life and the AF doesn't even provide him with a way to watch Michigan football games?

They really should be required to inform you of BS like that before you sign up.  I mean, you're stationed in a first world country with outstanding infrastructure, not some desert shit-hole in the middle of nowhere.  BTN should really be provided.

In fact, BTN should be providing their network to AFN free of charge.

If you can't figure it out by the Utah game, fuck it, go AWOL.

Mabel Pines

July 6th, 2015 at 8:34 AM ^

fly him back to see the games in person.  That stealth bomber thing is pretty fast.  Can't OP take a ride?  Would it fit him and a cooler?  When you work for big companies, they sometime let you borrow their modes of transportation.  Quit being so cheap, government!

Sports

July 6th, 2015 at 9:12 AM ^

I used firstrow sports when I lived in Europe, but the quality was variable and it wasn't helped by my shit internet connection. From what I've heard, sling box is the way to go, assuming you have the hardware capability and budget for it.




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late night BTB

July 6th, 2015 at 10:03 AM ^

real time: use myp2p or firstrow sports. Stream quality will be an issue.

not real time: media blackout and download the torrent when you wake up.

If you're not in the Americas, games will be on well into Saturday evening (Europe) or way early Sunday morning (ME/Asia). Don't mess up your social life/sleep schedule for a football game. DL the torrent as you're making breakfast/banging the hot piece, and by the time you're finished, you can watch it, commercial free.

You're welcome. 

sdono158

July 6th, 2015 at 10:13 AM ^

back in 2012 and I was able to watch BTN2GO. You just need a cable or satellite login. I belive watch ESPN only works in the USA but you can download a VPN software that will be give you a US ip address and you should be good to go.

Wolverine Abroad

July 6th, 2015 at 10:27 AM ^

Hiya,

I am a first time poster, though been reading for just over a year.  I find vipbox.bix/football ok, they show lot's of games, but it depends on who is watching them in the US.  The picture quality varies from HD to poor.  The only problem I have is with the Pop-ups when you first log-in. They are either betting shops or porn.  Once you first select the game, they tend to be alright and not repetitive. 

There are some other good responses here that I will defo try this fall.

Go Blue!

 

UM Indy

July 6th, 2015 at 10:51 AM ^

I'm very interested in this topic as well.  Will be in London for opener, first time being abroad for a Michigan game.  The trick with that game is Fox Sports 1.  I've heard the mobile app is crap.  It will be 1:30 in the AM at kickoff so bars will be closed and even if they were open not sure they would have that channel.  I has a concern.

Ray

July 6th, 2015 at 11:08 AM ^

I lived in Europe 2011-2014 and found Slingbox to be the gold standard and the expat sports fan's best friend.  Not only was it like watching TV in the States, but we were able to DVR programming remotely and then stream it at our time, which was a great solution to the time zone problem.

Downside is cost.  Depending on the cable/satellite hookup options at the host end, you could be paying for a lot of programming that you may (probably) don't care about.  

I have Comcast here in the US and have had varying degrees of success with their remote access service for channels like BTN.   Sometimes it works great, but more times than not it doesn't.

jbibiza

July 6th, 2015 at 11:20 AM ^

ESPN Player "NCAA College Pass" has many of our games (and lots of other good ones). It costs 22 euros per month or 120 for the year (which I get because they have a lot of our BB games)

For the BTN games I have used several P2P networks over the years. Most have been shut down and the quality was always meh.  This year I have switched to  http://www.fanslounge.tv/    and the quality is much better.  This one would be my second choice: http://www.gofeed2all.eu/type/football.html

Good Luck!

kyeblue

July 6th, 2015 at 11:55 AM ^

The best way to watch Michigan game is espn3 and BTN2GO. 

you will need two things.

1. a VPN account that you can link to a US based server. I paid about 50$ a year for a VPN service when i was there. 

2. a subscription to a cable network in US. My verizon FIOS account somehow continued working when I was in HK even I have stopped the service. Otherwise, find a friend or relative who don't mind to share their password with you.

 

 

 

Skip.Carey

July 6th, 2015 at 11:58 AM ^

I've spent 4 years in the Middle East and I would honestly say AFN covered 85% of the Michigan games. The other 15% I picked up on first row sports. I've also heard nothing but good tbings about sling box for overseas watching as well.

Steve in PA

July 6th, 2015 at 2:09 PM ^

KODI plus Amazon Firestick or a tablet should get you everything. A Dish/DirecTV login will almost guarantee it.

 

There's a small learning curve with kodi but if you are on here you should be able to figure it out.