Matt B Posted March 11, 2019 Report Share Posted March 11, 2019 We are wondering if the bars will have the CBS channel for the Big 10 basketball tournament this weekend and the various channels for the NCAA tournament that starts next week? I know our stateroom doesn't have the network channels, but has ESPN. Many of the games are on CBS, TBS, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NS8VN Posted March 11, 2019 Report Share Posted March 11, 2019 A lot of times you will get an international satellite feed for sports not on ESPN. The quality might not be full HD but you will likely have it. We watched part of the PAC-12 football championship in our room (wanted to see who the Big 10 would play in the Rose Bowl) and that was on Fox domestically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melski94 Posted March 12, 2019 Report Share Posted March 12, 2019 ESPN Caribbean is different than the US feed. We've traveled over Spring Break for the last 5 years and there are always March Madness games available to see on board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted March 12, 2019 Report Share Posted March 12, 2019 Last week on Navigator the ESPN feeds had different NCAA games. Not every single game as there are too many local or regional NCAA games. It's as much in the hands of the NCAA as it is ESPN Caribbean, assuming you are sailing in the Caribbean region. Other parts of the world have various NCAA licensing requirements. The NCAA controls their content and would take action against any ship that carried a game without their licensing fees being paid.. Let's put it this way... you probably stand a better chance of seeing NCAA Basketball on a cruise ship compared to a resort in some other country but the game carried at any given moment may not be the game you are interested in. Plan B is a tablet or computer and a Voom subscription assuming you can stream the game somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddy Posted March 12, 2019 Report Share Posted March 12, 2019 They may not be able to call it the NCAA Tournament or March Madness on the ship due to licensing restrictions. We were on Mariner for the Super Bowl, and they couldn't call it the "Super Bowl". They called it "The Big Game". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted March 12, 2019 Report Share Posted March 12, 2019 To add onto what @twangster noted, you will see some games, but not them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted March 12, 2019 Report Share Posted March 12, 2019 There was a very upset gentleman last week that a hockey game was televised instead of his NCAA team. Conversely there were some happy hockey fans enjoying that game. No pleasing everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabe Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 On 3/12/2019 at 12:39 AM, twangster said: Last week on Navigator the ESPN feeds had different NCAA games. Not every single game as there are too many local or regional NCAA games. It's as much in the hands of the NCAA as it is ESPN Caribbean, assuming you are sailing in the Caribbean region. Other parts of the world have various NCAA licensing requirements. The NCAA controls their content and would take action against any ship that carried a game without their licensing fees being paid.. Let's put it this way... you probably stand a better chance of seeing NCAA Basketball on a cruise ship compared to a resort in some other country but the game carried at any given moment may not be the game you are interested in. Plan B is a tablet or computer and a Voom subscription assuming you can stream the game somehow. Yes. If you go to CBS Sports webpage, you can stream all the games for free..March Madness on Demand. It's full HD quality, but the internet feed is about 30 sec-1 min behind the TV feed. If you have a Voom subscription, shouldn't be a problem for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baked Alaska Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 We watched the soccer World Cup last summer on our last cruise. What a blast!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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