Category: TV Programs

  • Watching the World Cup Online If You Are Outside of the United States

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Operation Gadget is a U.S. website, and a lot of what we talk about is focused on the products and services that are available in the United States. But some of our readers are outside the United States and Canada. Therefore we try to present information relevant to international readers whenever…

  • Watching the World Cup on the Univision Deportes App on iOS

    Reading Time: 4 minutes For the 2014 World Cup games up to the Quarterfinal Round, the Univision Deportes app for iOS can be an alternative to paying for a cable television subscription to watch the World Cup on the networks of ESPN or the WatchESPN app. (Univision Deportes means “Univision Sports” in Spanish.) Operation Gadget…

  • WatchESPN on iOS Puts “Replay” Tab in a Different Place Than on Apple TV

    Reading Time: 2 minutes The flurry of articles about WatchESPN that we published on Wednesday resulted in Twitter and Facebook conversations with a bunch of readers. The question that kept coming up; Basically, “Where are the ‘Tactical Cam’ videos in the iOS app?” was articulated by Ashi Sagati in this tweet: @daveaiello yah it wasnt…

  • Watching The World Cup On-Line Using WatchESPN or Univision Deportes

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Earlier today, I talked about the hidden features of WatchESPN that benefit U.S. soccer fans who want to watch the 2014 World Cup. Since then, people have been asking me questions like “Yea, but who gets to see WatchESPN, and can I see it if I’m a cord cutter?” Some of…

  • The End of an Era in Televised Hockey

    Reading Time: 2 minutes When the Stanley Cup was awarded to the Los Angeles Kings on Friday night, an era ended in Canada. The CBC drew the curtain on its last in-house production of a Hockey Night in Canada telecast. The program lasted for 62 years, from November 1, 1962 to June 14, 2014. Why…

  • CBS News to Stream Video from Day John F. Kennedy was Assassinated as it Happened

    Reading Time: < 1 minute CBS News will air video of coverage from November 22, 1963 as it happened today. Coverage begins at 1:38 EST, http://t.co/TvIgBQj1NH #JFK50 — OperationGadget (@OperationGadget) November 22, 2013 Kudos to CBSNews.com for streaming video of the kinescope recordings of live coverage of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, a tragedy…

  • iHeartRadio Publishes Holiday TV Guide 2013

    Reading Time: < 1 minute My brother Scott pointed out this handy Holiday TV Guide 2013 published by our friends at iHeartRADIO.  The festivities begin on November 26 at 8:00pm Eastern Time with, surprisingly, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. On Thanksgiving night, November 28, ABC is showing: A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving at 8:00 pm Eastern Lady Gaga & The…

  • Expansion of NHL Outdoor Games Confirmed; Predicted Here in 2008

    Reading Time: 2 minutes You may have seen that the NHL announced two outdoor hockey games at Yankee Stadium next season, including the game between the New Jersey Devils and the New York Rangers scheduled for Sunday, January 26, 2014, and a game between the New York Islanders and the Rangers on Wednesday, January 29.…

  • ESPN E:60 Calls Attention to Dangers of Indoor Air Quality at Ice Arenas

    Reading Time: 2 minutes The ESPN program E:60 recently reported on the dangers posed by improperly tuned ice resurfacing equipment and ventilation problems in indoor ice arenas. This 13-minute long report claims that in 28 rinks that they tested that used propane or natural gas ice resurfacers, “nearly one-third were found to have dangerous levels…