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Tuesday 13 March 2018
Shhh! How to stream March Madness when the boss isn’t around

By ANICK JESDANUN
AP Technology Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — March
Madness begins Tuesday.
And that may mean strat-
egizing to sneak in some
games when the boss isn’t
looking.
Fortunately for you —
though not your boss —
all 67 games in the NCAA
men’s basketball tourna-
ment will be available on-
line. Many of the games,
including the Final Four, will
require a password through
your cable or satellite TV
subscription.
Among the changes this
year: a special stream to
get the hot moments live
when multiple games are
played simultaneously dur-
ing the first round. There are
also new ways to subscribe
to online TV packages,
which stream many of the This undated product image provided by Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. shows March Madness Live on a laptop. The men’s
channels you’d get from a college basketball tournament begins Tuesday, March 13, 2018.
cable subscription. Associated Press
Here’s a viewer’s guide: or a subscription to one site will have a “boss but- month. Dish’s Sling TV costs Zone or the Olympics’ Gold
of those cable-like online ton.” One click replaces $25, but doesn’t come with Zone. It’s available through
HAPPY STREAMING packages. the game with a fake CBS. A sports-focused ser- the March Madness app
The best places to watch: You’ll need a password screenshot of a search vice, fuboTV, has CBS but on various devices and
http://www.ncaa.com/ for the remaining games, engine, spreadsheet or not the Turner networks, so browsers.
marchmadness or the which are split among the PowerPoint-like app — your strike that. With Hulu, you can choose
NCAA March Madness Live Turner-owned cable chan- choice, but set it up ahead Even services that include your favorite teams, and
app. All the games will be nels — TBS, TNT and truTV. of time. CBS might not offer the lo- its live-TV service will send
there, regardless of where That includes the semifinals cal CBS station where you phone alerts and auto-
they are televised. and championship game, NO PASSWORD? live. Check before you sub- matically record games in-
CBS is televising 21 games, known collectively as the Consider subscribing to an scribe by entering your ZIP volving those teams. Those
including two of the quar- Final Four. There’s a three- online television package. code. To get CBS, you can with the basic Hulu service,
terfinals. hour grace period on most There are some new ones also subscribe to All Access without the live channels,
These games won’t require devices. since last year’s tourna- or use an antenna. will get condensed versions
a cable or satellite pass- Games also will be avail- ment, including Google’s of games after they end.
word. To view on a stream- able on individual apps for YouTube TV and Hulu with KEEPING UP
ing device such as Apple TBS, TNT and truTV — again Live TV, joining AT&T’s Direc- With Vue on a PlayStation HEARING IT
TV, Roku or Fire TV, you with a password. TV Now and Sony’s PlaySta- 4 device, you can watch Westwood One’s radio
need a $6-a-month sub- On desktops and laptops, tion Vue from before. The three channels on the coverage of all games will
scription to CBS All Access,
the March Madness web- services cost $35 or $40 a same screen at once. This be available with no pass-
means you can keep up word needed. You can
with games being televised also get this on Amazon’s
simultaneously on different Echo devices by asking the
channels, or have a talk Alexa digital assistant for
show taking up one of the the score.
three streams. Vue offers
just one game at a time on VIRTUAL REALITY
other devices. Intel will be producing
The March Madness app some games in virtual real-
on Apple TV also offers ity. This time, it’ll work with
three games simultaneous- Google Daydream head-
ly, up from two last year. sets as well, not just Sam-
Otherwise, you can have sung’s Gear VR. Details
multiple browser tabs open on prices and the specific
or watch simultaneously on games haven’t been an-
a phone and a personal nounced yet.
computer. Keep in mind that VR is no
A new feature called replacement for television;
Fast Break will switch from TV can get you much clos-
game to game automati- er to the action with cam-
cally during the first round, era zooms than VR, which
depending on the action. typically anchors you in a
It’s similar to the NFL Red- fixed location.q