Developer of iPhone content, CBS Sports Mobile has created an app that will allow fans to be able to tune into their mobile devices in to watch basketball, beginning with the NCAA Men’s College Basketball Championship that is also known as part of NCAA March Madness, a traditional time of sports in the United States. Past apps had been very successful at bringing fans to watch the content of the CBS Sports coverage, but the problem had been that there was only Wi Fi connectivity offered which was not always available to a large number of fans in the US where coverage is not yet wide spread outside of major urban metro areas. To combat this in their offering of live streaming video broadcasts of the games, the CBS Sports team set to work coming up with a way to connect fans through other mediums and now the app is much improved over its previous incarnations.
This time, fans will be able to view the games by using the AT&T Edge network which so many US iPhone users are subscribed to, as well as the 3G Network or Wi-Fi - basically any network compatible with the iPhone. The app will function by offering the games live on demand and can stream a total of over 60 different games that begin at the first round level and go straight to the Final Four games that are the peak of the competitions. When multiple games are airing at the same time, users will be able to switch back and forth between them. The video is expected to be crisp, but may experience certain slow downs depending upon the quality of the internet connection at any given time.