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Posted on 3/21/26 at 3:09 pm to
Posted by Elvis Parsley
Red Stuck
Member since Jan 2004
737 posts
Posted on 3/21/26 at 3:09 pm to
I've had more issues with ESPN that all other streaming apps combined.
Posted by SteveLSU35
Shreveport
Member since Mar 2004
15021 posts
Posted on 3/21/26 at 3:09 pm to
I’ve got the Disney on plus espn bundle. I’ve started watching everything through Disney plus app. Easier to find lacrosse games and random football games without all the crap the op is talking about.
Posted by Stexas
SWLA
Member since May 2013
6988 posts
Posted on 3/21/26 at 3:57 pm to
I had the same issue OP has until espn unlimited and I use the Disney app now and works every time.
Posted by MikeTheTiger11
Sip
Member since Sep 2023
788 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 12:54 pm to
I've been dealing with this for every game I've tried to watch this season. I have to log out of my youtube tv account and log back in to be able to watch a game or it orders me to "re-authenticate".

Is there a fix to this? I've deleted and re-installed the app before, and it happens on both TVs in the house (one samsung the other not)
Posted by LSUJML
Central
Member since May 2008
54603 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 1:00 pm to
Do you have You Tube tv?
I do & have to re-authenticate every time
Quick Google search shows it happens a lot with YT tv subscribers
Posted by MikeTheTiger11
Sip
Member since Sep 2023
788 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 1:02 pm to
I do have youtube tv but it looks like it happens to a lot more providers than just that. Glad I'm not the only one but it's frustrating that it's become an issue this year.
Posted by The Mick
Member since Oct 2010
45097 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 1:04 pm to
So frustrating. If I watch LSU baseball series, I need to authenticate Friday/Saturday/Sunday. Insanity.
Posted by Kattail
Member since Aug 2020
4208 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 2:55 pm to
quote:

I have to completely log out and reauthenticate with my provider every time I use the app... didn't have to do that until recently


Every single time. Ugh!
Posted by Kool Kaliper
Mansfield, TX
Member since Nov 2018
3599 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 3:16 pm to
It's shitty, if I didn't bleed purple and gold, I would get rid up ESPN immediately.
Posted by habz007
New Orleans
Member since Nov 2007
4964 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 3:21 pm to
Always and now MLB app is wrapped up in this shite. I HATE that they partnered up.

I live in New Orleans region. I’ve never signed in elsewhere. Yet somehow it doesn’t believe I’m at home at times. Technology was supposed to make things easier. Not more bullshitty.
This post was edited on 4/8/26 at 3:25 pm
Posted by clamdip
Rocky Mountain High
Member since Sep 2004
21463 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 3:26 pm to
I have YouTubeTV and yes it's an adventure every time I try to watch a game on my phone's ESPN app.
Posted by GooseCreekMafia
Member since Jun 2017
994 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 4:21 pm to
I have to log out and log back in every single time I watch a game on the app. Doesn’t matter if it’s on my phone or TV
Posted by LSUJML
Central
Member since May 2008
54603 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 4:28 pm to
2 weeks ago when the LSU game ended I went to watch another SEC game & it tried to make me log back in
I just turned it off
Posted by TopWaterTiger
Lake Charles, LA
Member since May 2006
12307 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 4:35 pm to
I ended up cancelling my subscription over it. I tried everything. Reset my tv, uninstalled the app, re-installed it, etc. Still won't work on my tv or on my phone. Phone would tell me I'm blacked out in my area. So I said F off and cancelled my subscription. I only used it during baseball season mostly anyway.
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
46358 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 4:40 pm to
Go to your settings and make sure your TV Provider is set up in the app. I have had at least one weird experience where I had to authenticate a few times, and when I checked, it was not set up properly in my app.

This was shortly after I changed TV providers, and it defaulted back to my previous provider. Once I signed off from the old provider and set up the new one, it didn't do that regularly anymore, though I do think it might if you don't use it on a device for a long time.
Posted by Jauquismos
Member since Jul 2023
587 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 4:57 pm to
The App is pure garbage for Iphone and apple tv. Written several emails to voice my displeasure. They make me re log in every single time. dics.
Posted by Icansee4miles
Trolling the Tickfaw
Member since Jan 2007
32167 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 5:03 pm to
It’s because The Mouse is trying to bully you into his streaming service and get rid of that YTT fly in their ointment
Posted by Indefatigable
Member since Jan 2019
36910 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 8:40 pm to
I’ll never understand why every other streaming app can operate seamlessly without having to re-authenticate/login.

ESPN’s apps and websites are in general terrible though in basically every way.
Posted by minvielle
Youngsville, LA
Member since Nov 2014
5088 posts
Posted on 4/9/26 at 8:42 am to
Posted by thunderbird1100
GSU Eagles fan
Member since Oct 2007
72175 posts
Posted on 4/9/26 at 8:44 am to
quote:

I’ll never understand why every other streaming app can operate seamlessly without having to re-authenticate/login.



This, ESPN is the ONLY streaming app I have to re-login every other fricking time it seems like. Highly frustrating
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