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I have a new favorite app, one that figures to exist a constant companion for me in the coming weeks as I picket the Euro 2020 tournament. Information technology is PrendeTV, and information technology has vaulted to the acme of my must-take apps because information technology meshes well with 2 of my about well-established qualities — 1) I am big into soccer and 2) I am an insufferable cheapskate.

PrendeTV is a streaming app adult by Univision, a U.Due south.-based Spanish language broadcaster. Retrieve of PrendeTV every bit kind of a Spanish-language version of Pluto Television set. You'll find all sorts of channels, bringing y'all different shows, movies, novelas and reality programming — all of it in Spanish. On-need content drawing from a library of shows and movies is available for you to sentry every bit well.

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But what makes PrendeTV interesting to a fellow of my specific tastes is that information technology'due south streaming this month's UEFA Euro 2020 tournament. All told, Prende TV plans to behave 50 matches, with live streams available on its Apple TV, Amazon Burn down TV and Roku apps, as well equally its mobile apps (Android, iOS). Most importantly, PrendeTV is a free, ad-supported service, so there's no monthly subscription for me to pay, only ads to watch. And since the Euro matches are live sporting events, I'd accept to watch ads no matter what broadcaster was conveying the event.

I can't overstate the importance of PrendeTV being a gratuitous option to get my Euro 2020 fix, as in the U.S., the just other option for following the tournament requires a cablevision Tv set subscription. ESPN holds the English-language rights to the Euros in this country, and while a few matches are ambulation for free on ABC, the vast majority can be found only on ESPN and that cablevision aqueduct'southward assorted streaming apps. That means I'd have to sign up for a streaming Tv set service, go back to cablevision with my tail between my legs or pay for a VPN to pick up Euro feeds from effectually the globe.

Or at to the lowest degree, that was the example until PrendeTV came into my life.

Is there a downside to streaming the Euros on Prende? Apart from letting advertisers know that aye, I'thousand a fan of soccer, I approximate the biggest impediment is that the app's interface and the live streams themselves are in a language I last studied 34 years ago. Since my Spanish fluency begins and ends with existence able to order in restaurants and asking for directions — I tin can ask for them, just not necessarily sympathize them — it's safe to say that the play-past-play descriptions of whatsoever Euro friction match sail right over my head. I don't find this mars my enjoyment in the to the lowest degree, though your mileage may vary.

For the U.S. sports fan, Spanish language Television can often be a way to watch events that might otherwise be behind a paywall. During the English Premier League, for example, I ofttimes watched matches on Telemundo for free that would otherwise have forced me to pay for the Peacock streaming service. (I may still wind up paying for Peacock, merely for other reasons that accept little to do with sports.)

And so if yous've been stumped by how the Euros can fit into your cable-free life, requite PrendeTV a attempt. It's free, reliable, and you might just find yourself brushing up on that high school Spanish you had studied fashion back when.

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