"We wanted to let the millions of soccer fans experience the World Cup and get familiar with our great coverage on the Univision Deportes app, while informing them of the benefits of TV Everywhere included as part of their pay-TV subscription," an Univision spokesperson told Engadget about the decision to give open access up to the Round of 16. Something tells us there's going to be a good number of folks disappointed, but it was still a nice gesture for the network to allow cord-cutters to watch over 50 live games at no cost. For pay-TV subscribers, meanwhile, the Univision Deportes app will continue to function as normal.



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