By Patrick Blonigan, Newsletter Chair

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If you have a TV in your room hooked up to MIT cable, you may have noticed the alarming lack of ESPN.  But fear not, there is a way to get your fill of Sports Center and Monday Night Football here at SP (and everywhere else on campus).  Just turn on your computer and follow the steps below:

1. Make sure you have Microsoft Silverlight 5.0 installed on your computer.
2. Go to http://university.xfinity.com/
3. Click “Install and Experience” and enter your MIT kerberos ID and password when prompted to.
4. Name your device and click “submit”, you now have Xfinity!

If you already have Xfinity and it is no longer working, check out the following link, which explains how to uninstall and reinstall Xfinity step by step:

http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/display/istcontrib/Steps+to+fully+uninstall+and+reinstall+the+MIT+Xfinity+IPTV+Application

Then sit back and enjoy some ESPN and/or ESPN 2 (channels 49 and 50 or channels 849 and 850 for HD).

A number of other great channels are available, including AMC (channel 59 or channel 859 for HD), home of the critically acclaimed series “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad”, the latter of which is highly recommend by the author!