What if Facetime was integrated into the TV in a way that friends could watch a football game together?

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For example, if a user watches a highlight from a football game within the ESPN Twitter stream, they could receive a recommendation to also watch highlights from the post-game press conference.

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Other advances would enable a user to watch an entire live football game without delay.

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The big game may be a day away, but fans will file into the stands this afternoon to watch some of their favorite celebrities compete in a football game taking place on over one million pounds of sand.

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Ask a parent with two kids under 10 to watch an entire football game with you sometime.

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Microsoft announced a partnership with ESPN, for instance, that lets people watch the BCS college football championship game over Xbox Live.

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