Sports online subscription

conor.hogan.2 · 26-09-2010 1:09pm #1

Hi.

Does Sky or anybody else offer a Netflix/Hulu like service online for the sky sports channels and Espn and other sports channels?

Essentially to buy and to add to Hulu and Netflix to completely replace an actual TV subscription and licence.

Spear · 26-09-2010 3:27pm

conor.hogan.2 wrote: »

Hi.

Does Sky or anybody else offer a Netflix/Hulu like service online for the sky sports channels and Espn and other sports channels?

Essentially to buy and to add to Hulu and Netflix to completely replace an actual TV subscription and licence.

There's Sky Player:

http://skyplayer.sky.com/vod/page/default/home.do

conor.hogan.2 · 26-09-2010 8:17pm

So the pub it is then for all sports?

They only allow per show rentals for all the proper channels online unless you are a tv subscriber, so its not good enough.

Spear · 26-09-2010 8:32pm

conor.hogan.2 wrote: »

So the pub it is then for all sports?

They only allow per show rentals for all the proper channels online unless you are a tv subscriber, so its not good enough.

There's Sky Player only packages available that don't need the TV component

http://skyplayer.sky.com/aboutskyplayer/online-tv-packages.html

conor.hogan.2 · 27-09-2010 7:51pm

Oh... what I saw excluding the main sky sports channels.

But for 50 euro I would be cheaper going pub.

Cheers.

NunianVonFuch · 02-10-2010 4:25pm

One part in the small print that may be of interest is that you can use up to 4 computers and one "other" (Xbox 360 or TV streaming device). So if you have a few mates you could split the cost 5 ways and only pay a tenner.

conor.hogan.2 · 02-10-2010 4:34pm

nice thinking - i might give that a go.

Spear · 02-10-2010 5:39pm

NunianVonFuch wrote: »

One part in the small print that may be of interest is that you can use up to 4 computers and one "other" (Xbox 360 or TV streaming device). So if you have a few mates you could split the cost 5 ways and only pay a tenner.

Won't quite work, there's no simultaneous multiple logins possible.

conor.hogan.2 · 02-10-2010 5:53pm

hhm ye good point - is that tested tho?

Maybe they only let one instance of an account be logged in at a time - but I doubt that enforce that?

Spear · 02-10-2010 6:51pm

conor.hogan.2 wrote: »

hhm ye good point - is that tested tho?

Maybe they only let one instance of an account be logged in at a time - but I doubt that enforce that?

It's enforced.

conor.hogan.2 · 02-10-2010 7:13pm

Ah well - pub it is then for any sport I wanna see.

NunianVonFuch · 04-10-2010 3:57pm

Spear wrote: »

Won't quite work, there's no simultaneous multiple logins possible.

Found that out the hard way at the weekend, right before the whole service crashed under the strain of the Ryder Cup and the Arsenal v Chelsea match. Tried to watch both streams at the same time and it rejected the 2nd login. Pub it'll be for me too, no point in the service if anytime there's actually something you want to watch on it it crashes! They have an apology up on their blog: http://blogs.skyplayer.sky.com/announcements/Post:bad8a112-43de-4fca-92b5-7309bbb615a7

Also if you use it on the web it registers you as a new device everytime. It only allows 4 different devices per month, so if you want to watch it more than 4 times a month you can't. :mad: Because I lost internet connection during viewing, I got a new IP which the player sees as new device. So I'm locked out of it now I until the end of the month. What a farce!

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