NowTV (Sky's Netflix Equivalent) £1 a month.

Dman001

Sky are having a promo at the mo offering 3 months subscription to NowTV for £1 a month (From the already "Discounted" price of £8.99).

I signed up myself today. While the calibre of films is quite good (more "Blockbusters" on offer than Netflix), the service is far from the ease-of-use Netflix offers. Expect a few bugs and longish loading times. There is also an iPad/iPhone/Android App, however not available in the Irish iTunes/Play Store. You'll have to get access the appropriate UK stores. From what I've tried, the iPad App works better than the online experience, which isn't saying much. It also lacks the vast catalogue of content that Netflix offers, but there are some gems in there like the whole Bond collection of films.

All in all, by no means a Netflix killer, or even a worthy alternative. But for the sake of a quid, it's worth putting on top of your Netflix subscription. You also get access to the live streams of all the Sky Movie channels, and no VPNs are required to access any of the content.

Anywhoo, here's the link to the promo:
http://www.nowtv.com/promo/ps3?referrer=ps3offer&DCMP=erd_may13_NowTV_PS3offer__48

Also have a different promo, £2.50 a month for 6 months here:
http://www.nowtv.com/promo/socialoffer?referrer=socialoffer&DCMP=erd_may13_NowTV_Socialoffer__48

muffler

Looks like its not available here. The £1 instead of €1 was probably a bit of a clue

The Legal bit:

*Available on iPhone and selected Android devices.

Comparison: Comparison of online movie subscription using top UK box office films from past 18 months. See nowtv.com/compare.

Sky Movies Pass: Fees apply after Free Trial unless cancelled. Introductory price of £8.99 per month for 3 months, then £15 per month. Introductory price no longer available if you unsubscribe before month 4. You can stop renewal at any time. One Free Trial per person. Free Trial excludes Sky Sports Day Pass. Live channels not available on YouView.

Sports Day Pass: Each Pass costs £9.99. Viewing period ends 24 hours after you first watch. Pass must be redeemed within 365 days of purchase. Not available on YouView.

General: 18+. UK only. Content streamed. Requires broadband/3G (charges may apply). Register up to four compatible devices, and watch on two at the same time. Device changes limited to one per month. Some content unavailable on live channels and/or some devices. Xbox® Gold Live needed to use NOW TV on Xbox® 360.NOW TV available on compatible Roku LT and XS boxes only. HDMI cable required for higher quality viewing. You will need to create a Roku UK account to use NOW TV with Roku. See here for device compatibility requirements. For content/device restrictions read the FAQs. Full terms of service here.

Dman001

I was able to access it no problem. They even allow you to choose Ireland as a billing address. They did announce about a month ago how it would launch in Ireland soon, but never specified a date. All content plays fine (well to a degree, the site is still buggy, a known problem going by their forum), no VPNs or workaround a needed.

Ciaran_B

Probably an obvious question but do you need to be an existing Sky subscriber to get this?

3wayswitch

Ciaran_B wrote: »

Probably an obvious question but do you need to be an existing Sky subscriber to get this?

Nope.

muffler wrote: »

Looks like its not available here. The £1 instead of €1 was probably a bit of a clue

Had no problems signing up with an Irish credit card.

Prof Nincom Poop Ph.D

Requires Broadband

Thats me out.

gabbo is coming

Ps3 app?

dodzy

gabbo is coming wrote: »

Ps3 app?

From first line of the ad, in the OP LINK.....

"To celebrate the launch of the NOW TV beta on PS3™ we’re offering you this exclusive offer"

johnire

Quote:
Requires Broadband

Haha....well I certainly hope you are not relying on Sky's own Broadband to power this product !!!!!
Thanks to Sky I have been left with NO broadband whatsoever. Back in January I left UTVConnect and joined Sky-the WORST decision I ever made.
At its best I was getting speeds of about 4MB and in the last 3 weeks.....nothing!!!!!
They have been unable to resolve the issue and had no option but to release me from the contract.
I'm now waiting to get UPC.
My advice to anyone even remotely thinking about moving to them is dont.
I have no issues with their TV service-it's fine.
BTW I live in an estate in an urban area where there should be absolutly no speed or service issues. With my previous provider I had none so why now?....that's the question Sky cannot answer.

kn

In fairness you can watch good quality films online for free and a lot sooner than on the Sky Library. Plus they want to charge a tenner sterling for 24 hours sky sports when there is any amount of streaming services that do it for free.

Mimikyu

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irishbloke77

I have subscribed for the 3 months worth but it says I must download an app for using it on an iPad. This app seems to be only available in the UK and not available on the Irish apps store. Any ideas on how to get round this? Logged into the UK apps store but it says I can only buy from the Irish Apps store.

jenizzle

I had no hassle signing up, can't see the app on the xbox though - maybe that's UK only?

theteal

if you already have sky movies on demand through the Xbox, is there any benefit to this? are new releases shown sooner?




edit: i just had a quick look at the movie selection on the site, it's the exact same as the on demand section of the sky go app

d15ude

kn wrote: »

In fairness you can watch good quality films online for free and a lot sooner than on the Sky Library. Plus they want to charge a tenner sterling for 24 hours sky sports when there is any amount of streaming services that do it for free.

in fairness i never understood the tills in supermarkets.
why to people queue up on these and pay money, too.
crazy, i just walk by, much faster and it's all free!

c'mon grow up!

ComeraghBlue

i signed up. is the app already on the ps3?

Mimikyu

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irishbloke77

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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Hi, that's what I was thinking, but when I go to create a new account in the UK, it asks me for my credit card details to complete the registration and I don't see any way of bypassing that. Any ideas?

keithg89

I just signed up there but I can't find the app anywhere for the ps3. Any advice?

Dman001

I know there used to be this loophole, where if you try to download a free App on the UK iTunes Store and when it asks you to login, click setup a new account. From there, you should be able to setup an account without any payment card. As already said, if you have an iPod/iPhone/iPad it's always handy to have a US/UK account for all the various Apps!

As for the Xbox NowTV App, it is UK-only too, and I don't think setting up a Uk Xbox Live account is as straight forward as setting up a UK iTunes account. Just to note that if you are a Sky Movies subscriber, NowTV will be of no real use to you. Sky Go has all the same content. Unless of course you are desperate to have the PS3 App.

So far it seems to work fine for me. Quality can be shocking to begin with, but let it buffer for a bit and its fine. Again though, it's no Netflix.

irishbloke77

Dman001 wrote: »

I know there used to be this loophole, where if you try to download a free App on the UK iTunes Store and when it asks you to login, click setup a new account. From there, you should be able to setup an account without any payment card. As already said, if you have an iPod/iPhone/iPad it's always handy to have a US/UK account for all the various Apps!

As for the Xbox NowTV App, it is UK-only too, and I don't think setting up a Uk Xbox Live account is as straight forward as setting up a UK iTunes account. Just to note that if you are a Sky Movies subscriber, NowTV will be of no real use to you. Sky Go has all the same content. Unless of course you are desperate to have the PS3 App.

So far it seems to work fine for me. Quality can be shocking to begin with, but let it buffer for a bit and its fine. Again though, it's no Netflix.

Worked perfectly, thanks for the heads up.

kristok 2

irishbloke77 wrote: »

I have subscribed for the 3 months worth but it says I must download an app for using it on an iPad. This app seems to be only available in the UK and not available on the Irish apps store. Any ideas on how to get round this? Logged into the UK apps store but it says I can only buy from the Irish Apps store.

Just set up a free uk account in iTunes and login using that and it will switch to uk App Store

moonboy52

Whilst setting this up i came across this:

Sky TV apps hacked, all now removed from the Play Store

http://www.androidcentral.com/sky-tv-apps-hacked-all-now-removed-play-store

I am sure it is only a temporary issue.

snubbleste

Is there any reason why this would not work?
Take out a 30 day free trial and get £15 cashback
http://www.quidco.com/now-tv/

The Sparrow

Are the movies HD?

clint_silver

johnire wrote: »

Quote:
Requires Broadband

Haha....well I certainly hope you are not relying on Sky's own Broadband to power this product !!!!!
Thanks to Sky I have been left with NO broadband whatsoever. Back in January I left UTVConnect and joined Sky-the WORST decision I ever made.
At its best I was getting speeds of about 4MB and in the last 3 weeks.....nothing!!!!!
They have been unable to resolve the issue and had no option but to release me from the contract.
I'm now waiting to get UPC.
My advice to anyone even remotely thinking about moving to them is dont.
I have no issues with their TV service-it's fine.
BTW I live in an estate in an urban area where there should be absolutly no speed or service issues. With my previous provider I had none so why now?....that's the question Sky cannot answer.

And heres the other side of the coin, I got sky and bar 1 or 2 initial teething problems, couldnt be happier with my unlimited 24mb line and no download cap for 10e a month, down from 40e a month for a 3mb line from eircom.

As they dont have any engineers themselves they log a call with eircom, I started getting outages soon after moving to them, eircom called out, cabling problem, bit of jiggery pokery, all fixed. Problem was the line wasnt able to handle 24mb but I would have had that problem if Id moved to 24mb with eircom as well. All fixed now. highly recommend sky.

Id guess sky just put you at the highest bandwidth and your line just couldnt take it.

paddyp

I have a slow connection - 2mb over which netflix runs flawlessly always been amazed how well it works, just signed up and the tv now stuff on the other hand looks like a 250mb divx from the early 00's, way to highly compressed. So if you have a slow connrection I don't think I'd bother even for a euro. Its totally sub par compared to iplayer, magnet, 4od, netflix.

nedd

Can you cancel your subscription when you want?

Celly Smunt

Is this just basically the sky app on xbox for non sky subscribers?

Charlie19

This a grand bargain.
Signed up last night and watched a couple of movies using a UK account on PS3 but I couldn't set up UK Apple account, wasn't able to get past the registration of my laser card.
Well worth a £1 a month. Thanks OP

snubbleste

snubbleste wrote: »

Is there any reason why this would not work?
Take out a 30 day free trial and get £15 cashback
http://www.quidco.com/now-tv/

Yes it does work. Estimated payment of £15 is August. Just to cancel my free trial before the 30 days.

ppshay

Would this work on a Smart TV (Samsung)?

Expires in 45 mins!


Edit: I guess not


http://community.nowtv.com/t5/Community-News-Info-Feedback/Samsung-tv/m-p/105532#U105532

LynseyO wrote:
Hi Now TV, well done on increasing the number of devices that you can register. Do you have a timeframe yet for when you will be able to view NowTV on a Samsung smart TV?

Hi LynseyO,

We don't have a exact time yet, please keep an eye on the Community and our Facebook and Twitter pages, we will announce it on there.



Have a great day!



Emmy

NOW TV Team

setanta1984

Has anyone been able to download the app from google play for android device? Alternatively does anyone have the. apk?

StaticNoise

The Sky applications were hacked last weekend, so they were pulled from the app stores. They're dealing with the situation and will reload them when they can. They advise customers to uninstall them for the time being.

discombobulate

clint_silver wrote: »

And heres the other side of the coin, I got sky and bar 1 or 2 initial teething problems, couldnt be happier with my unlimited 24mb line and no download cap for 10e a month, down from 40e a month for a 3mb line from eircom.

As they dont have any engineers themselves they log a call with eircom, I started getting outages soon after moving to them, eircom called out, cabling problem, bit of jiggery pokery, all fixed. Problem was the line wasnt able to handle 24mb but I would have had that problem if Id moved to 24mb with eircom as well. All fixed now. highly recommend sky.

Id guess sky just put you at the highest bandwidth and your line just couldnt take it.

Is it not €40 extra per month? I had been holding off because I thought thats what it was and i'm paying that anyway for UPC.

Edit: I see now. They say the broadband part is €10 but you still have to pay €30 for the phone I don't need etc.

clint_silver

discombobulate wrote: »

Is it not €40 extra per month? I had been holding off because I thought thats what it was and i'm paying that anyway for UPC.

As I had sky already, when I signed up in january I think it was a first time offer to get the sky bb ball rolling. Anyone with sky was given it for 10e a month, AFAIR 17e a month if you werent with sky. Just checked and yes theyve upped it to 40e. I may see that increase too when my year is up.

even so, 40e for 24mb no cap is so much better than the limited eircom offer. they try and bundle things so you get something like 40e for 3mb line with some free calls to the moon every monday morning at 4am.

They just cant seem to grasp the concept of "I just want cheap, fast broadband with no call package please". I think Eircom are rolling out new fibre over the coming months but you need to sign up for 18 months plus 1. Its debatable that youre going to get 24mb anyway once contention sinks in and 2. If sky are doing 24mb for 40e at the very least you have no download cap with sky.



If youve got UPC I'd suggest sticking with it. I cant get UPC where I am so am restricted to broadband over phone line providors only.

setanta1984

StaticNoise wrote: »

The Sky applications were hacked last weekend, so they were pulled from the app stores. They're dealing with the situation and will reload them when they can. They advise customers to uninstall them for the time being.

aaah yes of course thanks, for some reason I blanked on this being from Sky...

batistuta9

StaticNoise wrote: »

The Sky applications were hacked last weekend, so they were pulled from the app stores. They're dealing with the situation and will reload them when they can. They advise customers to uninstall them for the time being.

that was the SEA that posted to take them down on twitter not SKY

no need to uninstall them

+ they weren't really hacked (the apps), they got access to their developers account and changed the logo & description, that's all

paddyp

setanta1984 wrote: »

Alternatively does anyone have the. apk?

+1

gussieg

Signed up, and by changing address to a uk one was able to load the nowtv app. But alas, even using VPN , it won't allow me stream over 3G . Damn. I don't have broadband.

cripesonfriday

Got this, incredibly overpriced at £8.99 per month but at a quid a month it's perfect for three months, especially for fans of Disney/Pixar or Bond. Thanks OP.

Jayop

I can't find the app on my ps3.

setanta1984

Jayop wrote: »

I can't find the app on my ps3.

I used a uk psn account to install it

Jayop

Ahh, OK. So I need to get one of my NI mates PSN account nd then it'll be in the store.

Thanks for the answer!!!!

setanta1984

Jayop wrote: »

Ahh, OK. So I need to get one of my NI mates PSN account nd then it'll be in the store.

Thanks for the answer!!!!

you don't even need to get someone else's account, you can create a new one on the psn website, making sure to use UK address then add the new account to your ps3. theres a lot of instructions to do this online, its very easy. I have made a US account too to install apps from there.

Jayop

Brilliant!! Thanks so much for that advice! Can I then watch the iPlayer/more4/Itv apps as well then??

sweetie

I player and itv are geolocked. There are ways around it.

Jayop

sweetie wrote: »

I player and itv are geolocked. There are ways around it.

Are they top secret ways or could they be shared to your boards buddies??

Charlie19

Jayop wrote: »

Are they top secret ways or could they be shared to your boards buddies??

Plenty of videos on youtube explaining the procedure, didn't try it myself but I think its something to do with changing the DNS settings.

starviewadams

Can't download the NowTV app on the Xbox with my english account,says the standard not available in your region thing.

DesperateDan

This app is pretty good thanks OP, will definitely do for 3 months, I like how they have a lot of the bond movies on it. According to the faqs official support for Ireland is coming soon so hopefully in 3 months we can sign up for another 3 months on the irish side for €2 or something!