SKy launches NOW TV

pizzahead77

Sky have officially launched their NOW TV service in Ireland

http://www.nowtv.com/ie

Sorry, seems there's another thread Although the title is confusing on it - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057733279

gerrybbadd

With the Paddy tax applied.

The entertainment pass is more than twice with the UK pay

The Caveman

but, look like uk only?

pizzahead77

The Caveman wrote: »

but, look like uk only?

No, been in the Uk for years, only just launched in Ireland

Sky Sports monthly pass £34 in the UK. €50 here. Currently £34 = €40, so its a fair mark up.

cc

Is nowtv streamed in HD?

Kristopherus

Deleted User wrote: »

Sky Sports monthly pass £34 in the UK. €50 here. Currently £34 = €40, so its a fair mark up.

Its a bloody rip-off no matter what way you look at it:mad:.

1huge1

Think they will have to do a bit better on price to get people to switch from Netflix.

coylemj

The attraction of Now TV in Ireland would be for people who want to watch the odd event on Sky Sports (e.g. the British Open golf) but do not want to subscribe to Sky Sports all year round for which Virgin Media will charge you >€40 p.m.

If you pay for Now TV in the UK, one of the ways you can access it is via Apple TV because there is a Now 'channel' on Apple TV if you login with a UK iTunes userid but for some reason, Now have stated that they will not support Apple TV (or Chromecast) for Irish subscribers which means you can't watch it on your TV without the Now TV box.

vrt12

There's a now tv app on the xbox one

Former Former

cc wrote: »

Is nowtv streamed in HD?

720p. Not really noticeable watching TV shows but a definite drop in quality vs HD when watching sports.

newleaf

Working OK on iPad 2 but Airplay not working to get it to TV. Working OK on Android App on the Acer Chromebook R11 but won''t work on ordinary Chromebooks or Chromebox; having issues with it on Windows 7 laptop; and won't work on UK sourced NowTV box, even though it's basically the same box -- must be some sort of geoblocking software/firmware. €25 for new 'Dublin Box' as the Sky guy called it when he told me UK box won't work here.

eirman

Will the Irish Now TV box have the RTE Player etc ?

Dave..M

eirman wrote: »

Will the Irish Now TV box have the RTE Player etc ?

It will need a ROKU app which currently doesn't exist, maybe SKY will help them port their app over though as it would greatly improve the catch up offering of the box which is a large aspect of the UK variant

Kristopherus

Kristopherus wrote: »

Its a bloody rip-off no matter what way you look at it:mad:.

My 'it's a fair mark up' comment was probably a bit misleading. Didn't mean it was actually fair (RoI prices for Now TV). Looking at the current €£ exchange rate the RoI prices are quite a bit above where they should be.

testicles

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lgs 4

Deleted User wrote: »

My 'it's a fair markup' comment was probably a bit misleading. Didn't mean it was actually fair (RoI prices for Now TV). Looking at the current €£ exchange rate the RoI prices are quite a bit above where they should be.

What can you expect its Sky rip-off merchants?

Pyro66

newleaf wrote: »

Working OK on iPad 2 but Airplay not working to get it to TV. Working OK on Android App on the Acer Chromebook R11 but won''t work on ordinary Chromebooks or Chromebox; having issues with it on Windows 7 laptop; and won't work on UK sourced NowTV box, even though it's basically the same box -- must be some sort of geoblocking software/firmware. €25 for new 'Dublin Box' as the Sky guy called it when he told me UK box won't work here.

newleaf... do you think that the problem with using Now TV here on a UK Now TV box is related to the account being Irish or UK, or related to the Irish IP address? Or might it be something else - e.g. bank a/c location??? Any ideas?

Have you tried connecting via a UK IP (VPN or Proxy)? Note that Netflix block use via known VPN exit points. If you don't know, I may be able to test next weekend via Northern Ireland and / or London VPNs.

icdg

Okay, we are going into discussing circumventing regional restrictions territory here, which is not allowed

Pyro66

ICDG... Why is discussing this not allowed? I don't believe that it's either illegal or immoral.

Re Now TV / Sky, charging consumers more in one EU jurisdiction than in another for the same goods or service might be considered (by some) to be immoral, unfair, and a bit of a rip off.

I note that Now TV are advertising on Boards so presumably helping fund the service. I hope that this would not influence the moderators judgement.

coylemj

Pyro66 wrote: »

Re Now TV / Sky, charging consumers more in one EU jurisdiction than in another for the same goods or service might be considered (by some) to be immoral, unfair, and a bit of a rip off.

+1 The principal of the 'single market' (per the Maastricht agreement) doesn't seem to apply when it comes to TV streaming service.

You can expect a kick in the behind for the first and third paragraphs in your post.

icdg

Pyro66, discussion of moderation is forbidden throughout Boards.

Your insinuation is completely unwarranted, you are well aware that all moderators on Boards.ie (except Staff) do not get one cent in payment and do this as volunteers in our spare time.

I am extremely minded to give you a straight ban given the gravity of the offence. As it is you may stand warned that if you continue to pursue any on thread discussion of moderation you will be banned for one week.

Pyro66

I wasn't suggesting that you personally were receiving any benefit.

Without prejudice, I believe that this if anything, would relate to a breach of contract and not to a criminal act. This is always for a Court to decide.

icdg

Pyro66 banned for a week for not heeding my warning.

Mycro

icdg wrote: »

Your insinuation is completely unwarranted, you are well aware that all moderators on Boards.ie (except Staff) do not get one cent in payment and do this as volunteers in our spare time.

I am extremely minded to give you a straight ban given the gravity of the offence. As it is you may stand warned that if you continue to pursue any on thread discussion of moderation you will be banned for one week.

I'm not one for off-topic chat, but please read posts properly before ranting. There was no insinuation that you were receiving any benefit personally from advertisers. The question was whether or not sponsorship influences editorial (moderation) decisions. It's a valid question.

Moderators would be minded to re-read posts before firing back at posters thus helping keep boards a friendly place.

testicles

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Johnboy1951

Pyro66 wrote: »

Without prejudice, I believe that this if anything, would relate to a breach of contract and not to a criminal act. This is always for a Court to decide.

You will find that the interpretation of some behaviours vary considerably across Boards.

On some boards it seems that breaking the terms of service is regarded very seriously while on other boards it appears to be 'acceptable' for discussion.

A poster needs to be very aware on which board s/he is posting.

icdg

Having formed a view that the thread will not return to topic, it is now being closed.

Testicles also banned for 48 hours for the content of his post. The others who posted above, discussion of moderation is not allowed anywhere on boards and take warnings please.