End of Sky dish installations coming soon ?

Steve30x

I highly doubt they will end dish installation. SKY Glass and SKY Stream only have the same channel list as the SKY GO app which is missing a whole lot of channels. Unless they add all the channels that SKY+ HD and SKY Q have I don't see the end of the dish any time soon.

fman

All the talk elsewhere is that sky have secured satellite carriage for the upcoming years. But it does look like streaming is their model going forward.

The big issue will be if they abandon development of sky q. It already looks likely they will never for example add the ability the view UHD on anything other than the main box. Q is already buggy enough without being abandoned.

mcburns07

What % of Sky users are on Q? Would have thought the vast majority, surely they won't just abandon it.

fman

Maybe abandon is the wrong way to put it but much like the the way the sky hd boxes now only get critical updates. I would be pessimistic that there would be any real improvements to Q in future, in terms of both software and hardware.

Digifriendly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120085356#Comment_120085356

I guess many of these channels will be added in due course. A customer rep. in newly opened Sky Store in Belfast told me that Viaplay Sports will be added.

icdg

That would (if it happens) be for U.K. customers only. Note that Premier Sports is already available to Sky Glass customers in ROI.

Digifriendly

Is Sky Stream available in ROI?

baz9375

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120095373#Comment_120095373

not available in ROI at the minute. I have a UK one ordered to an NI address to try out - it's due to be delivered Friday. Will let you know then if it works on Irish ISP or not :-)

roarlad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120095384#Comment_120095384

Any luck?

feelings

I spoke to someone working in Sky a couple years ago and he mentioned he was trialing Sky via a streaming box. I wonder was it Stream or was he talking out his arse.

baz9375

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120133842#Comment_120133842

All working OK 😊 I’ve been using it for a week now and I’m very impressed with the service.

The NI version has the advantage of having RTE channels as well as all the UK channels – No TG4 at the minute but I’m hoping it’ll be added in the future.

I’m using in ROI (Arden/NBI) but use Smart DNS so all UK apps working ok as well as the live streaming channels.

I’ve used Getflix smart DNS service (set up on my router) for a number of years for streaming services and it works perfectly with the UK catch-up services on the Sky stream box.

I’ve tried connecting the Sky stream box without the smart DNS on and the live channels will stream but the UK catch up app services don’t.

When I stream (restart show option) without the Smart DNS the box plays Irish adverts so it looks like Sky has picked up Irish IP address.

It seems Sky just check for an Irish or UK IP address to allow streams - possibly because Sky Glass is already available here in ROI.

I paid for the initial £39.99 setup fee using Irish debit card (AIB) which went through OK and the recurring monthly payment was set up OK on the same card.

icdg

We might avoid any discussion on circumventing regional restrictions, please