Sky's Now TV confirmed to launch in Ireland

Tigerandahalf · 06-05-2017 06:50PM

joebloggs32 wrote: »

Not going to cancel as long as I can use the UK service. Won't pay the paddy prices though if my account is shut down.

But does buying a monthly pass on ebay mean that you don't have to cancel as it is for just 1 month?

Or do you have to cancel no matter what?

joebloggs32 · 06-05-2017 08:37PM

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

But does buying a monthly pass on ebay mean that you don't have to cancel as it is for just 1 month?

Or do you have to cancel no matter what?

If i don't buy a pass it will roll over into next month, which will be debited from my visa card. The eBay passes work out cheaper than paying now TV, and secondly I don't want a payment from an Irish visa card that might trigger a red flag on the account.

icdg · 06-05-2017 09:06PM

Pyro66 wrote: »

Is it possible to get a BT Sports in Ireland in any way apart from through having the full blown Eir (or Vodafone??) subscription? In our house, we're just interested in the occasional rugby match. None of us are interested in Premiership soccer which is probably setting the ridiculous price for these sports packages.

You can pay ?25 per month for the Eir Sport pack on its own, but you'll need a satellite dish, Sky digibox and viewing card in order to make use of it.

jdk01 · 10-05-2017 06:47AM

There is talk about Sky Q in 2018 becoming an internet based service, which is hardware agnostic.

Perhaps the NOW TV pricing is being set artificially high to acclimatise us to the future pricing of this new potential SKY Q service, while limiting its use in order to test the fundamentals of running Internet TV in Ireland.

As ever, the the proof will be the pricing of any similar U.K. internet SKY Q service.

Occono · 10-05-2017 06:05PM

jdk01 wrote: »

There is talk about Sky Q in 2018 becoming an internet based service, which is hardware agnostic.

Perhaps the NOW TV pricing is being set artificially high to acclimatise us to the future pricing of this new potential SKY Q service, while limiting its use in order to test the fundamentals of running Internet TV in Ireland.

As ever, the the proof will be the pricing of any similar U.K. internet SKY Q service.

I don't really know what Sky Q is (I've seen some ads I haven't paid attention to) but there is nothing fundamentally different about internet TV in Ireland. Yeah, the country doesn't have nationwide broadband so not everyone can use it but Netflix has operated for years without any special Irish operating expenses (they aren't even obliged to get IFCO ratings on their content.)

icdg · 11-05-2017 07:21AM

They are talking about that alright, but at least at first, it's likely to be targeted at homes that can't get satellite TV - the apartment blocks and managed communities, places that have restricted covenants etc. At the moment Sky tries to serve these with Communal Sky, but it needs the management company's agreement to be installed and some management companies in the past had exclusive agreements with particular providers. A second group might be the "don't want a dish" crowd, a problem that always seemed bigger in the UK than here.

For Ireland, I think Sky Q via IP will probably be some way down the road. One particular issue that might be faced here that wouldn't be a factor in the UK is the terrestrial channels that are on Astra that can be tuned with a Sky satellite receiver. Obviously, they wouldn't be available with an IP system. At best deals might be done for the channels that have Irish EPG listing - the BBC and Channel 4, but most definitely not ITV. But I suspect many Irish Sky customers would continue to favour satellite delivery for that reason. Plus they haven't yet convinced me that they can deliver a picture and sound quality via IP equivilant to that offered on satellite - something very important to the sports package customers that are Sky's most valued customers.

loyatemu · 11-05-2017 11:18AM

Presumably it would only be available via IP if you get your broadband from Sky too; if Eir and Vodafone can manage it don't see why Sky couldn't too given TV services are their bread and butter.

Eire Go Brach · 12-05-2017 09:30PM

Box will be available in stores on the 22nd. 2 SKU's available. €40 2 months free.

Is the app on xbox one?

fisgon · 16-05-2017 10:54PM

Signed up and downloaded TV Now player on to laptop as prompted, seems like the only way to watch on laptop. When i try to play something it plays at half speed and is jerky and impossible to understand. I wonder is anyone else having this issue?

I also use app on tablet, and it works fine. Tec support have been useless.

jdk01 · 19-05-2017 05:25PM

fisgon wrote: »

Signed up and downloaded TV Now player on to laptop as prompted, seems like the only way to watch on laptop. When i try to play something it plays at half speed and is jerky and impossible to understand. I wonder is anyone else having this issue?

I also use app on tablet, and it works fine. Tec support have been useless.

Paying so much more in Ireland when compared with the UK, combined with the artificially imposed limitations of not being able to use selected streaming boxes in Ireland, makes the Irish NOW TV Service very poor.

Tigerandahalf · 20-05-2017 02:15PM

Are the monthly passes sold on a calendar monthly basis or from whenever you sign up and you then get a month?

joebloggs32 · 20-05-2017 04:15PM

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

Are the monthly passes sold on a calendar monthly basis or from whenever you sign up and you then get a month?

From the day you activate them

knealecat · 28-05-2017 12:03AM

If I buy a pass from eBay uk will it work on Ireland now tv

joebloggs32 · 28-05-2017 08:26AM

knealecat wrote: »

If I buy a pass from eBay uk will it work on Ireland now tv

No, not on an Irish account.

jdk01 · 28-05-2017 08:31AM

It is perverse that the Sky Senior Manager defending NOW TV's appalling and extortionate pricing for Ireland includes 'Customer Insight' as one of their skills (according to LinkedIn).

BritAbroad · 30-05-2017 11:00AM

Hey Guys,

So, I had a NowTV subscription since I was living in the UK. It worked fine when we moved to Ireland, been using it for the last 6 months no issue.

Yesterday, I went to use it and found it geoblocked. This timing seems to have coincided with the launch of NowTV in Ireland at an extortionate price.

Anyone else had a previous UK subscription now found they can't use it?

Ogogo · 30-05-2017 08:59PM

BritAbroad wrote: »

Hey Guys,

So, I had a NowTV subscription since I was living in the UK. It worked fine when we moved to Ireland, been using it for the last 6 months no issue.

Yesterday, I went to use it and found it geoblocked. This timing seems to have coincided with the launch of NowTV in Ireland at an extortionate price.

Anyone else had a previous UK subscription now found they can't use it?

Same here - Looks like we are back to rip off republic.

Coillte_Bhoy · 31-05-2017 01:19PM

BritAbroad wrote: »

Hey Guys,

So, I had a NowTV subscription since I was living in the UK. It worked fine when we moved to Ireland, been using it for the last 6 months no issue.

Yesterday, I went to use it and found it geoblocked. This timing seems to have coincided with the launch of NowTV in Ireland at an extortionate price.

Anyone else had a previous UK subscription now found they can't use it?

Ogogo wrote: »

Same here - Looks like we are back to rip off republic.

Are ye using a VPN?

adelcrowsmel · 01-06-2017 09:05AM

For anyone interested in watching the Lions Tours on NOW TV with a Sky Sports pass - I just had an email in this morning to say that NOW TV have an offer of £15pm for this very reason in the UK, so I contacted them and asked if a similar offer will be available to Irish customers and have been informed that there will be an offer available from either later today or tomorrow to purchase a Sky Sports months pass for €25

Dave..M · 01-06-2017 04:19PM

adelcrowsmel wrote: »

For anyone interested in watching the Lions Tours on NOW TV with a Sky Sports pass - I just had an email in this morning to say that NOW TV have an offer of £15pm for this very reason in the UK, so I contacted them and asked if a similar offer will be available to Irish customers and have been informed that there will be an offer available from either later today or tomorrow to purchase a Sky Sports months pass for €25

Wow, that's some Paddy Tax :rolleyes:

fungie · 01-06-2017 06:27PM

It's 25 euro for a month for all of June. Wish I could chrome cast. Does anybody know the quality of the stream? I plan on using sky now for the Lions and HDMI'ing to tv.

joebloggs32 · 01-06-2017 08:04PM

As the live stream still works on my now TV box I'm going to take a punt on the £15 offer for sky sports

Dave..M · 01-06-2017 08:05PM

joebloggs32 wrote: »

As the live stream still works on my now TV box I'm going to take a punt on the £15 offer for sky sports

Good point!

joebloggs32 · 01-06-2017 11:52PM

Dave..M wrote: »

Good point!

Bought it, and the sports is working fine. They may shut it down but its only £15 for a month so I don't mind if they do. I know the risk is there. Im just finished teaching for the summer so will get plenty of time for the rugby and some golf.

Coillte_Bhoy · 03-06-2017 07:23PM

How do you actually register and sign up? Ive scoured the site and all i can see is log in for existing members?

Tigerandahalf · 03-06-2017 09:06PM

It is a very poor and if one could say so insulting offer from Sky to date. For sports they want people to pay €50 p/m even though you cannot chromecast and the streams are not in HD.

If they were hoping to draw people away from illegal streams their efforts so far will make no difference.

Maybe they are in fear of people ending their sports subscriprions given that they are tied into a multi billion premier league deal. It is interesting to see that their tv advertising here thus far is directed at box sets only.

NKtile · 07-06-2017 10:11AM

Heads up for anyone thinking of going with NOW TV . Bought monthly pass to use on Mac for the Lions Tour. All i got was issues, black screen, problems with their Player etc. Advise from Customer Service was basically re-install it, clear history , over and over, even if I told them i had already followed the exact same instructions! Eventually they said they had lots of problems, but service was new in Ireland, so bear with us!

I'll let them sort their issues in their own time, and not when I'm paying. Sadly doesn't seem for for purpose currently. Cancelled my subscription and in current offering, couldn't reccomend at all. Couldn't watch tv. Could hear it though!

fungie · 07-06-2017 11:34PM

NKtile wrote: »

Heads up for anyone thinking of going with NOW TV . Bought monthly pass to use on Mac for the Lions Tour. All i got was issues, black screen, problems with their Player etc. Advise from Customer Service was basically re-install it, clear history , over and over, even if I told them i had already followed the exact same instructions! Eventually they said they had lots of problems, but service was new in Ireland, so bear with us!

I'll let them sort their issues in their own time, and not when I'm paying. Sadly doesn't seem for for purpose currently. Cancelled my subscription and in current offering, couldn't reccomend at all. Couldn't watch tv. Could hear it though!

Was thinking of buying sky sports for the next month for this exact reason. Might just hold off and stream from somewhere else (where I can get full HD streams).

jdk01 · 19-06-2017 06:35AM

Just saw the 'NOW TV Ireland' ad on TV.

Perhaps they should rename the brand as 'NO TV Ireland'.

Unlike their UK service, you really cannot watch their Ireland TV service on an actual television, unless you are prepared to go out and buy another (their own) streaming box.

kevin2800 · 22-06-2017 08:16PM

Hi there i need to buy a second now tv box for my uncle but it doesnt seem to let me saying card was used already to redeem offer .Were can i buy an irish box beside nowtv website?

Sky's Now TV confirmed to launch in Ireland

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