04-01-2019 17:46
I have seen a few posts wanting to know when the Now TV output will be upgraded from 720P to 1080P, so I contacted Now TV support today to get an update.
They confirmed that this is definitely being 'worked on' but they could not confirm when or if it will be available. They also could not confirm that it will arrive in 2019.
It sounds like it is not a quick & easy thing to do, otherwise we would have it already.
My personal view is that we will get it eventually as there will be a strong commercial reason for it, because competitors are commonly providing 1080P or even 4K output now.
Hope that helps some of you.
23-05-2019 22:00
Seems to be news online about this:
https://www.pocket-lint.com/tv/news/now-tv/147996-now-tv-plus-1080p-streaming-service-launching
23-05-2019 23:52
A lot of speculation and conjecture in that article, not atypical of the stuff usually found on that site.
15-06-2019 8:57
15-06-2019 14:21
28-06-2019 14:50 - edited 28-06-2019 14:58
@Anonymous User @Anonymous User
Just stumbled across this post on the BT forum re Now TV. Seems to me that customer testing might begin in July hopefully on our end without need for YouView boxes (wishful thinking I know!).
Fingers crossed some official word comes out soon, the new football season is not far away and still no updates from either BT or Sky!
Spoke to BT TV sales team today, looks like we will be informed next steps in July with the service hopefully starting in the first week of August this year.
29-06-2019 1:30
They aren't leaving much time for testing and the various updates that usually follow in the testing environment to sort out bugs etc.
29-06-2019 13:30
29-06-2019 22:59
I'd be surprised if Premier Sports did a similar deal with Sky in the UK. The main reason Sky have taken up the Irish deal is due to Premier having the 3pm kick offs on a Saturday afternoon in the EPL, where of course no such scenario (3pm Saturday KOs) can happen on UK screens, therefore Premier would not be as tempting a proposition to Sky in the UK market.
That article you link to is an incredible piece of misinformation, eg. Moreover, the move also means the company will secure rights for the Champions League and the Europa League, as BT Sport currently hold both. Sky won't be 'securing rights' to the UCL/UEL, they are going to be selling BT Sport channels, BT of course still hold the rights to those tournaments, not Sky 😆
29-06-2019 20:47
28-06-2019 20:16