Unable to stream the "Bonus streams" for F1

[Greenburger]

Error code 9, tells me to go to nowtv.com/status which is a page that doesn't exist!

[schnapps]

Hi @Greenburger 

What playback devices have you tried the F1 Bonus Streams on ?

If using a tablet or smartphone then I believe Bonus Streams are not supported, even if showing on the NOW App (also might be the case for PC and Mac).

[Greenburger]

So that was from the NOWTV app on Fold 4, tried with a PC and it just doesn't load.

What other way is there to watch NOWTV if not from PC or tablet/phone? 

[RoyB]

@Greenburger 

TV sets, mostly.

[redchiz1]

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@RoyB wrote:

@Greenburger 

TV sets, mostly.

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Actually very few TV sets as such, unless you include those which have one of the copious list of appendages attached as  kindly posted by @schnapps earlier.  

[RoyB]

@redchiz1 

I didn’t take @Greenburger ‘s question to be limited to devices that support Bonus Streams, though perhaps I should have.

What I did take it to mean, though, was “What else can make the coloured pixels dance before your eyes?” And I answered it accordingly.

As a sidebar, though, I didn’t realise that Android TVs couldn’t get bonus streams. Are we sure that is the case?

Even if it is, though, you might find this interesting:-

https://www.statista.com/forecasts/997819/tv-ownership-by-brand-in-the-uk

which would indicate that, though by an admittedly small margin, the majority of TV sets in the UK could get the Bonus Streams without the need for appendages.

[schnapps]

Hi @RoyB 

I did ask NOW to update the list on their FAQ with regards to Bonus Streams, where Chromecast Google TV and Android TV does support NOW Bonus Streams.

For a short time in March 2023 Bonus Streams was supported on tablets and smartphones, where after this Bonus Streams was blocked on these devices for some unknown reason.

Where I can see the benefit of watching something like the main live stream of the F1 race on something like a TV and have a tablet or smartphone at your side watching the F1 Race control Bonus Stream with your Boost Membership.

[RoyB]

Thanks, @schnapps 

That page I linked to has now disappeared behind a firewall, so you only get one peek, it seems, but from memory, Sony have 11% of the market, so with them alone, we are up to two-thirds of TVs that can get bonus streams. And I am sure there are more Android sets in the last third of the table.

[schnapps]

Hi @Greenburger 

With regards to NOW Bonus Sports Streams see this screenshot list below on current supported playback devices.

[Greenburger]

Hi Schnapps, 

Thanks for that, good to know, but yeah - I don't own a single thing out of that list haha, it is what it is.