What is Membership

[Anonymous User]

I haven't used Now TV for months and am a bit confused about membership. I foolishly thought my Now TV account was my membership. Does Sports membership mean you pay for either a days viewing or a months viewing at whatever rate that applies at the time.  If I sign up & pay for a months viewing (£33.99 currently) is that my membership. I know I have to cancel that (membership?) to avoid auto renewal.

I'm ######ed that I will have to pay extra to view on more than one screen at a time as we normally view on four different screens. I bought extra Now TV boxes for that reason. I'm also upset that Argos and Currys no longer sell the voucher/passes as they were cheaper than buying direct from Now TV. Are there any more surprises with new Now TV.

[gavs82008]

@Anonymous User 

So firstly you can stop saying Now TV, as of March they rebranded and dropped TV from its name. It is just called NOW. 

Secondly, a membership with now can mean TV; entertainment, movies or sport

Sport you still get the option of a Day membership at £9.99 or the Month membership at £33.99

There is also broadband membership. 

Your account is getting the "foot in the door" for selecting any membership you want. 

Have a look at this link which will just go into more depth of what I have mentioned. 

https://help.nowtv.com/article/what-is-now

[Anonymous User]

I didn't know about the rebranding.  Did Now drop the selling of passes in Argos and Currys when they rebranded. That was my preferred way of paying for content.

The reason I asked "What is Membership" is because Now (TV) was supposed to be free of any commitment and membership usually means an ongoing commitment. 

I know 'membership' could be for for all the content on Now, I used Sports monthly because I plan on buying a few months from now until Winter. I bought three Now boxes to watch Sky golf coverage only as there is so little on terrestrial TV.  Unless I pay for a Boost I will only need one box. 

If I pay £33.99 for a months Sports that is my Sports membership. The membership ends at the end of the month provided I have cancelled before then to avoid auto renewal.  No ongoing financial commitment.  Is that correct.

[gavs82008 · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous User 

Indeed, NOW have stopped the retailing of vouchers for the TV memberships. Currently the only way you are lucky to get vouchers are if your able to purchase a NOW stick from Amazon/Currys/Argos.

The idea behind TV memberships for NOW hasn’t changed at all unless your billing is with BT. So you can dip in for a month of any TV membership and cancel whenever you want.

If you have an offer for “3 months” but only need 1 month then you can cancel of course. However you’ll lose out on the 2 additional months discount. 

Rebranding to “memberships” is just a another term for passes and was used to make it seem your part of a group and a community. 

[Anonymous User]

When I first saw Membership I feared it was another way of getting money from us in addition to the price we pay for watching the content.

Thank you for your help clarifying this.