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Anonymous User
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Sky sports red button

Have spoken to a now TV rep on live chat about not being able to access red button matches on sky sports tonight very disappointed. He told me they don't have the broadcasting rights to red button, I pointed out that they are owned by sky and was not happy with this. Have been told that they are hoping to get red button up and running but no time scale as to when. Why can't we access sky sports app as an alternative way to access this service.?

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Anonymous User
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I’ve also just found out I can’t watch Red Button Championship games after buying a weekly pass because my team are on Sky twice this week. It’s not made clear at all at time of purchase & I've really had to dig around here to find any info on it.

I think that’s really poor from Sky & Now (I know they are the same) & the rights excuse feels like it could be just that, if they have the rights to broadcast the game I don’t see why the method of subscribing to the content should affect access - physical location I get, but not this.

I contacted Now to ask for a refund between the price of a daily & weekly because I can’t watch the second game & was cut off after just getting the usual bland restating of my question & ‘I understand your concerns’ blah blah; not particularly impressed. 👎

Anonymous User
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@Anonymous User wrote:

It’s not made clear at all at time of purchase


Not true.  It is very clear. They have a message at the point you pay  which states...

 

! Red Button matches aren't available on NOW TV
Just so you know, you won't be able to watch matches on the Red Button through NOW TV, as we don't provide Sky's Red Button service yet
 
However, Now TV could be more explicit on the games that are under the red button.  The excellent
 
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Anonymous User
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It’s really poor that you don’t get the red button games unless you have the Now TV box. I got Now TV as a Christmas present - thinking I’d get the full football offering. I’m paying about £35 a month and the package as it stands isn’t worth it

starman73
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@Anonymous User wrote:

It’s really poor that you don’t get the red button games unless you have the Now TV box. I got Now TV as a Christmas present - thinking I’d get the full football offering. I’m paying about £35 a month and the package as it stands isn’t worth it


You don't get the red button games with the Now TV box.

Anonymous User
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anyone else noticed in the ios (new) Sky Sports App (which allows you to see red button) not on stb that there's a now tv item (which is unfortunately unclickable) but is next to a Virgin & Sky login icon which seems to suggest to me that maybe red button access could come soon/next season? not on android version of the app thou 😞

Anonymous User
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@Anonymous User wrote:

anyone else noticed in the ios (new) Sky Sports App (which allows you to see red button) not on stb 


Not noticed, how do you do that?

Anonymous User
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just download app from apple app store (would recommend goto skysports webpages, look for those mentionin EFL/championship red button matches live on mid week games when they have right to show, but also even had a bank holiday match or two on Monday or was it Fri last wk) don't bother tryin to find direct on app store you'l get an old 1 that won't wrk even if av right name! I've not manage to get android vers to wrk, anyone had simila issues? Bodes well for playoffs/next season?

Anonymous User
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Is there any news regarding sky sports catch up service and red button service going to launch on Now TV.
Anonymous User
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I would like the red button service for sky sports channels to launch on now TVs so I can have choice in watching championship games for 2019/20 season 2020 European qualifiers which is coming up soon.
gavs82008
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@Anonymous User 

Until there is an official announcement from Sky/Now TV all we can assume is that Now TV will have 1080p later this year. 

 

Ideally I'd want catch-up and red button functionality for Sports also. There is a possibility that it might be added as part of these improvements that have been mentioned by Now TV staff elsewhere in the forums

https://community.nowtv.com/t5/Set-top-boxes-Smart-TVs/Does-Now-TV-Support-HD/td-p/503474/page/6

FYI that I do not work for NOW, just a NOW customer trying to help