26-03-2019 19:49
My Now TV account now allows me to add 6 devices.
This is great improvement, as I always thought 4 devices (with one swap a month) was hobbling the service somewhat.
27-03-2019 8:20 - edited 27-03-2019 8:23
My guess is when Now TV gets properly added to BT TV that is when they will bump it up to 1080p.
I personaly don't see Comcast not improving Now TV as they are pushing for streaming also.
I also read that Comcast have added Amazon Prime to the US "Sky" boxes, that would be a good addition if was here on Sky Q/ Now TV devices.
27-03-2019 13:16
lets hope once i rename my devices they stay renamed
27-03-2019 14:05
@lockmatt wrote:
lets hope once i rename my devices they stay renamed
Hi @lockmatt
I think that bug was fixed ages ago
@chai Seems some people are talking about sky X, particularly about it, eventually replacing NowTV, but I think what people need to remember about NowTV is that it is a no contract service. No contract services and free to air TV are much bigger in the UK than they are in a lot of other European countries. I think NowTV will continue to exist. For this reason. Because of the UK TV market. There always needs to be a cheap pay-TV option. This is why NowTV exists
Anyway, from what I've read about sky X, one of the options on it seems to be charging people a small fee per month to get access to channels that are meant to be free to air. I'm not entirely sure that practice would be legal here , especially in the case of the public service broadcast channels. Also, sky X looks to be quite expensive. From what I've read if you want pay-TV channels.
27-03-2019 15:03
@commanda6 wrote:
...from what I've read about sky X, one of the options on it seems to be charging people a small fee per month to get access to channels that are meant to be free to air. I'm not entirely sure that practice would be legal here , especially in the case of the public service broadcast channels. Also, sky X looks to be quite expensive. From what I've read if you want pay-TV channels.
Virgin Media charge for access to FTA channels like BBC/ITV etc. Only £5/month, but a charge nevertheless. So it would be legal.
27-03-2019 18:55
@Anonymous User wrote:
@commanda6 wrote:
...from what I've read about sky X, one of the options on it seems to be charging people a small fee per month to get access to channels that are meant to be free to air. I'm not entirely sure that practice would be legal here , especially in the case of the public service broadcast channels. Also, sky X looks to be quite expensive. From what I've read if you want pay-TV channels.Virgin Media charge for access to FTA channels like BBC/ITV etc. Only £5/month, but a charge nevertheless. So it would be legal.
Hi
@Anonymous User actually 5 pounds of the virgin media TV subscription cost is for the set-top box so if you're only paying 5 pounds you're paying solely for the set-top box, not the channels. BT and talk talk do very much the same. It's unfortunate, but that's how they get away with charging you and no I don't agree with the practice.
Virgin media are crafty in the sense that you can't access any channels on their system without their hardware and they charge you for the privilege of using that hardware
27-03-2019 19:29
Sky X is also contract free. It's effectively NowTV with some extras but still on a month-month basis.
28-03-2019 9:35
@Anonymous User wrote:
Sky X is also contract free. It's effectively NowTV with some extras but still on a month-month basis.
Hi @Anonymous User
Yeah, you're right, it's no contract. It seems expensive compared to NowTV the because of how they are going to have the packages setup so I'm not sure this could replace NowTV in the UK, given what the U.K.'s TV entertainment industry is like. There isn't a strong free to air presence in a lot of European countries. Unlike the UK
sky needs a cheap no contract pay-TV option in the UK, especially when you have the likes of TV player and talk talk to compete with. If I remember correctly, with talk talk. The £10 a month. You can get most of the main channels that sky provides on their basic package. I think NowTV is going to be around for a long while yet
27-03-2019 19:50
@commanda6 wrote:
@Anonymous User wrote:
@commanda6 wrote:
...from what I've read about sky X, one of the options on it seems to be charging people a small fee per month to get access to channels that are meant to be free to air. I'm not entirely sure that practice would be legal here , especially in the case of the public service broadcast channels. Also, sky X looks to be quite expensive. From what I've read if you want pay-TV channels.Virgin Media charge for access to FTA channels like BBC/ITV etc. Only £5/month, but a charge nevertheless. So it would be legal.
Hi
@Anonymous User actually 5 pounds of the virgin media TV subscription cost is for the set-top box so if you're only paying 5 pounds you're paying solely for the set-top box, not the channels. BT and talk talk do very much the same. It's unfortunate, but that's how they get away with charging you and no I don't agree with the practice.
Virgin media are crafty in the sense that you can't access any channels on their system without their hardware and they charge you for the privilege of using that hardware
In the olden days you could get a box from NTL and use the box to access BBC/ITV/Channel 4/Channel 5 and not pay for it, but since it went digital there is a charge. It is splitting hairs to say the charge is for the box or the channels. Virgin are charging for access to the FTA channels. So it would be legal for Sky to do similar with their IPTV.
29-03-2019 9:38
@starman73 wrote:
@commanda6 wrote:
@Anonymous User wrote:
@commanda6 wrote:
...from what I've read about sky X, one of the options on it seems to be charging people a small fee per month to get access to channels that are meant to be free to air. I'm not entirely sure that practice would be legal here , especially in the case of the public service broadcast channels. Also, sky X looks to be quite expensive. From what I've read if you want pay-TV channels.Virgin Media charge for access to FTA channels like BBC/ITV etc. Only £5/month, but a charge nevertheless. So it would be legal.
Hi
@Anonymous User actually 5 pounds of the virgin media TV subscription cost is for the set-top box so if you're only paying 5 pounds you're paying solely for the set-top box, not the channels. BT and talk talk do very much the same. It's unfortunate, but that's how they get away with charging you and no I don't agree with the practice.
Virgin media are crafty in the sense that you can't access any channels on their system without their hardware and they charge you for the privilege of using that hardware
In the olden days you could get a box from NTL and use the box to access BBC/ITV/Channel 4/Channel 5 and not pay for it, but since it went digital there is a charge. It is splitting hairs to say the charge is for the box or the channels. Virgin are charging for access to the FTA channels. So it would be legal for Sky to do similar with their IPTV.
You still can, those channels aren’t encrypted if you’re tv has a dvb-c tuner it will pick them up but not really worth the effort as they only give you sd 1-5 and a few others
29-03-2019 19:25
@Anonymous User wrote:
@starman73 wrote:
@commanda6 wrote:
@Anonymous User wrote:
@commanda6 wrote:
...from what I've read about sky X, one of the options on it seems to be charging people a small fee per month to get access to channels that are meant to be free to air. I'm not entirely sure that practice would be legal here , especially in the case of the public service broadcast channels. Also, sky X looks to be quite expensive. From what I've read if you want pay-TV channels.Virgin Media charge for access to FTA channels like BBC/ITV etc. Only £5/month, but a charge nevertheless. So it would be legal.
Hi
@Anonymous User actually 5 pounds of the virgin media TV subscription cost is for the set-top box so if you're only paying 5 pounds you're paying solely for the set-top box, not the channels. BT and talk talk do very much the same. It's unfortunate, but that's how they get away with charging you and no I don't agree with the practice.
Virgin media are crafty in the sense that you can't access any channels on their system without their hardware and they charge you for the privilege of using that hardware
In the olden days you could get a box from NTL and use the box to access BBC/ITV/Channel 4/Channel 5 and not pay for it, but since it went digital there is a charge. It is splitting hairs to say the charge is for the box or the channels. Virgin are charging for access to the FTA channels. So it would be legal for Sky to do similar with their IPTV.
You still can, those channels aren’t encrypted if you’re tv has a dvb-c tuner it will pick them up but not really worth the effort as they only give you sd 1-5 and a few others
Interesting. I have a TV with a DVB-C tuner. Wonder what will happen...