Live movie listings incorrect

[Anonymous User]

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@SeeMoreDigital wrote:

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@Anonymous User wrote:

Me too.  Apple TV 4th Gen! Seriously guys, time to roll out a dedicated TVos app!

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As I mentioned before... this particular feature is entirely out of NOW TV hands. It's created for Apple by a third-party!

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I take it this can be fixed? if so who do we contact for help regarding this issue?

Thank in advance  

[SeeMoreDigital]

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@Anonymous User wrote:

I take it this can be fixed? if so who do we contact for help regarding this issue?

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Apple would probably be a good start...

[Anonymous User]

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@SeeMoreDigital wrote:

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@Anonymous User wrote:

Me too.  Apple TV 4th Gen! Seriously guys, time to roll out a dedicated TVos app!

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As I mentioned before... this particular feature is entirely out of NOW TV hands. It's created for Apple by a third-party!

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Sorry @SeeMoreDigital, but this is definitely a NowTV issue. The app may look like an Apple templete, however it is developed by Sky/NowTV, not Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/now-tv-watch-latest-movies/id734383600?mt=8 the developer is listed as "Sky UK Limited ©BSKYB", not Apple. The App isn't pre installed on the 4th Gen Apple TV and is only available via the App Store, and like every other app in the store, the workings are the responsibility of the app developer.  The third-party is in fact Sky/NowTv in this case. Even if Apple did build the app for Sky, with Sky just publishing said app to the store, it's still a problem for Sky to sort it out.  

I would assume NowTV push the content to this container app, and something has gone wrong duing this process last week for the live movies. The app may be terrible but surely this is a quick fix, NowTV staff!

[Anonymous User]

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@Anonymous User wrote:

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I take it this can be fixed? if so who do we contact for help regarding this issue?

Thank in advance  

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@Anonymous User it's a Sky/NowTV issue not Apple, we should be contacting them

[Anonymous User]

Hi @Anonymous User

Thanks for bringing this to us i have flagged this to our Content team to see if its intentional or if its an issue once i find out i will get back you here. 🙂

Thanks

Eddie

[Anonymous User]

Hi @Anonymous User

Having spoke with our content team about this we can confirm as @SeeMoreDigital has said before that this issue can only be fixed by Apple. We have no control over this at all you can get in touch with Apple here https://support.apple.com/en-gb/apple-tv 🙂

Cheers

Eddie

[commanda6]

I'm not sure if this will be of any help here, but there was an issue quite a long time ago, where the time that was shown on the live channels list for   programs was incorrect. It turned out that in for the proper time to be displayed. The time had to be set correctly on your playback device because NowTV uses the time settings of your device in order to display the times that programs are shown

[Anonymous User]

@commanda6 Thanks - yup, I remember that issue, I'll have a play with the date and time setting (i'll switch from the current automatic to manual and see how it goes). I'm a tad skeptical about it working as all other live channels work fine and it's just the movies that seem to be locked to a specific date and time from about a week ago.

@Anonymous User I'm confused to why this is an Apple issue, could you get the team to expand please? The app is listed as being developed by Sky, not Apple. I've worked on products (iOS apps) in a simialr ecosystem and as far as I'm aware its the developer who have to solve problems with specific apps. If I were to contact Apple about a problem with an app that isn't officailly listed as being developed by Apple they would tell me to contact the developer in question. In fact Apple actaully tells you contact NowTV if you follow the procedure suggested in the link you have provided: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/ht204153  

[SeeMoreDigital]

The 'app' that Sky provides is the basic 'front-end'. Everything else, such as the GUI layout, the links to the NOW TV content, the stylizing, even the content images is controlled by Apple!

[Anonymous User]

I find this very hard to believe?!  I develop apps for Apple devices for a living and it seems you are suggesting Apple has developed this app for you?

i'm looking at the App Store right now and it says developed by "Sky UK Limited".  This looks very much to me like Sky have altered the content delivery but not updated the Apple TV app!  In fact it says "Last updated 27 Oct 2015".  In app development world, that's a lifetime!!

At best Apple may have changed how the innards of their systems work but it doesn't mean it's Apples responsibility to update the millions of apps on the App Store for everybody.  It means the developers (that's Sky by the way) have to update your app to new standards which shift constantly.

Pull your finger out Sky, sort your app out. If you need a hand send me the source code and I'll finish the job for you 🙂