25-02-2016 16:37 - edited 25-02-2016 16:38
Hi,
I just signed up to Now TV Entertainment and have a YouView DTR-T2000.
However, the On Demand App only offers Movies (much like the Sky Store app alongside it) - but not the contents of the Entertainment package.
I've left it for a day to see if it's an account clearance thing - but no joy.
I understand streaming of live channels doesn't work, but what about the 250 box sets I've signed up for?
What is going on?
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25-02-2016 16:44 - edited 25-02-2016 16:44
@Anonymous User
Welcome to the forum.
Unfortunately YouView only supports the on-demand movies on Movies Pass, you can't watch the Entertainment or Sports pass on it.
Have a look at the following list of supported devices as you might have something else in your house that you can use instead, eg games console, Chromecast or Apple TV.
04-03-2016 18:50
@commanda6 wrote:
Hi @DarylM
All of the ISP specific IP channels on Youview are recordable , but to the IP channels which are not ISP specific are not recordable
Thanks. Since some IP channels aren't recordable, that can't be the barrier to having live Now TV channels on Youview. And as iPlayer uses unicast, that can't be the barrier either.
One difficulty might be that some of Now TV's channels are also available via ISPs (Comedy Central, Gold etc). If Now TV's live channels were on the EPG, there might be conflict between two different versions of the same channel.
It would be interesting to know what actually needs to be overcome for Now TV's live channels to make it on to Youview. It just feels as if the barriers aren't purely technical.
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04-03-2016 21:00
@DarylM wrote:
@commanda6 wrote:Hi @DarylM
All of the ISP specific IP channels on Youview are recordable , but to the IP channels which are not ISP specific are not recordable
One difficulty might be that some of Now TV's channels are also available via ISPs (Comedy Central, Gold etc). If Now TV's live channels were on the EPG, there might be conflict between two different versions of the same channel.
Hi @DarylM
Unlikely but that would only be a problem if now TVs live channels were available in the youview EPG and even then now TVs channels could be given different channel numbers to those that are provided by the ISPs removing the potential for any conflict. The channels can also be marked differently in the EPG, for example 'sky one (NOW)'. Something similar happened when now TV had an agreement with talk talk some time ago. The agreement which has long since ceased
04-03-2016 23:52
@commanda6 wrote:
Something similar happened when now TV had an agreement with talk talk some time ago. The agreement which has long since ceased
@commanda6 Did Now TV used to be on the TalkTalk EPG?
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06-03-2016 11:10
29-03-2016 15:48
l be cancelling my subscription to the entertainment package. when i paid it i assumed wrongly it would how up on my tv set along with the movies. ive wasted money on this wrongly assuming i could watch the box sets comfotably on my TV not a damn pc grrrrrr
02-04-2016 24:29
BUGGER it I thought I'd cracked it when I got a 2 week free trial of Now TV's Entertainment, given that I've got the Now TV App on my Talk Talk You View box, AND used it for Now TV Movies, but no...
Much in the same way as GOOGLE (Google Chrome) forced us Virgin Media (as was) customers to get another email address a couple of years ago, as (fer SOME God only knows reason) it was no longer possible to log into Chrome with a VM email , I/WE can't access anything but Movies on our TV's via the App, so can't take advantage of the big screen.
We own (buy...PAY FOR) Tablets, Laptops, Desktops, Smart Phones & Smart TV's, but at the end of the day, the likes of GOOGLE, SKY, Talk Talk/BT and VM can (and often do) block what we do with them, the way we want to use them, and we end up having to go ALL round the houses, (not to mention drop about 25 plus inches on a screen... Laptop v TV) and to top it all off,we're made to pay through the noes fer the privilege,with a PHONE LINE charge of, on average, £17...MENtal.
OK...rant over
01-05-2016 16:29
01-05-2016 16:31
@Anonymous User last time I heard the commercial demands from YouView were extortionate.
01-05-2016 16:58
09-05-2016 13:05
The posts on this forum seem to be discussing 2 different but related topics:
1) The orginal post - annoyed that NowTV app on Youview box only shows movies and not entertainment
2) The IP Channels on youview not showning the NowTV live channels
I understand the potential issues with option 2 but see the issues with option one just need an updated version of the app to solve them. You can't record from the apps so it'd be the same as Netflix etc.
When I can plug my computer into the TV and watch it why can't I just watch it from the computer that is my youview box?
It'd be good to have a date when the app will be updated. If it's not I too will be cancelling after Game of Thrones is done!