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Master Geek

#2931045 17-Jun-2022 18:05

From SSN FAQs

We’re updating our Sky Sport Now platform on 12th July with an improved experience, a fresh new look with new features such as:

Available on all platforms

Watch from Start: Allows you to restart a live programme on any of the Sky Sport channels
Filmstrip preview: Preview image in the timeline when you fast forward or rewind on-demand or live content
Continue watching: Bookmarks your last viewed position on on-demand content. Allows you to pick up watching on another device.
Favourites: Allows you to build a list of their favourite on-demand videos
TV Guide: Imagery is now included within the TV guide at a programme level
Autoplay: Within curated on-demand playlists, content will autoplay so you don’t not have to press play

Available on TV apps only

Available on web browser only (coming to other platforms soon)

Replay live action mode: While you are watching live content, you can create an instant replay of the last 30 seconds to appear in a mini window on top of the player.
Multiscreen: Allows you to watch up to 4 linear live channels simultaneously.

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Master Geek

#2931060 17-Jun-2022 18:45

About time. I bet they double the price now…

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#2931134 17-Jun-2022 19:31

Hi, If anyone one is after sky sports now for 6 months for $100 I have a promo code, but must be a new signup. Post is classifieds forum. Thanks.

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#2931212 17-Jun-2022 21:19

It will only work if the quality also improves. Functionally without quality is a waste of time.

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#2932006 20-Jun-2022 10:26

Watched the Super Rugby final at a friends - They had a recent samsung smart TV and someone logged that into their Sky Sport Now account with the app and it was pretty close to flawless. Didn't get any real glitches or slowdowns but the ball looked jerky and ghosted when kicked high that I've never noticed which again for me is +1 for Apple TV over the Samsung App at least. I felt the grass had more compression visible too but that might have been their TV as a lot of people with new TV's seem to like driving the brightness and contrast through the roof that can be a little unforgiving. I have my Plasma tuned to a reviewers settings who calibrated his to Dobly or someones standard and I've been very happy with it.

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#2932064 20-Jun-2022 11:57

Billyspleen75:

From SSN FAQs

We’re updating our Sky Sport Now platform on 12th July with an improved experience, a fresh new look with new features such as:

Available on all platforms

Watch from Start: Allows you to restart a live programme on any of the Sky Sport channels
Filmstrip preview: Preview image in the timeline when you fast forward or rewind on-demand or live content
Continue watching: Bookmarks your last viewed position on on-demand content. Allows you to pick up watching on another device.
Favourites: Allows you to build a list of their favourite on-demand videos
TV Guide: Imagery is now included within the TV guide at a programme level
Autoplay: Within curated on-demand playlists, content will autoplay so you don’t not have to press play
Available on TV apps only

Login from Mobile on TV apps: You can use your phones to sign in to Sky Sport Now TV Apps
Available on web browser only (coming to other platforms soon)

Replay live action mode: While you are watching live content, you can create an instant replay of the last 30 seconds to appear in a mini window on top of the player.
Multiscreen: Allows you to watch up to 4 linear live channels simultaneously.

I did an interview / preview with the Sky UX team for this new interface, so hopefully some of my suggestions made the cut.

The demo interface looked pretty slick

I think they said they were changing stream provider to enable the Android TV play from start, so maybe the performance will be better for those who have that issue.

The multi channel will be a good feature for when I'm cricket / rugby together.

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#2932194 20-Jun-2022 14:37

All sounds great. Hoping some of it comes thru to Sky Go - would make sense for them to consolidate the two offerings a bit more.

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#2932263 20-Jun-2022 15:53

I do wonder if taking the EPL rights has had to push forward this change. When they said "The broadcaster will show all 380 games of the season live and on-demand on its sports channels and Sky Sport Now service."

Now you have times where 10 games all kick off at the same time so its going to be a hell of a lot of pop up channels and some will need the ability to watch multiple games at once...

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#2932295 20-Jun-2022 18:23

Looking forward to some sweet updates on the AppleTV. I've been pondering canning my annual pass, these updates *could* be something that keeps me signed up ... especially start from beginning!

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#2932296 20-Jun-2022 18:45

They can spend all the money in the world updating their apps but until they fix the 25fps issue they will never see a cent of my money.

I honestly don’t understand how anyone can watch it.

Theclaytons

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Master Geek

#2932306 20-Jun-2022 20:00

Senecio: They can spend all the money in the world updating their apps but until they fix the 25fps issue they will never see a cent of my money.

I honestly don’t understand how anyone can watch it.

My annual pass just renewed without any warning. Thought that was a bit crap really. An email to warn would have been good.

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#2933397 23-Jun-2022 09:28

My annual pass just renewed without any warning. Thought that was a bit crap really. An email to warn would have been good.

Yeah - I can understand the monthly rolling over but taking a whole year in one chunk without warning is a bit rich. TBH I'd probably miss the email anyway just ignoring it as marketting but still.

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#2933400 23-Jun-2022 09:31

Theclaytons:
Senecio: They can spend all the money in the world updating their apps but until they fix the 25fps issue they will never see a cent of my money.

I honestly don’t understand how anyone can watch it.

My annual pass just renewed without any warning. Thought that was a bit crap really. An email to warn would have been good.

What platform do/did you watch on?? I'm not sure what "frame rate" the codec used on Apple TV is but I find it smooth and fluid - The Samsung app definately showed some flicker in progress of a white ball on a dark background on the high kicks but I've never noticed it on Apple TV - I'm not sure if its Apple decoders having better partial frame fillins or if the different platforms run from different encoders at SSN's end but I find the viewing experience on Apple TV to be good. I'm sure if I watched a recent HD Satellite picture from a good broadcast I'd notice the difference but its as good as the last time I owned a sky decoder.

It would be really interesting to hear from SSN whether there are different streams/encoding for different platforms and what they are etc to be able to make informed tech decisions on platforms.

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#2933408 23-Jun-2022 09:43

mobiusnz:

What platform do/did you watch on?? I'm not sure what "frame rate" the codec used on Apple TV is but I find it smooth and fluid - The Samsung app definately showed some flicker in progress of a white ball on a dark background on the high kicks but I've never noticed it on Apple TV - I'm not sure if its Apple decoders having better partial frame fillins or if the different platforms run from different encoders at SSN's end but I find the viewing experience on Apple TV to be good. I'm sure if I watched a recent HD Satellite picture from a good broadcast I'd notice the difference but its as good as the last time I owned a sky decoder.

It would be really interesting to hear from SSN whether there are different streams/encoding for different platforms and what they are etc to be able to make informed tech decisions on platforms.

Apple TV 4K 2017 model.

I reckon the 25fps frame rate flicker is like the DLP projector rainbow effect. Some people are just immune to it, and for others its unwatchable. I'm certain if you and I stood in front on the same screen playing the same content from the same source, I would see it and you might not.

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#2933412 23-Jun-2022 09:47

My experience with AppleTV has been a bit different. It’s been pretty crappy lately to be fair. I notice yours is only HD though. It’s probably the difference between AppleTV 4k and AppleTV HD.

Kirk

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