SkyGo roundabout for the semi finals

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JimmyC

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#169742 24-Mar-2015 14:49

Can't watch the cricket today on either my iPad or my MacBook Air. iPad takes an age to load then tells me there's no data available. When I click to refresh it tells me the program is restricted and asks me for my Parental PIN... Since when was cricket R18?? I can't get past the login screen on my MBA, just keeps asking me to login...

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#1266852 24-Mar-2015 14:50

Sky have finally admitted their system has fallen over.

Streaming it from http://watchcric.net/ in the meantime.... adblock plus recommended.

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#1266853 24-Mar-2015 14:53

They really are awful at streaming - maybe sky could ask Netflix how to run a proper streaming tv service.

Shoes2468

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#1266873 24-Mar-2015 15:09

This is pretty normal with sky go and major sporting events. Makes it worse that everyone is at work also. It has gotten slightly better over time but when it counts it always fails

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#1266877 24-Mar-2015 15:12

You could find a hong kong VPN + buy a $2.50 starsports.com subscription in quicker time than them fixing it.

JimmyC

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#1266878 24-Mar-2015 15:13

xpd:

Streaming it from http://watchcric.net/ in the meantime.... adblock plus recommended.

Thanks for that!

Shoes2468

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#1266888 24-Mar-2015 15:21

Just tried again seems to be going good now, they must have flicked the switch on some more capacity

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#1266890 24-Mar-2015 15:21

It's also live on Prime today for free to air plebs

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#1266924 24-Mar-2015 15:41

Sorry, we're aware of issues with streaming on our SKY GO service – we're urgently looking into it and will update as soon as we can.

— SKY TV (@SKYNZ) March 24, 2015

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#1266933 24-Mar-2015 15:50

nitrotech: They really are awful at streaming - maybe sky could ask Netflix how to run a proper streaming tv service.

Netflix is not a streaming tv service, the content is pre-stored at multiple bitrates on a CDN.

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JimmyC

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#1266952 24-Mar-2015 16:10

Shoes2468: Just tried again seems to be going good now, they must have flicked the switch on some more capacity

Yep, was working well there for a while... has pooped its tweeds again now though.

Shoes2468

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#1266955 24-Mar-2015 16:14

JimmyC:
Shoes2468: Just tried again seems to be going good now, they must have flicked the switch on some more capacity

Yep, was working well there for a while... has pooped its tweeds again now though.

still working fine for me :)

Using the SkyGo app for iOS

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#1267027 24-Mar-2015 16:56

No issues on Prime :)

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#1267028 24-Mar-2015 16:57

johnr: No issues on Prime :)

except its SD and full of ads I guess?

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#1267030 24-Mar-2015 17:01

Multiple tellies around the office certainly helping with my viewing...productivity at an all time low however.

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#1267034 24-Mar-2015 17:07

I have sky / skygo and couldn't get it to work on my ipad -- maybe a unotelly issue or maybe not (it has worked just fine before).

I wonder if it is possible to get a refund from sky -- as , the premium events are far and few in between and this is what sports fans really pay for.

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