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#298756 13-Jul-2022 18:32

Well back to the future, sky sport 8 becomes sky sport premier league from midnight according to an email received this afternoon.

Appears we will get the 24/7 channel again which was missing from sparks coverage, we had it during bein sports 3 year reign.

Concurrent games will be shown on other sport channels, with sky sport 7 beIN sport staying as the home of all other football on sky.

Let’s just hope the on demand side of the coverage is good !

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#2941760 14-Jul-2022 10:45

A step in the right direction from SKY, dedicated channel with other channels live and online.
I'm sure SKY's online SkyGo and Sky Sport Now are ready for the content,.

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#2941777 14-Jul-2022 11:33

I see that (according to their website), they are continuing the access to BeIN's app too, which is good. Gives the streaming options a nice little boost.

Like other years though, we're seeing a fractured viewing experience though - for any Champions League or Europa League coverage, you have to stick with Spark.

Annoying.

Personally, I'll be foregoing the opportunity to see European football in favour of the Premier League and World Cup (and of course the A-League later in the year).

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#2941904 14-Jul-2022 16:21

joshhill96:

A step in the right direction from SKY, dedicated channel with other channels live and online.
I'm sure SKY's online SkyGo and Sky Sport Now are ready for the content,.

I'd be surprised unless they've done a lot of work, SSN is a terrible product...

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#2943830 19-Jul-2022 14:51

dougierydal:

joshhill96:

A step in the right direction from SKY, dedicated channel with other channels live and online.
I'm sure SKY's online SkyGo and Sky Sport Now are ready for the content,.

I'd be surprised unless they've done a lot of work, SSN is a terrible product...

Yes big concerns with the on demand experience in my family. The official copy reads that replays will be up within 24hrs.
Questioning of sky employees has yielded little in the way of an answer, the best has been that you can start while the live stream is going and then rewind but risk seeing the score.

Our modern viewing experience for the last 3 years, and expectation now, has been watching a game before work at 5 or 6am regardless whether it kicked off at 1am or 4:30am. Watching before work is extremely important to the viewing experience. (On demand is important for sleep patterns, not so young anymore... )

Also account sharing is much more locked down than spark...

Are we allowed to discuss quality services from other vpn regions?

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#2943841 19-Jul-2022 15:19

Add me to the list worried about what Sky will do. I was more than happy with the quality of Spark Sport.

I've also just cancelled my Sky box sub because we just don't watch anything on it, I mean, at all.

Even the Scandinavian football I stream through our ATV has a far better quality than Sky has ever done. A cup game last week was just a bloke on the sidelines streaming through an app on his phone and doing the commentary himself. The quality was superb and it put any streaming efforts of NZ football to shame.

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#2943845 19-Jul-2022 15:32

Yes big concerns with the on demand experience in my family. The official copy reads that replays will be up within 24hrs.
Questioning of sky employees has yielded little in the way of an answer, the best has been that you can start while the live stream is going and then rewind but risk seeing the score.

Our modern viewing experience for the last 3 years, and expectation now, has been watching a game before work at 5 or 6am regardless whether it kicked off at 1am or 4:30am. Watching before work is extremely important to the viewing experience. (On demand is important for sleep patterns, not so young anymore... )

Also account sharing is much more locked down than spark...

Are we allowed to discuss quality services from other vpn regions?

Yep, in the 'Unblocking Services Discussion'

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#2943849 19-Jul-2022 15:36

Someone posted that SKY will have on-demand up permanently in their Sky Go Product, but only for 24hrs in their Sky Sport Now offering.

I think SKY are seriously underestimating the quality of the Spark product for EPL subscribers.

It's not acceptable to wait before a game is up on demand, and it's certainly not acceptable to not have a 'Watch Live' or "Watch from the beginning' option. They surely can't spend a fortune regaining the rights and then offer an inferior product to the incumbent.

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#2943878 19-Jul-2022 17:16

dougierydal:
Someone posted that SKY will have on-demand up permanently in their Sky Go Product, but only for 24hrs in their Sky Sport Now offering.

I think SKY are seriously underestimating the quality of the Spark product for EPL subscribers.

It's not acceptable to wait before a game is up on demand, and it's certainly not acceptable to not have a 'Watch Live' or "Watch from the beginning' option. They surely can't spend a fortune regaining the rights and then offer an inferior product to the incumbent.

History says they sure can.
And yeah I laugh at the stated 'studio coverage' if it's remotely like their previous efforts.
The lowlight of last season was when cup final on sky was cut straight to other game after the dramatic penalties. No celebrations no analysis. Stark contrast to champions league on spark (BT sport coverage)

I'm happy to be pleasantly surprised though! (Maybe they'll sort it in their 6th year...)

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#2943922 19-Jul-2022 19:27

All I know is that Sky Sport Now sucks major ass compared to Spark Sport stream quality and even Sky Go. Not great considering we are in the year 2022 and they still haven't figured it out.

I've had to watch A-league on Sky Sport Now and always looked at Spark Sports Premier League with envy.

Algood if your a Sky box person and don't know whats better but the streaming platform is dogshit.

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#2943933 19-Jul-2022 19:59

So as a non Sky customer, and a current Spark sport customer, what's the easiest and cheapest legal way to get access to watch the premier league this year?

Mainly interested in:

- The hour long game week roundup highlights (on demand)
- Extended highlights of specific games (on demand)
- Highlights of specific games (on demand)
- Occasional watching of full length games, again on demand.

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#2944111 20-Jul-2022 10:19

insane: So as a non Sky customer, and a current Spark sport customer, what's the easiest and cheapest legal way to get access to watch the premier league this year?

Mainly interested in:

- The hour long game week roundup highlights (on demand)
- Extended highlights of specific games (on demand)
- Highlights of specific games (on demand)
- Occasional watching of full length games, again on demand.

Depends on whether you want "easiest and cheapest" or "best and most convenient". They're going to be different experiences.

Sky Sport on a Sky subscription will give you access to BeIn app for online content as well as Sky Go and linear TV. It'll be expensive though. Unless there's still deals going for a 12 month sign-up in the other thread.

Sky Sport Now will give you a less pleasing but ultimately far cheaper option on a month-by-month basis. It's said earlier that it's not a great experience and we all hope it'll improve.

Don't expect either option to be as good as you've been getting from Spark.

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#2944124 20-Jul-2022 10:39

Handsomedan:

insane: So as a non Sky customer, and a current Spark sport customer, what's the easiest and cheapest legal way to get access to watch the premier league this year?

Mainly interested in:

- The hour long game week roundup highlights (on demand)
- Extended highlights of specific games (on demand)
- Highlights of specific games (on demand)
- Occasional watching of full length games, again on demand.

Depends on whether you want "easiest and cheapest" or "best and most convenient". They're going to be different experiences.

Sky Sport on a Sky subscription will give you access to BeIn app for online content as well as Sky Go and linear TV. It'll be expensive though. Unless there's still deals going for a 12 month sign-up in the other thread.

Sky Sport Now will give you a less pleasing but ultimately far cheaper option on a month-by-month basis. It's said earlier that it's not a great experience and we all hope it'll improve.

Don't expect either option to be as good as you've been getting from Spark.

You also get access to Bein Sport app with Sky Sport Now but Bein Sport is also a juttery mess when it comes to video quality so not on par with Spark Sport.

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#2944134 20-Jul-2022 11:03

Starlith:

Algood if your a Sky box person and don't know whats better but the streaming platform is dogshit.

Thats it for me, Mysky box and being able to record 3 channels whilst watching a fourth means you could theoretically record everything and watch it on demand. Choose start times etc

Good luck on SSN

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#2944136 20-Jul-2022 11:06

I've watched some Premier league on spark sport and enjoyed the experience. Would watch highlights and the the odd game. I was surprised how much I preferred the experience than on Sky. Easy stream when I wanted. Occasionally watch a big game delayed before work so did have to avoid finding out the score.

I'm not enough if a fan to watch a much worse experience on Sky so they won't be getting my cash. Still actively contemplating cancelling sky sport altogether, it just looks tired and poor quality.

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#2944597 21-Jul-2022 02:27

I’m bracing to hear all the bad reviews when the season starts. There’s a few things that people expect now that I struggle to see working well with Skys disjointed offerings.

Like insane mentioned above people expect to find games (live with watch from start, and replays), highlights, extended highlights, weekly shows all within a few clicks of a button.

How would I do that as a Sky Satellite subscriber? How does it differ from a SSN subscriber? Will it need obvious or buried within some generic ‘highlights’ tab?

Spark sport while limited was very easy to use. I wonder if the now delayed new platform of SSN has all the answers (and the new Sky box) but I’m skeptical.

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