Watching Spark Sport (including launch and pricing)

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#2239927 17-May-2019 12:48

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Nothing really new except maybe that TVNZ will cover any RWC game that has a major issue with streaming

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12231766

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#2239991 17-May-2019 15:58

Talkiet:

It is, and casting from Android and IOS work very well to Chromecast.. I cast from my phone to an Nvidia Shield (which has a CC ultra built in) and it was fantastic.

I cant cast to my Nvidia Shield. Help Desk said its not supported!

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#2240102 17-May-2019 18:37

I casted to a Shield when I had the trial?

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#2240103 17-May-2019 18:44

peejayw:

Talkiet:

It is, and casting from Android and IOS work very well to Chromecast.. I cast from my phone to an Nvidia Shield (which has a CC ultra built in) and it was fantastic.

I cant cast to my Nvidia Shield. Help Desk said its not supported!

If its not supported, that doesnt mean it doesn't work. It means it may or may not work but Spark doesnt support it right now. Android has many versions, so each x.x.x.1 can't be officially supported, but as Android is sort of generic, yes, it may, and from previous posts, yes it does.

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#2240105 17-May-2019 18:47

It does work as I've just checked it.. Nokia 7.1plus to Nvidia shield on latest geforce experience. Try restarting the shield, I sometimes can't cast and a restart sorts it.

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#2240149 17-May-2019 19:12

Thanks, a reboot got it going.

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#2240261 17-May-2019 21:38

peejayw:
Talkiet:

It is, and casting from Android and IOS work very well to Chromecast.. I cast from my phone to an Nvidia Shield (which has a CC ultra built in) and it was fantastic.

I cant cast to my Nvidia Shield. Help Desk said its not supported!

Does casting other things work? I had an issue recently with the shield where Plex/YouTube wouldn't work. Had to uninstall all the cast updates and disable auto updates, and everything started working again. A quick Google showed I wasn't an isolated case 🤨

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#2240747 19-May-2019 11:04

Very good review of spark sports app link

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/112768561/spark-sport-pass-first-rugby-broadcast-test-with-flying-colours-ahead-of-world-cup

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#2240999 19-May-2019 21:50

johny007g:

Very good review of spark sports app link

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/112768561/spark-sport-pass-first-rugby-broadcast-test-with-flying-colours-ahead-of-world-cup

Strange article, has the feel of an 'advertorial piece...

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#2241108 20-May-2019 07:19

dougierydal:

johny007g:

Very good review of spark sports app link

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/112768561/spark-sport-pass-first-rugby-broadcast-test-with-flying-colours-ahead-of-world-cup

Strange article, has the feel of an 'advertorial piece...

Strange? It was a point by point breakdown of the coverage, including one or two negative issues. If you checked the author you would have seen he is a rugby reporter, not a marketing manager

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#2246437 27-May-2019 12:55

Sorry, I stopped following this thread a while ago.

Purchased earlier-bird sale for RWC. Few questions.

is there android tv app? coming? casting to android tv seems weird at the moment?

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#2246439 27-May-2019 12:59

I read somewhere that the android TV app is supposed to be coming in June

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#2246440 27-May-2019 12:59

kobiak:

Sorry, I stopped following this thread a while ago.

Purchased earlier-bird sale for RWC. Few questions.

is there android tv app? coming? casting to android tv seems weird at the moment?

Yes it is coming. I believe the date that's been reported is Next month.

I wont comment on any finer date than that, It's not my team delivering it :)

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#2246468 27-May-2019 13:23

So I'm still having issues with the android app. It now appears that the stream, if it is being casted, when the duration has been 2 hours or more crashes the app. Was fine until this time this morning, but then like every race so far after about 2 hours the app crashes and kicks me out... anyone else suffer from this?

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#2246510 27-May-2019 13:49

Benoire:

So I'm still having issues with the android app. It now appears that the stream, if it is being casted, when the duration has been 2 hours or more crashes the app. Was fine until this time this morning, but then like every race so far after about 2 hours the app crashes and kicks me out... anyone else suffer from this?

I'll throw the generic response that accompanies every poor review on the play store:

"Spark SportMay 16, 2019

Hi, have you tried the latest update? It seems to fix the issue for many of our users. If it doesn't work for you, could you contact us at https://help.sparksport.co.nz/ so that we can work together to figure it out?"

One would have hoped that the latest update (last week) would have ironed out the bugs. But its still Beta after 2.5 months - and still charging. I've already given up and suspended but sadly that doesnt help you and all the other F1 diehards.

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