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There are a lot of TV's with the Amazon app already available, I have Netflix and Amazon apps on my smart TV, and they
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If SKY becomes too expensive I'd seriously consider switching. Just had a swizz through my SKY planner. All recordings are from either Freeview or channels covered by TV Player. |
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[/COLOR]Which puts paid to those who shun Now TV on grounds of picture quality![/QUOTE]
Now TV 720p in comparison to UHD Sky Cinema/Sports option? I'm certain UHD Netflix doesn't really compare to Sky UHD, especially if they would start doing UHD movies over the satellite instead of on-demand only. Cinephile reviews (online) seem to indicate that Sky UHD is better than Netflix 4k/UHD streams (at typically much lower bit rates), although not up to the quality of 4k Blu-ray. |
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Amazon just confirmed to me on Twitter that the NFL Thursday night games will also be shown live in the UK via Amazon Prime Video.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Week-16-Pit...inkId=42636503 Sorry if that's already common knowledge. I thought they only had the US broadcast rights |
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Has anybody noticed the recent complete disappearance of consumer TV streaming products other than Now TV from major retailers like Argos and Currys? The cynical might view this as a move by Uncle Rupert to tie up the streaming market and freeze out the likes of Amazon and Netflix.
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http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-and-...pid=display~RR |
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Argos are selling Now TV boxes , Apple TV , Chromecast to name just a few. |
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Last time I visited my local Curry's store, the remaining Roku boxes were on 'clearance', Amazon Fire Sticks and Chromecasts were in the 'Sale' bin (although not at a noticeably reduced price). Chromecast devices are anyway slightly different and rely on casting from other devices, which of course have their own restrictions on what you can do with content, as we all know with TV Anywhere. It would be a great pity if the UK 'content middlemen' were to reassert their dominance in the emerging IPTV market just as their previous dominance of the linear market diminishes. |
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Amazon are on the verge of releasing another FireTV, i have money waiting for it :)
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After closing their digital store the BBC are to make hundreds of classic shows available on Iplayer
https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/25/...ve-classic-TV/ |
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I think the Roku has the most channels, but I'm also quite impressed with the Amazon Fire stick. |
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Another studio moving there stuff away from the likes of Amazon and Netflix.
https://www.recode.net/2017/9/25/163...american-crime |
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But hang on MM as according to OB Amazon and Netflix were going to dominate the world as they swallowed everybody else's content up.;)
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I tend to dip in and out of amazon instant video. Got a roku too but as i've stated in the past that's set for US channels. |
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Amazon video may be finally arriving on Appletv this Thursday http://cordcuttersnews.com/amazon-vi...ight-football/
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What I have said is that the broadcast channels would be unable to get anywhere near as much content from US studios and would either have to produce more of their own originals or die. Fox is doing the sensible thing and putting all its originals on to its own streaming service, as existing contracts permit. That is the way to go, but I also hope that such content is not exclusive forever because that disadvantages the viewer, who cannot be expected to subscribe to the many services that will develop over time. ---------- Post added at 15:43 ---------- Previous post was at 15:40 ---------- Quote:
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ITV has been getting better with its original content of late, and this is probably the reason for it. |
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Bad news for consumers, there are only so many services that they can subscribe to, it would almost be cheaper to subscribe to cable or satellite |
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In fact, I could subscribe to another six streaming services charging the same rates as them before I get close to what I'm paying for cable TV! This is why the pay tv operators need to up their game. |
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TV Player have a great deal on their annual subscription. Sign up now using promo code: crazydeal to get 12 months for only £29.99. Works out at £2.49 per month which is a total bargain. Only problem is offer is only valid until midnight tonight.
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...10/2.jpg:large NOW TV also have a great offer for new customers. Get 12 months entertainment pass, and 12 months movie pass, for only £99.99. https://signup.nowtv.com/single?prod...Fentertainment |
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However, the advantage in continuing to subscribe to cable TV channels is diminishing in terms of what my wife and I watch and this is why I have been saying that the pay tv sector needs to up its game to retain viewers. We do get more value out of Netflix and Amazon, and of course the Freeview channels supplement these services nicely. At some point in the future, I will end up ditching cable, buying a second Freeview recorder, subscribing only to Now TV Entertainment and Movie packages, Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, together with other selected streaming channels as they come along. |
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I've not compared the sports or movies but even throwing them into the pipeline it is still cheaper than VM. |
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VM's cheapest BB (50Mb) full price on the website is £33 VM's cheapest Pay TV/BB/Phone (100Mb) full price is £55 £22 difference and by your figures Netflix/Amazon/Now TV is £25 Yes you can get cheaper broadband and yes you can get cheaper Now TV passes if you shop around and a yearly Amazon sub is also cheaper but the point is that it's not as cost effective as people think |
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Online subs are also far more flexible/useable when I'm on the go, Amazon, Now TV and Netflix are far superior viewed on my Surface Pro 4 when I'm out and about than the godawful TV Anywhere (from what I've read I assume Sky Go is just as bad) Like many things you have to shop around or haggle to get the best deals, Now TV are the best for this if you're prepared to "speculate to accumulate", if you keep an eye out for good deals and buy in advance movies and entertainment work out much cheaper than the pay TV alternatives. There are less or no deals going officially for sports on Now TV but if you play the game by paying full price for a month or two then try to leave invariably you'll be offered a deal of £20 a month for 3 months to stay. I'm currently on an offer that I'll get 6 months of Sky Sports on Now TV for the grand total of £60, as I've waffled on a fair bit already I wont explain the intricacies of this unless anyone really wants to know. The other advantage of some OTT services is that if someone wants to buy you a gift (Xmas, birthday etc) Netflix, Amazon, Now TV vouchers are freely available to buy, I wouldn't say they don't exist but I've never seen a VM or Sky voucher available. Oh one last point from me, Netflix have only lost the rights to Fox shows in the US, as far as I can see non US rights are still free to the highest bidder which I will be bold enough to forecast in our fair isle for the foreseeable future will be Sky/Now TV, Amazon or Netflix. |
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Hopefully, the pay channels will up their game, but if they don't, they will be losing my custom. |
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I don't have enough time to watch all I might be interested in just on Amazon, Netflix and Now TV. I moved home 11 months ago and as I didn't know what Freeview reception I'd get I had VM's basic TV package added into my new contract when I transferred my services, for the odd thing I've had to record in that time my HD Homerun device via my PC has sufficed and what's more between the two they serve that content to every device in my home. I can honestly say in the near year I've lived here that my Tivo has only been used 3 times and that was for PPV boxing, if VM don't give me TV for free when I renegotiate in the next few weeks I'll have no hesitation to ditch TV from them and just have broadband as I can get the few PPV events a year I may want via OTT services now. |
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All my viewing is through recordings and streamed videos - I watch nothing live. Even then, I've still got a huge amount of viewing to see, and I like it that way - it's my own little library. However, my best recordings seem to be from the main terrestrials these days, and there are fewer really 'must watch' programmes on pay tv, which is what I am concerned about. |
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And like you I have my own local library, between that and the OTT services I do not have time to watch all I may want to, which is what prompted my question. I bet if you took the plunge and cancelled pay TV relying just on Freeview and OTT services you wouldn't regret the decision if you also invested in the right hardware to go with it. |
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New deal from TV Player. Get 12 months for £36 using promo code "tvdeal" Works out at £3 per month. Not as good as last week's deal but still a bloody good offer. About the same price as 1 months SKY Sports in HD
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It's like watching a broken record. |
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HBO is looking to develop its own OTT presence in the world, which could spell good news for those who can't get or don't want Sky Atlantic. However, it sounds like their shows won't come cheap by PPV. Hopefully, they will provide a subscription alternative.
According to the article, HBO will look to expand on a country by country basis, and the current contract with Sky may prevent them from launching in the UK for the time being. But this could be good news for the medium term. http://www.digitaltveurope.net/75812...on-revolution/ Plepler: HBO will benefit from ‘distribution revolution’ HBO stands to benefit from changes taking place in the content distribution landscape and the value of its brand will be more relevant than ever in the future, according to Richard Plepler. HBO’s chairman and CEO made the claim while speaking on stage at MIPCOM, where he was presented with Variety magazine’s Vanguard award yesterday evening. Plepler said that in a world where there is a “surfeit” of scripted content of varying quality, the value of HBO’s brand, signifying quality, would only increase in value. “What will matter going forward…is brands,” he said. People will understand that HBO stands for “superior programming across a range of genres” and decisions on programming will continue to be made by the company “on the basis of whether or not it elevates our brand”. Plepler said that the HBO marque is about “curated quality” and added that there will continue to be “a huge market for that”. He said that despite intensified competition for talent, the “line [of projects] at our door” is “longer than ever”. With regard to changes in the distribution landscape, he said that the emergence of ‘skinny bundles’ with a lower price point than old-fashioned big basic offerings is good for HBO. Because HBO has always been a premium a la carte offering, the cheaper the bundle, the easier it will be for it to sell its service on top of that. Asked whether HBO is now inclining towards an ‘OTT first’ strategy following recent moves, including the launch of its new OTT TV service in Spain, Plepler said HBO would continue to work with distribution platforms, adding that the company had helped operators “make their bundles stickier” and had always “made money for its partners”. He said that the programmer had a solid licensing business internationally and will look “region by region” in deciding whether to launch OTT services in the future. |
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Sources are suggesting BT may make BT sports available via online to none BT customers next year, prices are unknown at this time.
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We keep hearing about these kind of things OB, but nothing ever seems to come to fruition. |
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Sky is now pitching itself as Europe's leading streaming platform.
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Yip, dish free!! |
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Anyone watching Ozark?
Watched about 7 episodes but it's quite eerie and still not sure if I like it or not! Interested to know what others think |
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I keep watching it, so I must like it.
I find I need to be in the right mood to watch it though as it is very dark. Hope you enjoy it when you get round to it, @Old Boy |
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It got slow/hard going for me and I kind of thought it was trying way too hard to be the new Breaking Bad. |
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Netflix: which shows are being binged the fastest?
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-r...ed-the-fastest |
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Get 50% off for a months Sky Sports (new and existing customers) on Now TV
http://www.nowtv.com/rokusport |
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New NOWTV SKY Sports day pass offer from Pringles
https://www.bigmatch.pringles.com Tesco are selling the promo packs 2 for £2. Essentially £2 for a SKY Sports day pass plus 2 tubes of crisps. Good value. |
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Will have to pick up some Pringles with the shopping tomorrow then, they come in handy when not at home ie boxing day/new year.
Before anyone goes out and buys a pallet of Pringles it says 1 code allowed per account in the small print. |
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From 27/11/17 the Curzon Home Cinema Freesat app will no longer be available on Freesat set top boxes or the web app.
Does this suggest that they are closing down altogether? Anyone heard anything? |
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This judgement appears to clarify that streaming premium content through subscribed IPTV services or any other means that avoids paying the correct subscription to Sky is unlawful.
So the authorities are not just prosecuting suppliers of fully loaded Kodi boxes and those who share pirated material, they are also going after individual viewers now. Huge implications for those who are receiving premium material in this way - and the fine if you're caught is eye watering. It's only a matter of time now before Sky's legal team get a legal authorisation from IPTV providers to find out who subscribes to their services to access illegally acquired content. Frankly, I'd be pretty worried at this point if I was taking advantage of this situation. They will be able to go back six years to bring forward a court case against you. I did warn previously about the dangers of watching premium content in this way and received a firm rebuke from some that it was not illegal. I am not happy that I was proved right on this occasion, because this will prove to have been a very costly mistake for those who believed comments made that people who did this were doing nothing wrong. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-st...-a8020856.html |
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It was inevitable that that there would be a end game that is for sure OB.
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The fine imposed on individuals does sound a bit steep, though. And why aren't they closing down the IPTV providers? They are there large as life, it's not as if they've gone underground! |
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Also the one in this case was streaming it not viewing it and as a civil matter he can say "no thanks" to legal costs and the worst case is bailiffs who can be told to do one if it's a residential property and they don't get in. |
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Actually, the worst case is not the bailiffs, it's imprisonment for failing to pay the fine that will get you in the end. It doesn't matter whether the individual concerned was watching the pirated material. It has now been established that you are committing an offence simply by streaming it, which is the breakthrough Sky needed. I don't think anyone should be resting on their laurels about this. So many people seem to think the future will never catch up with them because they are getting away with it now. How wrong they are always proven to be. |
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I personally have disconnected my android tv box with kodi although the box nor kodi itself is illegal it just made more sense to buy a mini windows pc and use that as it gets everything no problem. But a vpn certainly does protect you regardless. |
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There's a more comprehensive article about this case here:-
https://torrentfreak.com/high-court-...g-case-171026/ My views about the dangers for people who are not IT literate on using illicit streams and also handing over payment details to those charging for such services are well documented on these forums already. This is one of the few places where people seemed to have actually listened to what I've said, unfortunately for the most part I seem to have been whistling in the wind for the past few years with these warnings. Most people put their blinkers on where their free/cheap streams are concerned. |
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I mean BT have a app for BT sports on windows 10 surely sky can do the same it'd make life a lot easier lol. |
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The guy was actually uploading it to other users, although it was ruled earlier this year in the ECJ that streaming was illegal.
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As you correctly said this guy was providing content, same as earlier cases they were people selling the boxes. |
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Disregarding the rights of wrongs of this, it amazes me that the authorities have time to pursue this sort of thing to protect the rich film studios, whilst at the same time say that, for example, online paedophiles & some burglaries won't be investigated due to a lack of resources.
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I know this is a sensitive subject, but in the end, we are talking about theft. Would you be happy, if you were in charge of the police, to ignore all crimes that were not more serious than the worst crimes? You need to take a more holistic approach to this problem. |
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I don't think Sky needs any explanation lol but F.A.C.T. is a private organisation funded by various copyright holders. |
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