VOD : Netflix/Streaming Services

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by Stop It

And if Sky added subtitles, I'd buy it in a heart beat. Until then...

They are adding it to Sky On Demand next year so I'd expect it to be introduced on Now TV at some stage.

https://corporate.sky.com/media-cent...demand-service

[tassiekev]

Interesting article on 4kUHD TVs which goes on to talk about streaming & satellite delivery of 4k

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08..._tvs_any_good/

[johnathome]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

From the horse's mouth:

http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2015/...-will-decline/

Not sure i like the sound of this bit.

"We think the deal Discovery did for the Olympics is a great deal, smart for them. We will try to participate in creative ways of offering those Olympic sporting events, either through broadband or through premium services or other ways of – smart ways of getting those to customers.”

But he's right VM are way behind the curve on VOD, having had Sky now for a couple of months the offering from VM was/is embarrassing.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by johnathome

Not sure i like the sound of this bit.



But he's right VM are way behind the curve on VOD, having had Sky now for a couple of months the offering from VM was/is embarrassing.

I agree VM's On Demand offering is poor to say the least , it's a shame really considering they once led the market.

[denphone]

Well if you sit on your laurels then others won't hesitate to take advantage of it.

[dodgem22]

The now tv vod offering seems to be better than Virgin at the moment

[tassiekev]

HBO Now Goes Live On Amazon Fire TV And Fire TV Stick

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2015/08/hbo...source=mainrss

[Mad Max]

Originally Posted by tassiekev

HBO Now Goes Live On Amazon Fire TV And Fire TV Stick

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2015/08/hbo...source=mainrss

Bear with me, is HBO in partnership with Sky Atlantic or am i totally wrong.....

[theone2k10]

Originally Posted by Mad Max

Bear with me, is HBO in partnership with Sky Atlantic or am i totally wrong.....

It's USA only mate although you can get it by using a vpn or smart dns it HBONOW costs $15p/ that's about £8 ish.

[pengedragon]

What's the on demand like on hbo now? Assuming they have it

[Mad Max]

Originally Posted by theone2k10

It's USA only mate although you can get it by using a vpn or smart dns it HBONOW costs $15p/ that's about £8 ish.

Cheers mate,,,,,,,

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by theone2k10

It's USA only mate although you can get it by using a vpn or smart dns it HBONOW costs $15p/ that's about £8 ish.

Whilst it's good to have the choice of taking out a single sub the price is what does it for me you'd imagine if there was no Sky Atlantic agreement and HBO Now launched here it would be £10 a month.

I like to watch content from Showtime , ABC , Starz etc it would start to get real pricey if I had to take out a single sub for all those. When you start to really break down these single subs for me personally bundling starts to look better value , and I was originally of the view of cord cutting.

[theone2k10]

Originally Posted by pengedragon

What's the on demand like on hbo now? Assuming they have it

HBO Now is basically HBOGO but not linked to a cable sub the on demand is superb loads of shows and movies.

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

Whilst it's good to have the choice of taking out a single sub the price is what does it for me you'd imagine if there was no Sky Atlantic agreement and HBO Now launched here it would be £10 a month.

I like to watch content from Showtime , ABC , Starz etc it would start to get real pricey if I had to take out a single sub for all those. When you start to really break down these single subs for me personally bundling starts to look better value , and I was originally of the view of cord cutting.

Agree mate this is why i'm grateful of my xinity login as that gives me HBO, Showtime, starz etc for £8p/m which is a absolute bargain, ok it's a friend that created a sub account for me but she could of easily of said "£30 a month" although our agreement is changing soon as she is interested in nowtv so we're going to do a simple swap my nowtv for xfinity can't get fairer than that really.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Whilst it's good to have the choice of taking out a single sub the price is what does it for me you'd imagine if there was no Sky Atlantic agreement and HBO Now launched here it would be £10 a month.

I like to watch content from Showtime , ABC , Starz etc it would start to get real pricey if I had to take out a single sub for all those. When you start to really break down these single subs for me personally bundling starts to look better value , and I was originally of the view of cord cutting.

Now that I have a smart TV, access to Netflix, Amazon and Now TV (the latter gives me access to HBO via Sky Atlantic catch up and boxed sets) I think I now have access to all the available programming that I need and it's really not costing a fortune.

I'm not convinced that a vpn would really make a dramatic improvement to my viewing, but I'm going to do some research on this.

I remain of the view that if Virgin Media offered Amazon and Now TV on the Tivo, this would draw in more subscribers to their TV package. I don't buy the argument that VM would never seriously consider adding the Now TV app. It would bring advantages to both Virgin and Sky.

[toady]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

I'm not convinced that a vpn would really make a dramatic improvement to my viewing, but I'm going to do some research on this.

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The US version of Netflix is so much better than the UK version which I access with a VPN enabled on my router