“Now TV, the contract-free, pay-as-you-go television streaming service from British broadcaster Sky, is now available on Apple TV in the UK,” Nick Summers reports for TNW. “Oddly, the service will only support the Sky Sports Day Pass, which offers 24-hours of unlimited access to Sky’s six sports channels, out of the gate.”
“With Apple’s petite set-top box, viewers are able to bill the pass – currently £9.99 – to their existing iTunes account and access the following: Sky Sports 1, 2, 3, 4, Sky Sports F1 and Sky Sports News,” Summers reports. “Support for Apple TV is notable, although the omission of Sky’s entertainment channels, including Sky Movies, will be a disappointment to some [it’s a licensing issue].”
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The pass is stupidly expensive. Why do we get Sky Sports before BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, 4OD and Demand Five?
Indeed. And just as importantly, how come those are available on every other piece of consumer tech sold in this country?
getting bigger all the time!
Licensing issues seem ridiculously overcomplicated. They can stream some things through the Roku/Now TV boxes, but not Apple TV?!
There was a similar issue with LoveFilm where you could watch it on any number of TV’s but not via Airplay. Nonsense. It’s one thing to have differing rights for different overall mediums, but if it’s on a TV via some online service, the device is largely irrelevant.
Murdochvision- the original Evil Empire.
No thanks.
Fox TV, FX, Fixed Newz, Fox Sports, National Geographic TV, Fox Movies and any other Murdoch owned or related channels are blocked & with good reason.
hey darwin dissolved,
open y’all’s mind to broaden perception and understanding
happy trails and Merry Christmas
That man’s organisation attempted and for a time even succeeded in perverting the course of justice in this country and even our democracy. There are two previously high-up directors of NewsCorp subsidiaries on trial here in the UK right now. The charges include bribing public officials, tapping private conversations, coercing public figures with threats, etc. and we’re all supposed to believe Rupert and James didn’t know about it? If Brookes and Coulson are found guilty the USA should throw both Murdochs in prison, since proof of the crimes committed here means they have broken the law in the USA.
Sly is part of the Murdoch media cabal.