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Old 13-12-2017, 14:46   #4021
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l have never denied that Streaming services ain't growing PB but my view on the Premier league and many other big UK sports rights have been pretty consistent and indicate that l believe that there is very little chance of the streaming giants ever bidding in the UK premier league rights market for the reasons l have explained quite succinctly before on this thread.
Yeah, so succinct, nobody can find it.

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[QUOTE=theone2k10;35928564]I have said several times i believe a streaming company will get a highlights pack.
Streaming is the future but linear certainly isn't going anywhere anytime soon.[/QUOTE]
Agreed. But in 20 years or so, when habits have changed and the diehards begin to sit up, and fast broadband speeds are available throughout the UK, it will be a completely different picture.

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I have said several times i believe a streaming company will get a highlights pack.


Streaming is the future but linear certainly isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
Agreed. But in 20 years or so, when habits have changed and the diehards begin to sit up, and fast broadband speeds are available throughout the UK, it will be a completely different picture.
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I've used BT Sport , Now TV , Sky Go , NFL Network , TV Anywhere , NHL and all have fallen over at some point and usually at times of high demand.

Many of them offer so called HD Picture quality but in my experience this is some way short of that of the HD linear channel.
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Old 13-12-2017, 16:44   #4023
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Yeah, so succinct, nobody can find it.
Then as Confucius says you must look harder.

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But in 20 years or so, when habits have changed and the diehards begin to sit up, and fast broadband speeds are available throughout the UK, it will be a completely different picture.[/B]
Better to be a realistic diehard rather then being unrealistic.
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Then as Confucius says you must look harder.
Or you could simply tell us...
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I've used BT Sport , Now TV , Sky Go , NFL Network , TV Anywhere , NHL and all have fallen over at some point and usually at times of high demand.

Many of them offer so called HD Picture quality but in my experience this is some way short of that of the HD linear channel.
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I've used BT Sport , Now TV , Sky Go , NFL Network , TV Anywhere , NHL and all have fallen over at some point and usually at times of high demand.

Many of them offer so called HD Picture quality but in my experience this is some way short of that of the HD linear channel.
I have not used as extensively as you, but I have found the same thing. I have to say Netflix has been faultless, others you mention have not been so good and fallen over during high demand.
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services

Those interested in the impact of streaming services on linear television might be interested in 'Thinking Outside The Boxset':

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09hw2w6
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Red Bull TV' is now available as an app on Sky Q.

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Red Bull TV' is now available as an app on Sky Q.

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That sounds absolutely awful mate hahha

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That sounds absolutely awful mate hahha

i hate everything about redbull even the drink! give me a monster every day!
It's not the best channel lol, i have it on my ROKU and have never watched it.
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I've used BT Sport , Now TV , Sky Go , NFL Network , TV Anywhere , NHL and all have fallen over at some point and usually at times of high demand.

Many of them offer so called HD Picture quality but in my experience this is some way short of that of the HD linear channel.
I've used BT Sport, Now TV and NFL Gamepass amongst those, in the past Now TV and NFL Gamepass have had their issues but I've never received anything but a perfect service from BT Sports online player.
I haven't had any errors from any of my sports streaming services for a few months (even at high demand times) and to their credit the NFL gave me a 20% refund on my season pass when earlier in the year their recently outsourced service didn't work one Sunday (its been perfect since) and Now TV have given me 3 months free Sky Sports for helping them identify a glitch in their sports service.
I would admit none of those 3 are as good as broadcast HD but are a damn sight better than broadcast SD, if I were to rank them on picture quality the NFL service would be first and the closest to broadcast HD, BT sports second (hampered by its lowish bitrate) and Now TV 3rd (hampered by its 25 fps framerate).

I realise how good sports streaming services can be by being fortunate enough to use some services from the USA, despite having to counteract geo-restrictions when I use these I get a service without faults and with a picture quality on a par with UK broadcast HD if not better on some occasions (ESPN at 12500 kpbs is most definitely better than I've seen from a UK sports broadcaster).
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TV Player is now offering a cloud recording service.

http://www.a516digital.com/2017/12/t...recording.html
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TV Player is now offering a cloud recording service.

http://www.a516digital.com/2017/12/t...recording.html
TVplayer certainly aren't messing around.
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Red Bull TV' is now available as an app on Sky Q.

Credit to omnidirectional on dspy for the info.
Could have sworn that this was on VM, but couldn't see it after checking
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TV Player is now offering a cloud recording service.

http://www.a516digital.com/2017/12/t...recording.html
I'd be tempted to subscribe to TV Player but unless they can offer a reliable HD service I'm afraid its still not for me
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