Sky TV launches NOW TV Smart Stick, with voice, at £14.99

[3dcandy]

Nope I've re-read it. To get non Now TV channels you will still need a box, and a Sky Q box at that it appears

[Saracen]

In which case I can suggest an anatomically implausible place they can put it, as far as I'm cincerned.

[DanceswithUnix]

Now TV doesn't, afaict? Register and have a compatible device seem to be the only requirements.

It's pretty much exactly the service I was complaining about wanting. Come the summer I could easily see me investing in a week of sports (that'd do me an entire test match for £11 ). I mean, obviously I'd love it to be a LOT cheaper, but....

Sports is pretty expensive on NowTV. Keep an eye open in the supermarkets for one of the bundle boxes: http://www.argos.co.uk/product/7255009

Tesco and Sainsburys tend to stock them, and they often turn up half price. They come with a voucher you can start using any time you choose, I have kept one for about a year before using it.

[3dcandy]

Last time I had sky broadband it was ok apart from the garbage router...

[spacein_vader]

That's the way I read it too. I'd LIKE to be wrong, one reason being occasional access to Sky Atlantic. Instead, I currently just buy an occassional box set. Discs, I mean.

Is Atlantic not available via Now TV?

Nope I've re-read it. To get non Now TV channels you will still need a box, and a Sky Q box at that it appears

What's the point then? If you've already got a Q box connected why would you need a broadband based solution that achieves what you've already got?

In which case I can suggest an anatomically implausible place they can put it, as far as I'm cincerned.

This.

Sports is pretty expensive on NowTV. Keep an eye open in the supermarkets for one of the bundle boxes: http://www.argos.co.uk/product/7255009

Tesco and Sainsburys tend to stock them, and they often turn up half price. They come with a voucher you can start using any time you choose, I have kept one for about a year before using it.

This is also good advice. We keep one without a sub in the guest room, as I player, more 4 etc all work without it.

The sports cost depends on your usage. The only sport Sky carry that I care about is England test matches and Peterborough United football matches. My football team is rarely on sky, maybe once or twice a season. In that case paying £5 a game is a reasonable cost to me.

Equally for test matches I can't watch the says when I'm at work so odd days don't bother me. A one week option would be nice though.

[scaryjim]

Sports is pretty expensive on NowTV. ...

It's not cheap, but £11 for a week's access isn't horrendous when you look at the other options (spend the entire week in the pub, or actually drag myself bodily to, say, Old Trafford for five days paying £45 a day....). It's the kind of one off cost I'd be happy to pay (I certainly wouldn't bother keeping up any monthly subscriptions, since I don't actually watch any television any more ).

[cheesemp]

What's the point then? If you've already got a Q box connected why would you need a broadband based solution that achieves what you've already got?

Its for flats/apartments that can't have dishes and for saving costs on installing dishes in the future...

[spacein_vader]

Its for flats/apartments that can't have dishes and for saving costs on installing dishes in the future...

But if you've already got a sky Q box then you've already got a dish?

[DanceswithUnix]

But if you've already got a sky Q box then you've already got a dish?

If you already have a Q box then I don't think any of this stuff is aimed at you. The point would be to aim it at other customers who are not currently covered by Q.

[spacein_vader]

If you already have a Q box then I don't think any of this stuff is aimed at you. The point would be to aim it at other customers who are not currently covered by Q.

That would make sense but somebody said:

Nope I've re-read it. To get non Now TV channels you will still need a box, and a Sky Q box at that it appears

Which is odd if true.

[DanceswithUnix]

That would make sense but somebody said:

Not really odd.

NowTV is a cut price service. No way Sky are going to include everything, that would be odd marketing.

The new announcement is a full service but over IP. If you want the full Sky user experience, that means a Sky box and Q is the current platform.

I don't know how much of the back end they share, but NowTV and Sky are different brands and products.

[scaryjim]

... A one week option would be nice though.

According to http://www.nowtv.com/watch-sky-sports-online a one week Sky Sports pass is £10.99. I reckon that's a reasonable price to pay to stream all five days of a home test

[3dcandy]

Virgin is going to upgrade everyone to a V6 box. We're currently with Virgin and the V6 box is pretty good to be fair, with 4K output can record 6 shows at once etc. etc.
I know of many places now that will not allow you to install a Sky dish at all. Most new builds it's not allowed and blocks of flats etc. can prove difficult. Giving the whole lot over to IP is simple - the shows are already stored on a server this just makes them accessible. As they own Now TV this is the budget offering, Sky will be the premium offering and probably only worthwhile if you go with their fibre broadband too (broadband probably marketed as free) in a financial sense. It's all about getting more customers. Remember that stuff like the F1 will be Sky only from 2019 with all the kudos they get from that. Won't be long (IMHO) before nearly all sport and movies will be over on a pay tv structure

[DanceswithUnix]

According to http://www.nowtv.com/watch-sky-sports-online a one week Sky Sports pass is £10.99. I reckon that's a reasonable price to pay to stream all five days of a home test

Looks like you can buy a week for £10: https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-and...78580-pdt.html

[scaryjim]

Looks like you can buy a week for £10: https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-and...78580-pdt.html

Huh, interesting ... I believe my perks deal at work includes Currys....

[spacein_vader]

Not really odd.

NowTV is a cut price service. No way Sky are going to include everything, that would be odd marketing.

The new announcement is a full service but over IP. If you want the full Sky user experience, that means a Sky box and Q is the current platform.

I don't know how much of the back end they share, but NowTV and Sky are different brands and products.

Sorry I thought we were talking about the articles news that sky would be moving all their stuff to over IP and was wondering why you'd still need a Q box in that context. Think I got my wires crossed.

According to http://www.nowtv.com/watch-sky-sports-online a one week Sky Sports pass is £10.99. I reckon that's a reasonable price to pay to stream all five days of a home test

I didn't realise that option existed. That'll do for the test matches nicely then.