topic Re: Sky Go, Sky Sream and Ad Skipping in Sky Stream

Sky Go, Sky Sream and Ad Skipping

MJK4331 — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 08:24:10 GMT

Is what I am experiencing how Ad Skipping is meant to work ?

New to Sky, I thought I'd try Game of Thrones on Sky Atlantic. The Ad Skipping experince is inconsistent.

If I stream on the tv, the ads are there but I am able to fast forward through them.

If I download to my iPad using Sky Go and watch the download, there are no ads in the download, just a second or two of the title screen where ads would have been

But if I stream to my iPad using Sky Go, the ads are there and cannot be fast-forwarded.

If this is how it is meant to work, it is inconvenient as that means anything I want to watch on the iPad (in the gym) has to be downloaded and watched wihin 48 hours, which may not be possible

Is this how it works ?

Or have I done something wrong or am I missing a fix ?

Thank you again !

Re: Sky Go, Sky Sream and Ad Skipping

Nigelb1972 — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 11:22:11 GMT

That's how it works as Sky Go is independent to Sky Stream but you are given access as part of your package

Re: Sky Go, Sky Sream and Ad Skipping

mikealanr — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 15:22:34 GMT

@MJK4331

See https://www.sky.com/help/articles/ad-skipping-sky-glass

MikeAlanR

Re: Sky Go, Sky Sream and Ad Skipping

MJK4331 — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 08:42:54 GMT

Thank you both

The linked article describes fast forwarding on the tv, which is fine.

Is there any way to fast forward on the iPad when streaming ? Touching the screen during an ad proves unhelpful.

Again thanks

Re: Sky Go, Sky Sream and Ad Skipping

Mister_Dalek — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 08:58:45 GMT

@MJK4331 wrote:
Thank you both

The linked article describes fast forwarding on the tv, which is fine.

Is there any way to fast forward on the iPad when streaming ? Touching the screen during an ad proves unhelpful.

Again thanks

Ad skipping only applies to Sky Stream and Sky Glass, not Sky Go.