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Now TV as alternative to sky stream

rovingwarrior — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:52:09 GMT

hi does anyone have any advice or experience on whether now TV is better than or equal to sky stream for sports?

Per previous threads ive had sky stream for only a few days, i am only really interested in watching football and the 2 games ive watched so far have been beset with issues; liverpool leeds practically unwatchable (echoing comments from many on here), then liverpool inter likewise rubish fixed by switching to my laptop at half time.

Is NOw TV any better (assuming can use the laptop to stream)

Does Now TV have the 'catch up' functioinality like the stream puck as in can i start watching a sky sports football match 30mins late and watch from the start or can you only watch a pure live stream?

Thanks

Re: Now TV as alternative to sky stream

mikealanr — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 12:09:01 GMT

Hi @rovingwarrior

It's a hard question to answer as it depends what you are after e.g. UHD etc etc. and that all is dependent on what device you watch on.

However their FAQ may answer some of your questions. See: https://www.nowtv.com/gb/help/article/sports-membership

Ive not had NowTV for many years, but you used to be you had to wait for the content to become available post game if joining part way through. Hopefully someone may be able to confirm.

Sky stream suffered a documented outage last night. However I find the service usually quite stable. However there any many variable factors that can impact it.

MikeAlanR

Re: Now TV as alternative to sky stream

BenJoBanjo — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 12:24:36 GMT

@rovingwarrior

Depending on the device you're using to access NOW, all live channels have a 'watch from the start' button so you can join a programme part way through and restart it.

Re: Now TV as alternative to sky stream

LondonLite — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 23:57:40 GMT

The advantages of using NOW instead of Sky Stream include that you don't have to subscribe to Sky Essential TV or Ultimate to access the sports channels. But if you want to watch the content at 1080p or 4K, you have to buy an additional boost membership at £6 for HD or £9pm for 4K HDR on top of the Sports Membership. With Stream HD is standard.

NOW is also offering longer term memberships for slightly cheaper prices, but you're tied into a longer term membership with NOW.

Re: Now TV as alternative to sky stream

BenJoBanjo — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 08:12:57 GMT

@LondonLite wrote:
The advantages of using NOW instead of Sky Stream include that you don't have to subscribe to Sky Essential TV or Ultimate to access the sports channels. But if you want to watch the content at 1080p or 4K, you have to buy an additional boost membership at £6 for HD or £9pm for 4K HDR on top of the Sports Membership. With Stream HD is standard.

NOW is also offering longer term memberships for slightly cheaper prices, but you're tied into a longer term membership with NOW.

Boost and Ultra Boost can always be purchased for a lot less after paying for a month at full price or cancelling a free trial. I've never paid more than £4.50 for Ultra Boost but it can go as low as £3pm.
The Boost options also remove ads from on demand content and give multiscreen viewing.

Re: Now TV as alternative to sky stream

Jporch316 — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 07:24:19 GMT

@rovingwarrior wrote:
hi does anyone have any advice or experience on whether now TV is better than or equal to sky stream for sports?

Per previous threads ive had sky stream for only a few days, i am only really interested in watching football and the 2 games ive watched so far have been beset with issues; liverpool leeds practically unwatchable (echoing comments from many on here), then liverpool inter likewise rubish fixed by switching to my laptop at half time.

Is NOw TV any better (assuming can use the laptop to stream)

Does Now TV have the 'catch up' functioinality like the stream puck as in can i start watching a sky sports football match 30mins late and watch from the start or can you only watch a pure live stream?

Thanks

Wasn't Liverpool v inter on Amazon prime ?

Re: Now TV as alternative to sky stream

Al+East+Lothian — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 13:59:46 GMT

Yes it was. I watched with no problems, though was watching it live. I han Now for a number of years after moving home where I had Sky Q.

With Now, I had Sky Sports and watch on a Roku 4k stick, which Iñworked well.

Now back with Sky Stream, which is also working well.