I really do hope I've been wrong since it was announced but I have thought that any cloud recording for linear channels was a bit far-fetched. There have been plenty of people, myself included, who were guided down the path of people adding anything and everything to their 'playlist'.
Considering broadcasters around the world clearly advertise any cloud service as 'cloud recording' or similar and they all have small print confirming a limited linear channel recording capability (i.e. not all channels and content can be recorded), I found the ambiguity of Sky's offering quite deafening. I've not said anything on here because quite often, you just get shot down.
The entire advertising push and materials do clearly state the following:
Found something you like? Whether it’s on demand, live, or something from your apps, quickly add it to your endless personal playlist. Tap the + button on the remote to add shows, movies, sports and more, with every available on-demand TV series added too, so you’re always up to date
Missed the beginning? Now you can play loads of live shows from the start and simply select the re-start option.
I could be wrong but the way I've taken the above from the announcement is that anything can be added to a playlist but that playlist item would just act as a bookmark, which would then perform a background search to collate all available episodes and series etc, hence the deep integration of third-party apps.
The recording live TV option, for me at least, was substituted for the live restart option on linear channels. But I imagine that is also limited to specific channels and content, again due to licensing issues.
Could somebody with Sky Glass, and a sports subscription, just try playlisting a live sports event from Sky Sports? If that content is available to view on your playlist, I will doff my hat and say that I've been wrong in my thinking. I do have a feeling that the only way to achieve it would be to live-restart it though.
How does the playlist work?
