Sky Go Hotel and Motorhome TV

[Howsmydiving]

I'm a long term Sky VIP Diamond Customer.  I use Sky Go when I'm away on business but I can see no good reason why I'm prevented from using Sky Go on a hotel TV when it's only myself in the room watching it.  Instead I have to watch my Premier League on my iPad and not the large hotel room TV.  I understand that there's some legal reason for this but why?  I'd happily pay a bit more to be able to do this.  

I'm now in the process of buying a Motorhome, same scenario, I want to use Sky Go when I'm in the move in my Motorhome to cast to my Motorhome 12V Smart TV.  Is there a good, permanent way I can do this.  

[stereohaven]

@Howsmydiving I understand your pain.

I was away earlier in the week and took my Apple TV to watch Sky Go on the TV in our lodge.

This was possible because:

1. I have a Multiroom/Whole Home subscription and 
2. I have a device that supports Sky Go and can connect to hotel WiFi or similar

However, before Sky Go was made available on the Apple TV, when I travelled for work I would plug my laptop into a hotel room TV with an HDMI cable, then shut the lid, making the TV the only screen from the laptop, then use a Bluetooth mouse to open and then watch Sky Go.

If you try to do this with the laptop screen open, it recognises a second screen and the protection kicks in.

Sadly, there is no way I have ever found of "casting" Sky Go as it uses a wide range of protection technology to stop the content being shared.

I agree that using it on a bigger screen when travelling should be much easier, especially for the price paid and I would add the picture quality should be increased dramatically as well.

This is a big advantage of NOW TV v. "full Sky" in my view, as you can use the app on multiple devices very easily and in better quality.

[caesarome]

@Howsmydiving 

It isn't possible to do this with a tablet like an iPad as it is blocked due to rights restrictions but you can connect a laptop to a TV as there is no restriction on doing this. Casting either device isn't possible either.

[Wibbly-Woo]

@Howsmydiving 

I too am a Platinum VIP and am fairly sure that I have no such restrictions on my Sky Go...

I watched sky when I was in hospital in 2016 !

[stereohaven]

What device did you watch it on @Wibbly-Woo?

[Wibbly-Woo]

Android Tablet

[stereohaven]

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@Wibbly-Woo wrote:

Android Tablet

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So you were not casting from your tablet to a TV, which is what the OP was asking? 

[Wibbly-Woo]

@stereohaven 

You are correct - but I have used cast from my tablet at my fathers house and using his TV.

[stereohaven]

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@Wibbly-Woo wrote:

@stereohaven 

You are correct - but I have used cast from my tablet at my fathers house and using his TV.

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Interesting.

As the Sky Go app doesn't support casting to or from any device to another as far as I have ever been able to establish, then either you are a genius, lucky or we are getting crossed wires!