@Anonymous wrote:
@ThePotterFan wrote:
it kinda feels like they want us to move to now tv. I wish stream did true ad free like you get on now tv and also true individual profiles also coming to now.
For me comparing Sky and NOW is apples and oranges. NOW is a replacement for individual packages of Sky channels (entertainment, cinema, sports) but it's not a comparable offering in itself and you have to supplement it with apps for any non-Sky channels you want as well. It can be cheaper if you just want to watch sports, but imo it's not comparable as an overall TV platform.
Proper multiple profiles would be nice for sure. The skip ads button they recently added makes it easier but I do think they'd have been better just pre-skipping on users behalf, feels a bit like an own-goal that.
The key difference is that one is an OS and the other is an app.
SkyOS (formerly Entertainment OS) only runs on Sky hardware - Glass or puck - and offers live channel streams and access to a variety of third party apps, along with bundle offers such as 'free' Netflix, Discovery+ and Paramount+ (with Sky Cinema). It also is a good content aggregator, with the ability to search and stream content from a variety of sources.
The NOW app runs on various types of hardware, on various operating systems. It only offers live Sky channel streams and Sky on demand content. There are no bundle offers with third parties.
But, as I've discovered, if NOW is used on a device such as the Apple TV 4K box, which runs Apple's own tvOS, much of the same functionality can be achieved. Voice control, watchlists, search across multiple apps, continue watching, individual profiles, UHD, HDR, Atmos, etc. It doesn't have the ability to channel hop between live TV channels, so that can be a deal breaker for many, but everything else it does just as well, and often better, than Sky Stream.
The fact that Sky have allowed both options to exist and give the customer the choice is a very good thing.
