Sky Sports +

[Trips+out]

Hi all 

According to a sky sports news article sky sports + will be launching around the 8th august.

https://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/12196/13151426/super-league-fixtures-revealed-for-rounds...

[SKY1992bf]

@Trips+out  That sounds about right with the new football league season beginning two days later 

the new football league tv deal being the primary reason for the launch of sky sports +

[Trips+out]

Yes does sound about right. Wondering if sky will close formula one race control on the red button?.

[oj01]

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@Trips+out wrote:

Hi all 

According to a sky sports news article sky sports + will be launching around the 8th august.

https://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/12196/13151426/super-league-fixtures-revealed-for-rounds...

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Annoyingly, for Sky +HD customers, some of those fixtures are shown as being exclusive to Sky Sports +, meaning that we can't watch them.

I get that Sky want us all on Sky Q (or Stream), but we will have gone from the heralded "watch every Super League this season on Sky Sports" to not being able to do so half way through the season. 

[nigea99]

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@Trips+out wrote:

Yes does sound about right. Wondering if sky will close formula one race control on the red button?.

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The Red button on SKY Q  used to just link to another Satellite feed but more and more has linked to internet  based feeds like F! race control and in car cameras & more Vourt action on SKY Tennis etc

So the way I read it is that more sport will be available using existing features such as red button on SKY Q as well as being available on other devices through a revamped SKY Sports app.

Unfortunately this  red button functionality launching apps/internet based content isn't available on SKY HD

[SKY1992bf]

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@oj01 wrote:

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@Trips+out wrote:

Hi all 

According to a sky sports news article sky sports + will be launching around the 8th august.

https://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/12196/13151426/super-league-fixtures-revealed-for-rounds...

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Annoyingly, for Sky +HD customers, some of those fixtures are shown as being exclusive to Sky Sports +, meaning that we can't watch them.

I get that Sky want us all on Sky Q (or Stream), but we will have gone from the heralded "watch every Super League this season on Sky Sports" to not being able to do so half way through the season. 

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@oj01 true, but to be fair to sky they are not completely denying Sky+HD customers access as these customers can still access SS+ content via the sky sports app for mobile albeit on a smaller screen to tv size screen

plus hopefully Sky +hd customers will still have access to the SS+ linear channel (although this cannot be confirmed for certain until the channel launches )

[oj01]

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@SKY1992bf wrote:

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@oj01 wrote:

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@Trips+out wrote:

Hi all 

According to a sky sports news article sky sports + will be launching around the 8th august.

https://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/12196/13151426/super-league-fixtures-revealed-for-rounds...

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Annoyingly, for Sky +HD customers, some of those fixtures are shown as being exclusive to Sky Sports +, meaning that we can't watch them.

I get that Sky want us all on Sky Q (or Stream), but we will have gone from the heralded "watch every Super League this season on Sky Sports" to not being able to do so half way through the season. 

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@oj01 true, but to be fair to sky they are not completely denying Sky+HD customers access as these customers can still access SS+ content via the sky sports app for mobile albeit on a smaller screen to tv size screen

plus hopefully Sky +hd customers will still have access to the SS+ linear channel (although this cannot be confirmed for certain until the channel launches )

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Yes, I'd forgotten about the linear channel. Fairly certain that Sky+HD boxes will receive this. Then, I suppose, it will depend on which sporting events are happening concurrently as to which will be shown on the channel. 

[Trips+out]

Hi sky community 

I have just been looking this morning about the brand new sky sports + service.

Giving you more choice with new live streams and a dedicated channel at no extra cost

• Watch your EFL team over 20 times a season, live on Sky Sports
• Enjoy over 1,000 live EFL games including every Carabao Cup fixture
• Every match from the men’s Super League
• Over 100 tournaments across the US Open, ATP & WTA tours
• Offers the capability to show up to 100 events concurrently
• Available on Sky TV, streaming service NOW and the new, improved Sky Sports mobile app
• Making it easier for you to follow your favourite teams and sports

With new live streams, a dedicated channel, and a revamped app for TV and mobile, Sky Sports+ will gives you more choice than ever before with the capability to show up to 100 live events at the same time.

[Trips+out]

Hi all 

the following fixtures from the championship are going to be showing on the new sky sports plus from Friday 8th august. 

[Daniel0210]

@Trips+out 

It's been in the news. There are no Saturday 3pm kick off games that first weekend. 

[Trips+out]

I am quite surprised that sky didn't make a further announcement about their Sky sports + tv channel which they said that they are launching. What does everyone else think about sky sports main event channel?. Do you think that sky might rename that as sky sports +?.

[SKY1992bf]

@Trips+out  Afaik main event is staying there will be a separate linear channel for sports plus content 

[Trips+out]

If sky sports + was going to be an separate linear channel would it have started testing by now?.

[Trips+out]

Hi sky community 

someone that I was talking to about the sky sports + service said "If Sky Sports was set to launch a new channel it would have been testing since May. That why I says Sky Sports is set to rebrand their Main Event channel.

"I did not see a point on Main Event since it launch.

"It just live sports from other channels plus Sky Sports News.

[nigea99]

@Trips+out 

SKY already have transponder/channels they use for 'floating' content  e.g. Red button content

SKY may use these for the SKY Sports+ linear channel 

I should also point out that other SKY Sports + content will also use the internet for more Red button content rather than Satellite capacity