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30 Dec 2023 04:10 PM
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@oj01 wrote:
@MRY-20 wrote:I'm a sky customer (18 yrs) but only interested in tennis, so not interested in watching other sports (ie Sky channel), I would happily pay for the tennis channel only, but I feel unfair having to pay for sky sport (that include other sports) when I'm not interested!. Waste of money... any solution?
I don't know if it's changed or if it's the same across all platforms but, historically, you've been able to subscribe to single Sports channels.
Single Sports channels are available on sky plus and Q by phoning sky only
as it currently stands glass/stream requires the complete sky Sports package there is no single channel option
30 Dec 2023 06:24 PM - last edited: 30 Dec 2023 06:28 PM
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@Dannyboy112 wrote:
Amazon Prime have pulled out and we tennis fans don't want a big gap JUST IN THE UK in coverage when tournaments are constant right between now and November 2024.
Not happy.
Presumably the Amazon experiment in live sports didn't get them the results they wanted, given they've also dropped PL football from the next renewal. Coverage isn't mandatory: at the end of the day it's there to make money for the event owner and the broadcasting / streaming platform.
31 Dec 2023 01:43 AM
well well we are used to being able to pick the matches we want to watch first match from australia what do we get 2russian girls for first match when there is an australian playing at same time we were used th brilliant coverage on prime thankfully i have taken out monthly as if this is all we are going to get is matches decided by sky then i will be switching off my subscription at the end of the month we only took sky out for the tennis
31 Dec 2023 01:52 AM
Hi,
I have sky stream and watching the live WTA tennis in Brisbane on sky sports main event/mix.
But how do I watch any of the other current live games from Brisbane?
From memory when Sky announced the tennis deal it said there would be 4000 live matches. But how do you access them and not just the one shown on the channel?
Thanks
31 Dec 2023 02:08 AM
@zorro wrote:well well we are used to being able to pick the matches we want to watch first match from australia what do we get 2russian girls for first match when there is an australian playing at same time we were used th brilliant coverage on prime thankfully i have taken out monthly as if this is all we are going to get is matches decided by sky then i will be switching off my subscription at the end of the month we only took sky out for the tennis
To be fair it is the match the tournament has put on the no.1 court and Andreeva is of interest for tennis fans being one of the new young up and coming stars being just 16. Don't know what happening to be born in Russia has to do with anything either.
I do agree though that I preferred the coverage and quality that Amazon Prime created for the tennis. Hoping sky sports get to grips with it soon.
31 Dec 2023 04:01 AM
Hi sky community
I've been watching the tennis sky sports coverage, and very disappointed with the coverage. I was really hoping they would cover the tennis like prime video did, and give you the option of which match you wanted to watch or tournament.
does anyone know whether sky sports coverage will improve? and if they have plans to give more match options soon?
I prefer to watch specific WTA players and worried I won't able to watch them at all.
31 Dec 2023 04:06 AM - last edited: 31 Dec 2023 04:17 AM
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31 Dec 2023 07:31 AM
Amazon prime offered on demand/catch up matches, so do Eurosport/discovery during the Australian and French open as do BBC for Wimbledon. These all allow you to watch multiple matches/streams - not just the one live linear channel match Sky's Brisbane tournament service seems to provide. When most matches are between midnight and 8 am - as they will be in Australia - just offering live coverage of one match isn't sufficient.
Sky's tennis costs 2-4 times as much as Amazon did for a much more limited offering which only supports live coverage - with no catch up so you if two good matches are on at once in different events/courts you can't want the second later.
Sky's tennis coverage is like watching tennis on tv in 2004 - not 2024. Why can't it evolve - and offer what BBC, Discovery+/Eurosport and yes Amazon have been offering for years?
31 Dec 2023 09:14 AM
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@Cookie17 wrote:Hi sky community
does anyone know whether sky sports coverage will improve? and if they have plans to give more match options soon?
I'd suggest waiting until March when the dedicated Tennis channel is rumoured to be starting.
But, I wouldn't be confident of it mirroring the same level of coverage that it seems you got on Amazon.
31 Dec 2023 09:25 AM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out morePotentially it isn't as cost effective to run multi-match support and it may only be available for the big opens Sky are showing.
Whilst Amazon's coverage was more comprehensive they lost a lot of money when they paid for the rights likely the reason they no longer have it.
A lot of sports Sky buy the rights too are just designed to fill the schedule rather than sports they infend on investing lots of money into. I believe the tennis was a multi year deal so potentially it's something that comes later once they determine the market and this potential profitability of the extra investment required.
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31 Dec 2023 09:54 AM
Are any showing the ASB matches on NOW tv sport
31 Dec 2023 10:00 AM
Can someone please help me to understand sky press release regarding this tennis deal. Sky Sports' coverage will be led by presenter Gigi Salmon, alongside Tim Henman and Laura Robson who will offer their expert analysis and insights across the two tours, with Jonathan Overend on the match commentary. Where is the presenter, experts and Jonathan Overend on commentary?.
31 Dec 2023 10:02 AM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out moreNow TV has their own community help forum @Kitty8 here:
31 Dec 2023 10:10 AM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out moreGoogle suggest this is tennis
A schedule of tennis coming up on sky sports is
https://www.skysports.com/watch/tennis-on-sky
31 Dec 2023 10:13 AM
That a shame wanted to watch the Emma Raducanu match tomorrow, I have just signed up for sky sports on NOW tv to watch the tennis, not the coverage I was hoping for. Thank you for replying
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