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Old 03-08-2015, 18:06
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With the NBC Sports sub you get to watch a certain amount of EPL matches live but then they have every single match on delay with the British commentators is that correct? Is it possible to access their "portal" (or whatever it is?) and avoid spoilers for the matches that have played?
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Old 03-08-2015, 18:48
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I'm trying to work out what to use for next season. I thought it would be useful to put a summary together of the options. There's a few gaps here, so please help fill it in or correct it if possible!

BeIN Sports
Matches: Premier League (including 3pm KO), Champions League
Price: $13/month
Where: Middle East
Notes: Worked well for me last season, but at the end they switched to using Silverlight which broke my SmartDNS. I don't know if this is an issue any more?
Some Champions League games and 3pm KOs were only available with Arabic commentary. Other than that, the coverage was good - usually Andy Gray & Richard Keys in the studio with English commentators / pundits.

NBC Sports
Matches: Premier League (including 3pm KO)
Price: ?
Where: USA
Notes: Need to have a US cable subscription?

Fox Sports
Matches: Champions League
Price: ?
Where: USA
Notes: Need to have a US cable subscription?

Premier League Pass
Matches: Premier League (including 3pm KO)
Price: NZD19.90 / month or NZD199 / year
Where: New Zealand
Notes: Apparently there's a risk of getting cut off after you've already paid?

Star Sports
Matches: Premier League
Price: ?
Where: India
Notes: ?

There are also unofficial options which source Sky Sports and BT Sport, but these appear to be invite-only or aren't allowing more registrations:
247HD (previously Plus1HD)
Footy-Report

I'm inclined to go for BeIN again, just because they cover both Premier League and Champions League. I've not used Premier League Pass or Star Sports before, so I don't know how these compare? What option is everyone else going for this season?
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Old 03-08-2015, 18:48
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I thought NBC sport extra showed every game live? I have signed in to my account but when I click on live and upcoming it does not show any premier league games? Can anybody else check theirs to see if there are any pl games listed as upcoming? Worried I have got an account the does not include live pl games?!
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Old 03-08-2015, 20:21
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Can't get beIN to AirPlay , anyone can help ?

as for Star Sports , it was awful for me last season , is it really free this season ? does it have the worst quality from its contenders along with lowest price ?

Plus SS subscription showing my expiry date as 1st of JUN , and "not subscription available to purchase at the moment"
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Old 03-08-2015, 20:32
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Can't get beIN to AirPlay , anyone can help ?

as for Star Sports , it was awful for me last season , is it really free this season ? does it have the worst quality from its contenders along with lowest price ?

Plus SS subscription showing my expiry date as 1st of JUN , and "not subscription available to purchase at the moment"
Its not possible to airplay beinsports any more and mirroring does not work either i tried to get it to work by changing the app preferences via flex2 it worked a couple of times then stopped
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Old 03-08-2015, 22:12
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I thought NBC sport extra showed every game live? I have signed in to my account but when I click on live and upcoming it does not show any premier league games? Can anybody else check theirs to see if there are any pl games listed as upcoming? Worried I have got an account the does not include live pl games?!
The liveextra website is showing all the games in the live & upcoming section.
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Old 03-08-2015, 22:33
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The liveextra website is showing all the games in the live & upcoming section.
I've had a look on the app and there aren't any games showing on there.
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Old 03-08-2015, 23:32
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Does beIN show American football?
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Old 04-08-2015, 06:39
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NFL GamePass will serve you American Football with all games in HD and on a variety of devices starting at £85 with no threat of cancellation, nor any VPN required.
https://gamepass.nfl.com
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Old 04-08-2015, 08:04
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NFL GamePass will serve you American Football with all games in HD and on a variety of devices starting at £85 with no threat of cancellation, nor any VPN required.
https://gamepass.nfl.com
Whichever games Sky show at 6 & 9pm on a Sunday won't be available in the UK - you'll have to wait 24 hours. Same goes for playoff games, championship games or the Super Bowl.
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Old 04-08-2015, 08:09
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Whichever games Sky show at 6 & 9pm on a Sunday won't be available in the UK - you'll have to wait 24 hours. Same goes for playoff games, championship games or the Super Bowl.
True, but that is easily remedied by Smart DNS. Some Smart DNS companies like OverPlay allow you to switch between about a dozen NFL Game Pass countries, so you could easily bypass the UK blackouts.
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Old 04-08-2015, 08:25
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I've had a look on the app and there aren't any games showing on there.
same for me. no upcoming games on the NBC SL app on iOS or APple TV, but they are scheduled on the website so I am not going to worry until 12:45 on Saturday!
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Old 04-08-2015, 08:27
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For NFL, have a look at NFL2GO .
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Old 04-08-2015, 08:35
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I thought NBC sport extra showed every game live? I have signed in to my account but when I click on live and upcoming it does not show any premier league games? Can anybody else check theirs to see if there are any pl games listed as upcoming? Worried I have got an account the does not include live pl games?!
don't think thats possible, if you have an account you get it all.

Lets see what happens on Saturday.

I ma using the NBC SL app on Apple TV and I cant see any upcoming games either.
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Old 04-08-2015, 09:09
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Having used NBC last year you sometimes wouldn't see the games on I-pad, Apple TV or roku until the day of broadcast, not always, but if not, they only seemed to be on there a day or 2 before, even when the schedule was showing 7 days in advance
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Old 04-08-2015, 09:35
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Having used NBC last year you sometimes wouldn't see the games on I-pad, Apple TV or roku until the day of broadcast, not always, but if not, they only seemed to be on there a day or 2 before, even when the schedule was showing 7 days in advance
thanks for that. My theory was that NBC would naturally promote USA based sports more actively hence little on there for the EPL, but as you said, I would be very surprised if the games were not shown live.
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Old 04-08-2015, 14:40
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I wonder if the PL have got onto starsports as they are not scheduled any PL games yet on either iOS app (hence no pricing yet) although they are on the TV guide on the website
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Old 04-08-2015, 14:42
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I wonder if the PL have got onto starsports as they are not scheduled any PL games yet on either iOS app (hence no pricing yet) although they are on the TV guide on the website
thanks for that, glad its not just me, for a moment I thought my smartdns was not working but if you cannot see any packages either then its obviously a starsports issue.
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Old 04-08-2015, 20:10
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Nbc Fixtures are now showing on iPad, Apple TV and android apps under the upcoming section. I'm getting excited now. Fingers crossed there's no glitches with the streams now
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Old 04-08-2015, 21:49
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What DNS would you all recommend? I'm looking at Unotelly, overplay and block us
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Old 04-08-2015, 23:27
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Can someone help me please?

* What are the options for viewing Champions League matches - assuming I don't have access to NBC/Fox? Is it just beIN?

* Does SmartDNS now work for ungeoblocking beIN's Silverlight player?

Thanks!
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Old 04-08-2015, 23:55
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Can someone help me please?

* What are the options for viewing Champions League matches - assuming I don't have access to NBC/Fox? Is it just beIN?

* Does SmartDNS now work for ungeoblocking beIN's Silverlight player?

Thanks!
BTSport may be a option but a bit pricey i think it's £19.99p/m other than that Bein is probably your best shot, no idea about silverlight though. Why companies use that horrific software i will never know.
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Old 05-08-2015, 07:55
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no idea about silverlight though. Why companies use that horrific software i will never know.
I think they still use silverlight as its considered to be a more secure platform for delivering content, as you said its awful actually so bad than even Microsoft " the developers of silverlight " have stopped supporting it in there new edge browser on windows 10 i think one of the only browsers that officially supports it is firefox.

BTSport may be a option but a bit pricey i think it's £19.99p/m
When i looked last week it was £23 a month up from £ 12 or £13 on sky as a standalone service if your on BT you can get it for £5
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Old 05-08-2015, 09:06
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FFS... The thread is likely to get shut down if we carry on like this. Matt_Hicks, I'm looking at your post from a few days ago too.
We're not supposed to mention any illegal services or "dodgy" account sources on here. It's happened before and the whole thread was deleted.

Can someone who communicates with the mods ask them to delete that post please?
well, as you can see I am new to the forum.

if I could edit that particular post I would.
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Old 05-08-2015, 09:24
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I can confirm NBC SLE has updated the iOS app and Apple TV schedules with this weekends PL fixtures, happy days!

has anyone watched that show "men in blazers"? who the hell are the idiot brit presenters?
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