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Sky / NowTV Red Button content?

gomezz — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 11:22:57 GMT

I am struggling to get a definitive answer on whether Sky Red Button content is made available on the NowTV app on my BT Youview box. I am hoping to watch a Championship League football match tomorrow evening. My usual pub will likely be showing a Champions Leage match and the World Cup rugby so that is probably not an option. Does anyone know the answer? Will check the app later to see if the Red Button matches this evening are showing as available.

Re: Sky / NowTV Red Button content?

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 14:07:54 GMT

@gomezz I think the answer to your question is the red button service is no longer available on BT SPORT like it used to be. I asked a similar question several weeks ago I was told since BT / WBD joint venture BT no longer control the sport channels, Champions League is on BT sport but no red button.

Re: Sky / NowTV Red Button content?

andydenyer — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 17:02:29 GMT

@Anonymous - @gomezz was asking about Championship football on Sky Sports (via the Now app on the BT Youview box) NOT Champions League football on TNT Sports (for which the 'extra' - or red button - channels ARE still available).

Re: Sky / NowTV Red Button content?

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 18:04:13 GMT

Not easy to find since the interface revamp but if you select Sport from the menu at the top of the screen & then scroll down & down & down & down, eventually you get to Bonus Streams, which is Now Speak for Sky's Red Button.

Re: Sky / NowTV Red Button content?

ozsat — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 18:05:58 GMT

That's how I found it last time there was red button content.

I think the very last row on the main screen.

@Anonymouswrote:
Not easy to find since the interface revamp but if you select Sport from the menu at the top of the screen & then scroll down & down & down & down, eventually you get to Bonus Streams, which is Now Speak for Sky's Red Button.

Re: Sky / NowTV Red Button content?

gomezz — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 20:38:23 GMT

Thanks all. Checked and found this evening's Red Button matches on the app on my BT Youview box and on my Chromecast dongle. But not showing on the app on my phone which I find curious but not a problem for what I want.

The only downside is I don't get my two free pints of lager as I would if I watched in the pub rather than paying for a Now TV day pass. 😞

Re: Sky / NowTV Red Button content?

zulu17 — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 21:12:37 GMT

Hi @gomezz

NOW do not provide Bonus Streams on all devices. That is something that irked a lot of tennis fans during their US Open coverage.

The list that they do is shown at

https://help.nowtv.com/article/now-features

Re: Sky / NowTV Red Button content?

gomezz — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 19:37:12 GMT

I have also just found that even though the bonus streams are available on the BT Youview box that a day pass does not allow you access to them - you need a month pass. A petty restriction and f'ing annoyed at them taking my money. 😠

Re: Sky / NowTV Red Button content?

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 19:46:01 GMT

I seem to recall that a day pass also gave mobile access for a year? Might be worth trying that.

Re: Sky / NowTV Red Button content?

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 09:02:18 GMT

@andydenyer Didn't realise it's called Championship League now I thought it was just The Championship, there why I misread it. I stand corrected. �

Re: Sky / NowTV Red Button content?

andydenyer — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 21:28:29 GMT

@Anonymous It's not - you are correct that it's called The Championship (NOT Championship League), which is the league below the Premier League and is shown on Sky Sports / Now. But the answer you gave was in respect of the UEFA Champions League which is shown on TNT Sports, whereas @gomezz was asking about the red button services on the Now app to be able to watch other Championship matches which weren't likely to be shown at his local pub as they would be showing a UEFA Champions League game (on TNT Sports) instead. TBH, I still refer to The Championship as "Division Two in old money" and The Champions League as the European Cup (it's somewhat ironic that it was renamed the Champions League when they extended the competition to include teams that weren't champions)! 😀