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Discovery PLus channel on BT Box

PhilC42 — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 07:03:44 GMT

Discovery PLus channel on BT Box .. I see Eurosport have moved the bulk of WSB coverage to the Disney Plus channel, which apparently I am paying for, but cannot access from a BT Box, in fact, it appears that I have to buy an Apple TV box if I want to watch it, is that correct? Anyone know anything about this?

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NigelB72 — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 07:13:29 GMT

The Discovery+ app should be coming soon but no date has been released yet but the likely scenario is for around the time TNT Sport is launched or the new Premier League season but this is just speculation and hasn't been confirmed by BT or Discovery/Warner

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zulu17 — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 08:25:12 GMT

WSB (World Superbikes) is broadcast typically on Eurosport 2 so is available on BT TV boxes.

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NigelB72 — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 09:07:00 GMT

@PhilC42 I've just checked the BT TV EPG and WSB in on Eurosport 2

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gomezz — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 09:32:31 GMT

Note that WSB and BSB coverage is sometimes not complete on the ES2 channel so need to use the Discovery+ app to fill in the gaps. For example, yesterday's Superpole session for the Superbike class was online only. Thankfully, Discovery+ inherited the superb Eurosport Player catch-up capability so not a biggy.

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Les-Gibson — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 10:32:22 GMT

The Discovery Plus app works well on Roku and features Eurosport, the fire stick is a lower spec Roku who make them both.

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Popeye13_Official — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 10:59:13 GMT

ROKU don't make the Fire TV Stick. Its an Amazon product.

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PhilC42 — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 06:08:16 GMT

ok thank you for letting me know .. not great for BT/Eurosport to do that 😞

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Les-Gibson — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 09:45:59 GMT

The Firestick is marketed by Amazon but it was originally designed and built by Roku, manufacturing was due to switch to Amazon's plant in India in February this year.

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DarrenDev — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 09:53:06 GMT

@Les-Gibson wrote:

The Firestick is marketed by Amazon but it was originally designed and built by Roku, manufacturing was due to switch to Amazon's plant in India in February this year.

Do you have any reference/evidence of this? They're competing products with absolutely no overlap in design or operation, so it would be very surprising if true.

Re: Discovery PLus channel on BT Box

Les-Gibson — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 10:13:26 GMT

@DarrenDev

I can't remember where I read about Roku developing the Firestick but confirmation of Amazon to start building in India can be found on Google, e.g. Amazon partners with Foxconn to make Fire TV Sticks in India - Nikkei Asia

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Richr1 — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 13:36:23 GMT

Neither Roku nor Amazon manufacture anything.

Firesticks are made by Foxconn, and always have been - it is Foxconn that is now making them in India in addition to its existing Asian plants.

Roku don't say who makes their equivalent, but their recent annual accounts say:

We outsource the manufacturing of our products to our contract manufacturers and original design manufacturers. All of our products are manufactured in the People’s Republic of China, Southeast Asia, and Brazil.

I believe that Foxconn is one of those manufacturers. So it is true that the same third party manufactures (and continues to manufacture) both, but not that one manufactures the other.

The software of the two is completely different - Fire OS being a fork of Google's Android, Roku based directly on Unix. Roku was originally part of Netflix, but was spun off early in its life.