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Sky sports BT TV US Open tennis

zulu17 — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 22:45:13 GMT

If I understand correctly Sky Sports are not intending to provide all court US Open tennis coverage to BT TV subscribers thus providing significantly reduced coverage to BT TV subscribers.
If true this is disappointing and I would hope that someone in BT TV would ask the question why and look to provide a better Sky Sports service on BT TV and/or the NOW app which should have the capability to offer extra matches streams.

Re: Sky sports BT TV US Open tennis

ozsat — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 04:59:41 GMT

Sky are providing live feeds of all the courts to their SkyQ and Sky Stream/Glass subscribers.

It looks as if VirginMedia will also be offering all those feeds too.

But regular Sky+ customers and BTtv customers will only get two channels - Areana and Action. Main Event will copy one of those.

Not seen if NOW will have all 16 courts.

Re: Sky sports BT TV US Open tennis

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 09:47:03 GMT

They are discussing this on the NOW help forums, seems there are 3 bonus streams available on many devices, not sure that is enough to cover 16 courts though.

I guess you will find out for sure on Monday.

Re: Sky sports BT TV US Open tennis

ozsat — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 14:41:46 GMT

Must be a small selection - there will be 16 full time court feeds available.

@Anonymouswrote:
They are discussing this on the NOW help forums, seems there are 3 bonus streams available on many devices, not sure that is enough to cover 16 courts though.
I guess you will find out for sure on Monday.

Re: Sky sports BT TV US Open tennis

zulu17 — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 18:05:56 GMT

Today Sky Sports Arena is covering the US Open qualifiers yet the EPG on BT TV has not been updated , it shows live Super League Rugby Catalans v Wigan as scheduled for that channel.

so changes to the EPG BT Sky are not reaching BT [YouView) EPG.

There needs to be a better (monitored) process,

I think I found the Catalans v Wigan on Sky Sports Action which of course is not listed in the BT TV EPG?

Re: Sky sports BT TV US Open tennis

Brucemeister5 — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 12:57:46 GMT

It would appear to me that all courts are available via the NOW app on our BT Pro tv box.

Re: Sky sports BT TV US Open tennis

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 10:13:13 GMT

This for me is a great example of why the YouView home screen is so dated and it doesn’t appear to have any resource behind maintaining the EPG or content links.

The home screen is missing a discovery section (or even several), right at the top that can take you straight to trending or important content that is or is not on a live channel.

This is one of the major reasons people always end up back at Sky, even though it is like dancing with the devil!

Re: Sky sports BT TV US Open tennis

zulu17 — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 18:50:39 GMT

Seem to have no sound on the bonus stream for Court 17 .

Re: Sky sports BT TV US Open tennis

ozsat — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 18:58:50 GMT

Same on all UK platforms

@zulu17wrote:
Seem to have no sound on the bonus stream for Court 17 .

Re: Sky sports BT TV US Open tennis

zulu17 — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 11:00:07 GMT

Well court 17 is effectively the Fourth most significant court at the Us open so no sound does impact viewing significantly.

The catchup/on demand content currently being provided on the now app is what I can only describe as very disappointing with only two matches from each day and a 26 minute days highlights programmes only appearing. Even that is delayed in being put on the app.

Certainly a very poor experience. BT really need to ensure that Sky provide a proper app experience for the sports content that is part of the BT TV Big Sport package as the Now app does not seem up to the task currently.

Re: Sky sports BT TV US Open tennis

zulu17 — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 21:04:04 GMT

well monitoring the catchup on demand provided on BT Tv now app shows that Now have belatedly put a few 5 to 7 minutes highlights of a couple or so matches each .

As for the few match replays they have got very confused as the US Open Gauff v Mertten WSr3 is actually the Carlos Alcaraz v Lloyd Harris match .

The US Open Deere v Djokovic MSR3 match is actuality the Jessica Pegula v Patrica Maria Tig WSR 2 match.

Hopefully BT Tv Will raise the issues with Sky on behalf of their Big Sport package subscribers .

Re: Sky sports BT TV US Open tennis

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 21:12:30 GMT

@zulu17wrote:
Hopefully BT Tv Will raise the issues with Sky on behalf of their Big Sport package subscribers .

I do admire your optimism! 🤣