Watching Sky TV online

[CerberusRogue]

I don't have Sky TV at home, but I really want to be able to legally watch Sky Sports via their streaming service. Anyone know if Sky offer a streaming only package? I called Sky and bizarrely got 2 different answers: yes and no. So was wondering if anyone else had sussed it out?

I know I could just get a Sky package and the Sky Go comes with it but none of us watch any TV at home (other than me watching some football when it is on freeview) and I don't want a satellite dish on the house. Also, getting the "full" Sky package means I'll end up paying something like £50 a month just to get access to the football, so was wondering if there is a cheaper option...

[CerberusRogue]

Nowtv looks like it could cut it. Is it a media centre replacement? I.e can I watch terrestrial tv on it and connect it to a share on my Windows server and watch content?

[CerberusRogue]

gr1340 said:

Do you know anyone with the Sky Sports package?

If so, you can watch using an ID linked to their account.

http://help.sky.com/articles/sky-ids-for-family-an...

I have Sky but do not pay for sports but my mother in law does. I have an ID linked to her account which then allows me to use Sky Go (via PC/phone/tablet/PS4 etc) and watch the same channels she has on her package.

Perfectly legal and very simple.

Or, pay £35 for an Amazon Fire stick, install Kodi and watch live TV streams for free using vdubt25.

I don't know anyone with the sports channels on their subscription. I looked into adding it and paying for that add-on but it's £25 a month. I just spoke to Sky and they offered me a 50% discount for 12 months on a full Sky installation with the sports channels, making is the same money. Sounds very tempting but even with that discount I still wouldn't amortise the £300 odd a year just to watch a couple of football games a month.


Can you elaborate more on the Kodi/vdubt25 idea?

[CerberusRogue]

gr1340 said:

CerberusRogue said:

I don't know anyone with the sports channels on their subscription. I looked into adding it and paying for that add-on but it's £25 a month. I just spoke to Sky and they offered me a 50% discount for 12 months on a full Sky installation with the sports channels, making is the same money. Sounds very tempting but even with that discount I still wouldn't amortise the £300 odd a year just to watch a couple of football games a month.


Can you elaborate more on the Kodi/vdubt25 idea?

No problem

Buy stick - £35
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Amazon-W87CUN-Fire-TV-Stic...

Install Kodi:
http://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Install_Kodi_on_Fire_...

Install vdubt25:
https://seo-michael.co.uk/how-to-install-vdubt25-a...

Or if you have a laptop that you can hook up to your TV, TVMC has a downloadable set up already preconfigured:
http://www.tvaddons.ag/tvmc-windows/
You still need to install vdubt25 but the above set up has Genesis and Pheonix included which gives you a huge library of streaming material.

looks interesting, will take a look.

Am I being thick? I can't see how this will get me the Sky Sports channels!

[CerberusRogue]

gr1340 said:

Obviously this isn't as polished as turning on Sky and putting the sports channel on but you can balance this against the cost saving. From turning to watching sport on Sky it takes about 5-10 seconds. With Kodi you are probably looking at about a minute by the time you get the stream playing.

You can't record easily although it can be done by setting up a PVR client.

Cheers for your help. I used something (which I guess is relatively similar) on my RaspBMC and had really mixed results. I got in touch with Sky in the end and they offered me a year's subscription for £22 a month for all 7 sky sports channels + their "basic package". Seemed an offer too good to miss so I took it!