Nowtv/sky sport catchup

[jpaul]

Hi,
With sky price rises in June, I was recommending to family who currently pay ~£50 to contact sky to negotiate renewal.
They watch predominately sports and I was about to tell them to switch to nowtv ~£32, however it seems this has no replay previous game capability, unlike movies and entertainment - so only live, is this really true ?
(I have a nowtv box, for plex, not subscribed to sports and nowtv interface does not seem to present a pay sport catchup option)
If it had replay, since program is streamed, not downloaded, it might be clunky for reviewing a try as well.

They typically want to time-shift the rugby matches or record two channels, which they do on an old 40GB sky+ box.

So I am concluding they must remain with sky !
although if they had a sky box with Sky's Anytime+, would such a box allow them to download and catchup on Sports events they failed to record ?
(or is anytime+ limited like nowtv with no sports catchup)

Thanks for your recommendations
jpaul

 

[MissChief]

Some events are available, but usually only highlights. Others aren't available at all.

Looking at On Demand for sports on my Q box there's darts, 20/20 cricket, boxing, WWE and some Super League highlights. There's also some Top 14 and magazine style RU shows. Very few full events.

 

[jpaul]

Thanks, I am surprised I thought there latest Q product might have had an improved capability, but I guess withh 3+ tuners this if fairly luxurious for recording.
Maybe there is something about the licensing of most sports events that prevents them being distributed OnDemand - so far I can find no evidence that BT offer this service either.