RugbyPass streaming
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@kruse yeah it's mentioned here.
RugbyPass to live stream Super Rugby Aotearoa overseas
In a ground-breaking new partnership, New Zealand Rugby are teaming up with RugbyPass to provide Super Rugby Aotearoa in 100 territories - including the UK, Ireland, Europe, Asia and the Middle East – for the 2021 season.
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Good to know there is an option but I am increasingly frustrated by the number of different subscriptions required to watch the things you want. It is getting ridiculous.
Also annoys me when these things are made more difficult by being only through apple tv or connecting a laptop.
For years I have enjoyed just flicking on sky at breakfast and watching what I can with the kids demanding attention so not being able to dedicate time like i might have when younger.
Now I have to figure out if I can be bothered to "set it up" and pay specifically for it when I know it is going to be interrupted watching and the stream might be shit.
Not sure what I will do but pretty sure sky sports is getting flicked off once the Americas cup is done as they are pointless nowadays mostly.
They have a dedicated cricket channel and yet none of the live cricket such as the last NZ series. Was frustrating seeing a whole channel of wall to wall 20 year old highlights when a test series I actually wanted to watch was not available.
Anyway, that turned a bit rant like..
Good to have an option, haven't figured out if I will take it up yet which is sad as I will miss watching
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@davesofthunder yeah much the same, I like to have it on kind of in the background while I glance sideways at work. Pause to go do a quick shit. Not have to fuck about opening an app on my phone then making sure it's casting ok.
I guess I can take it shitting with me but that sounds very stressful.
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@davesofthunder Yeah I am with you. Whats the point of sky now? They pretty much so focus on football and F1, but you can get a lot of that across the other channels. All the 6N is on free to air, BT sport has as much football these days and also has the UFC so what's the point of sky?
Reality is that if they pick up some All Black games, then that will suck. But you can get a month pass through now tv for not much , so that option is there. Masters coverage is also pivotal. And as that starts around the the last month of the EPL, that is a worthwhile purchase.
4pm Sunday kick off will always be one of the great things about UK life, however now that's at home with the wife and kids, it's not as good as at the pub with mates ....
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@majorrage said in RugbyPass streaming:
@davesofthunder Yeah I am with you. Whats the point of sky now? They pretty much so focus on football and F1, but you can get a lot of that across the other channels. All the 6N is on free to air, BT sport has as much football these days and also has the UFC so what's the point of sky?
Reality is that if they pick up some All Black games, then that will suck. But you can get a month pass through now tv for not much , so that option is there. Masters coverage is also pivotal. And as that starts around the the last month of the EPL, that is a worthwhile purchase.
4pm Sunday kick off will always be one of the great things about UK life, however now that's at home with the wife and kids, it's not as good as at the pub with mates ....
Same situation in NZ that punters just turn short term access on and off according to what is available.
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@bones said in RugbyPass streaming:
@kruse Chur bro.
I won't be paying 40 squid a month for something I can only access the minute it's being broadcast. Finding alternative broadcasts sounds like it will be at least as reliable...
isn't it 35 quid for the season?
"Weekly passes, featuring two live games every weekend, will be available at www.rugbypass.com/live-super-rugby/ for USD 9.99, EUR 7.99 or GBP 6.99, whilst fans can get a season-long pass for USD 49.99, EUR 39.99 or GBP 34.99."
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@bones said in RugbyPass streaming:
@kruse Chur bro.
I won't be paying 40 squid a month for something I can only access the minute it's being broadcast. Finding alternative broadcasts sounds like it will be at least as reliable...
I don't think it's 40 - its the whole season for 40.
I used rugbypass when it first came out, and it was excellent: games live or delayed, and small or long highlight packages. Their geoblocking became much much better though, so I abandoned it. I'd say I'll buy the 2 games this weekend on Thursday night or even friday morning and see how it goes.
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I was using it for about 2 years but their geo-blocking got much better and finally I wasn't able to get around it using Nord or Express or other VPN services. It sucks that they didn't pick it up here as I don't think any other service has it (certainly not J-sports, which used to).
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really feels like someone has dropped the ball here, europe/uk on just get it sorted last minute with an on line streaming service and japan doesn't at all?
both have expat communities plus theyre own rugby communities, not doing wonders for the "global brand"
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@kiwiwomble inevitable really. People whinged and whinged about Sky etc, but the reality was, the alternative was going to be much much worse.
Rights negotiations are now way more complicated, so take longer, and have more chances of not actually getting done. Everyone needs to get more and more streaming options. And background rights mean that the viewing options are not always available (you can put a Kayo app on your Samsung TV, but not your LG, etc etc).
I can't watch Sky Racing on my TV because that is only available on Foxtel. It's fucked.
People like to think giving options is going to grow your potential audience. i think the opposite is true. I sued to watch at least 1 Premier League game a weekend. And a lot of Champions League. Once it went to Optus, i have not watched a single minute. Existing fans will cross because they have to. Casual and new fans will decide it is too hard.
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@mariner4life my only grumbles about Sky were to do with the model that made you purchase a huge pile of shit that you didn’t want in order to access the stuff that you did.
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@crucial said in RugbyPass streaming:
@mariner4life my only grumbles about Sky were to do with the model that made you purchase a huge pile of shit that you didn’t want in order to access the stuff that you did.
They still stick to that model where they can.not saying it was perfect, and i too never watched those other channels. But if that was what allowed them to pay for the rights to stuff
It's a bit OT but, will this breaking up of streaming cause TV rights revenues to unions to actually go down at some point?
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@billy-tell said in RugbyPass streaming:
@bones said in RugbyPass streaming:
@kruse Chur bro.
I won't be paying 40 squid a month for something I can only access the minute it's being broadcast. Finding alternative broadcasts sounds like it will be at least as reliable...
I don't think it's 40 - its the whole season for 40.
I used rugbypass when it first came out, and it was excellent: games live or delayed, and small or long highlight packages. Their geoblocking became much much better though, so I abandoned it. I'd say I'll buy the 2 games this weekend on Thursday night or even friday morning and see how it goes.
The highlight packages were a nice option, but obviously thrown together very very quickly... some were quite shoddy with the editing and/or selection of clips.
I'm managing to get around the geo-blocking - but for a time there, it was a bit of a "fingers crossed" as to whether it would work on a given day. Using PureVPN now - haven't had issues for some time. Other than not being able to cast to ChromeCast... I'm considering getting another router with VPN installed on that - so that the casting would work. -
@majorrage Sky Q is pretty awesome but yeah apart from the odd series on Atlantic or One then there's not a huge amount of Sky content that I'd miss. I'm pretty pissed they don't have the rugby and I don't understand why they pretty much haven't had any cricket with NZ since the world cup.
@Billy-Tell @Kiwiwomble helps if I can reading skilz eh!
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@gt12 said in RugbyPass streaming:
I was using it for about 2 years but their geo-blocking got much better and finally I wasn't able to get around it using Nord or Express or other VPN services. It sucks that they didn't pick it up here as I don't think any other service has it (certainly not J-sports, which used to).
any idea what wowow is?
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@kiwiwomble said in RugbyPass streaming:
@gt12 said in RugbyPass streaming:
I was using it for about 2 years but their geo-blocking got much better and finally I wasn't able to get around it using Nord or Express or other VPN services. It sucks that they didn't pick it up here as I don't think any other service has it (certainly not J-sports, which used to).
any idea what wowow is?
Good on you, they have never had rugby (IIRC), I didn't even think of them!
Looks like it'll be about $25 a month too, so I'll give it a go.
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RugbyPass now available to subscribers in the UK (wasn't available this morning).
£34.99 a season, £6.99 a week.
