Spark Sport
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Unpopular opinion on here for some people, but I find spark technology and streaming better than sky. The ability to start from the beginning is great, quality for me has been high including on some ropey holiday internet services.
If only the cricket had been as good 👍
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@nzzp said in Spark Sport:
Unpopular opinion on here for some people, but I find spark technology and streaming better than sky. The ability to start from the beginning is great, quality for me has been high including on some ropey holiday internet services.
If only the cricket had been as good 👍
I like the convenience too
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@crazy-horse said in Spark Sport:
Would it be the Spark feed and commentary that we are getting in Aus? Fleming, McMillan, Baz and a female or two whose name(s) I don't know. They seem ok to me.
Their commentary is fine, it just seems they have massively cheapest out on comms and lunch/tea production compared to last year.
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@nzzp said in Spark Sport:
Unpopular opinion on here for some people, but I find spark technology and streaming better than sky. The ability to start from the beginning is great, quality for me has been high including on some ropey holiday internet services.
If only the cricket had been as good 👍
Agreed. No issues from me either.
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My user experience frustratingly continues to be that the Spark Sport app was developed, and is maintained, incredibly badly.
It runs terribly, including this morning, on devices that run Netflix etc smoothly. Spark has been unwatchable - yet again - since just after the guard of honour for Taylor. Reinstalling and restarting everything under the sun makes no difference.
The sooner Spark Sport gives up and sells out to Sky the better as far as I’m concerned.
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@donsteppa Seems that they have different apps for different TV brands. The app for Sony TVs, delivered by the Google Play Store, only streams at 720p25, whereas their app for some other TVs streams at 1080p50. I use chromecast from my computer to my Sony TV to get full rate streaming.
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@tim said in Spark Sport:
@donsteppa Seems that they have different apps for different TV brands. The app for Sony TVs, delivered by the Google Play Store, only streams at 720p25, whereas their app for some other TVs streams at 1080p50. I use chromecast from my computer to my Sony TV to get full rate streaming.
Interesting. We have the app on one 2020 Panasonic TV, otherwise I chromecast to an older Panasonic in the lounge. The chromecast tends to be the more than watchable of the two, but not always.
Have just about thrown the newer TV out the window this morning after reboots and app reinstalls in vain, as well as ensuring it was the only device streaming on a fibre connection…
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@donsteppa said in Spark Sport:
My user experience frustratingly continues to be that the Spark Sport app was developed, and is maintained, incredibly badly.
It runs terribly, including this morning, on devices that run Netflix etc smoothly. Spark has been unwatchable - yet again - since just after the guard of honour for Taylor. Reinstalling and restarting everything under the sun makes no difference.
The sooner Spark Sport gives up and sells out to Sky the better as far as I’m concerned.
The range of experiences is really wide
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@canefan said in Spark Sport:
@donsteppa said in Spark Sport:
My user experience frustratingly continues to be that the Spark Sport app was developed, and is maintained, incredibly badly.
It runs terribly, including this morning, on devices that run Netflix etc smoothly. Spark has been unwatchable - yet again - since just after the guard of honour for Taylor. Reinstalling and restarting everything under the sun makes no difference.
The sooner Spark Sport gives up and sells out to Sky the better as far as I’m concerned.
The range of experiences is really wide
Yep, I'm glad not everyone is at risk of destroying their TV
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The jostling for sport content continues as Sky has regained the EPL rights. I haven't bothered with Spark Sport outside of the RWC.
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@bovidae said in Spark Sport:
The jostling for sport content continues as Sky has regained the EPL rights. I haven't bothered with Spark Sport outside of the RWC.
I actually loudly said "Yes!!" wehn I read that on stuff this morning
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@rotated said in Spark Sport:
Is there even a tea program for the cricket on the NZ feed? I complained during the Bangles series it was a single camera into the comm box and now there has been nothing for the first two days on the international feed?
dude, where's Doully and the Dilmah Tea Party?
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Confirmed:
Spark Sport axed, cricket rights go to TVNZ
... The Spark Sport platform licenced from iStreamPlanet will no longer be made available for third-party use in the second half of 2023, requiring Spark to invest in a new platform and transition customers in order to continue operating the service. ...
One platform that I will not miss...
Spark said TVNZ would take over most Spark Sport content, subject to rights-holder agreement, from July 1 next year.
Agreement has already been reached with New Zealand Cricket, meaning TVNZ will show and produce all Black Caps, White Ferns and Super Smash matches, which are run by New Zealand Cricket, for three years from the start of the 2023/24 cricket season until the end of the 2025/26 season.
Free to air will be good on the whole. TVNZ will be back to the days of an advert every over I guess, but if it pays the bills...
