topic Re: Now TV Sports in TV

Now TV Sports

Pandab99 — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 13:03:55 GMT

I'm thinking of dumping Sky Q for the EE TV Big Sports package. I have a question regarding the Now TV part of the sports package. If I want to watch a live event, like football or an F1 race, 30 minutes after the event has started, do I have the option to 'Watch from start' or 'Watch live' ?

I know TNT Sport has this option but I'm unable to get an answer regarding Now TV. I asked Now TV directly but they said I could only watch the event 'live' as it is streamed so I would miss the start. The only way to watch the whole event would be to wait for it to be added to the catch up list, which could take up to 24 hours! I find this hard to believe and hope someone from this group may have first hand experience of this situation.

Thank you.

Re: Now TV Sports

DarrenDev — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 12:59:05 GMT

Your post is empty @Pandab99 - did you mean to ask a question?

Re: Now TV Sports

Pandab99 — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 13:05:45 GMT

Sorry, I think I hit the wrong button!

Re: Now TV Sports

DarrenDev — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 13:30:16 GMT

If you take the Apple TV device as part of your subscription then it'll allow you to go back in time up to a maximum of 1 hour on most channels (including the Now sport channels).

The TV Box Pro and TV Box Mini do not allow you to go back in time, so you'd need to wait for the event to finish and find it on catch up.

Re: Now TV Sports

Pandab99 — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 15:21:00 GMT

Thanks Darren, very useful information. I was thinking of the TV Box Pro so I could continue to record the Freeview channels but I may have to re think my plan.

Strange that the Apple TV device lets you go back 1 hour when Now TV said it wasn't possible!

Re: Now TV Sports

DarrenDev — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 15:33:49 GMT

Of course, if you have the TV Box Pro then you could record programmes instead - then you'd be able to go back to any point you like, at any time you like. If you pair your mobile phone with the TV Box Pro then you could also set recordings when you're out of the house, for those times when you forgot to set it before you went out, or realise you're going to be late home.

The ability to go back 1 hour on Apple TV is a feature of the EE TV app rather than something Now TV offer, so I wouldn't expect them to know about it.

Re: Now TV Sports

Pandab99 — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 15:41:45 GMT

Thanks again Darren! Are you saying the TV Pro Box can record Now TV or are you just referring to the Freeview channels?

Re: Now TV Sports

DarrenDev — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 15:44:56 GMT

Yes, the TV Box Pro can record all the TV channels - including all the Now TV channels shown in the TV Guide.

Re: Now TV Sports

Pandab99 — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 15:47:54 GMT

WOW! That would work for me, thanks for your help Darren.

Re: Now TV Sports

RH82 — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 17:42:26 GMT

Hi Darren. You mention above that the TV box pro doesn’t allow you to rewind live TV on the Now channels? Can you please clarify as the screenshot below suggests you can? Many thanks

Re: Now TV Sports

DarrenDev — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 17:45:37 GMT

On the TV Box Pro, you can rewind the channel if you were already watching it - up to either the point you joined, or 2 hours ago (whichever is shorter).

On the Apple TV, you can rewind most channels up to an hour behind the current position even if you've only just tuned to it.

Re: Now TV Sports

davidcantswim — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 14:35:49 GMT

Hi..... Apologies if I've snuck in here. This isn't the best of forums software...

I have EETV and a router. Really happy with it but cannot get NOW TV to work with my EE set up as I have been told is easy... ??? !!!

On Sunday I wanted to watch my local team who were on NOW TV but no joy getting it all to work seamlessly so I went to my MacBook and logged in to my NOW TV account and cast it to my new TV.... The picture was chronic and lagged with all vocals it was quite pathetic.

How on earth 🙂 can I get NOW TV to work with my EE TV set up as I was told???

Thanks David

Re: Now TV Sports

DarrenDev — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 15:08:47 GMT

What issue are you having with it @davidcantswim ? Your account looks to be set up OK. You don't had the HD add-on, so as long as you select one of the SD channels, it should work fine. You also don't have Sport on your account, so it'd need to be one of the entertainment or movie channels you're trying to watch.

Also, you haven't set your password on the Now TV account associated with EE, which suggests that you have another Now TV account with a sport subscription on it?

Re: Now TV Sports

davidcantswim — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 15:20:02 GMT

I can't log in to the sports package. I have tried a few times???

Sorry, looks like a technical error

Please call us on and we’ll try to get things sorted.

Re: Now TV Sports

Midnight_Voice — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 16:40:45 GMT

@davidcantswim

Where were you trying to watch your direct Now Sports subscription? If on an EE TV device, then you should know that this will keep automatically reverting to your EE TV Now subscription.

You can override this, but it means that you need to log out of the EE TV Now subscription, and then log in with your direct Now Sports one for the duration of the session.

It may be easier to use Now on a non-EE TV device, if you have one, in order to watch Sports, as that will stay logged in to the direct subscription, and just use the EE TV device for any Now subscriptions you have with EE TV.

But did you get the error message above trying to watch direct Now Sports on an EE TV device without changing the login? If so, that would be an error in Now on EE TV, which should just have told you that you didn’t have a Sports subscription . And maybe encouraged you to buy (another) one!

Re: Now TV Sports

DarrenDev — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 08:15:11 GMT

As I've mentioned @davidcantswim you don't have Sport as part of your EE TV package. The Now TV app on your EE TV Box will automatically log in with the subscription associated with your EE TV, which doesn't have Sport on it (it does have a weird "Sports Day Pass" subscription on it - this is nothing to do with us, and I can only assume it was on your account before you added EE TV).

If you're watching Now TV Sport channels from another device then I assume you have a different Now TV login to the one you used to log into this forum.

Re: Now TV Sports

Paulo1951 — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 11:51:25 GMT

A related topic please?
I have NOW sports through EE. I have an EE box, but is there a way to get the box to record a match that’s playing today from the app as I’m not at home?

Re: Now TV Sports

Peter_W — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 14:31:00 GMT

Hey there @Paulo1951!
Welcome to the Community 😊

It is actually possible to set remote recordings from the EE TV App, but you would need to pair it with your box before this is possible.

If it's a match on TNT, you may still be able to get this on catch up or via the TNT Sports app.

Peter

Re: Now TV Sports

Paulo1951 — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 15:58:55 GMT

Ok! Many thanks