The multicast streams they’ve been trialing are only for sport, but Sky doesn’t offer linear streams for movies on their own platforms, so I wouldn’t expect anything different. I’d say expect the same experience as you’ve got now, with the option to view UHD content for movies, sport and some entertainment content.
Nobody here, including Darren is going to say anything other than ‘coming soon’. Happy to be corrected there, Darren.
Previously we’ve been told the delay was down software updates that need to be made to the Now app on EE TV boxes, along with updates to the billing and payment process. Those of us using Apple TV devices are also being held up.
The software process alone involves a chain of approvals which makes any development to the devices a complicated mess. Updates to Peacock’s new platform have likely added more complexity, but EE don’t have direct control of the software on their boxes. It took them 2 years to implement a launch request from the BBC to link multicast programming to iPlayer.
