NOW TV

The Kids Pass Increase FAQ asks the question, and gives an answer ....


We don't currently have any plans to change the price of any other NOW TV Passes.

| from …….. | HELP.NOWTV.COM | 08-Mar-2018 @ 21:34 |

New update on the Smart Box splits up the NOW TV channels by genre on the TV Guide. Kids channels, such as Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon, have been added to the TV Guide as well.

Does it only have a Now/Next guide?

It does, one of the disadvantages of the Now Smart Box as it isn't made to Freeview specs.

Though that should only be an issue for the EPG on HD services. SD Freeview services use perfectly standard DVB EIT EPG carriage that any DVB-compliant receiver should be able to handle.

Freeview HD EPG content (whether carried on DVB-T or T2 muxes - is compressed using a proprietary Huffman encoding scheme - not encrypted - but the Huffman tables are only available if you are licensed by Freeview. Yes they have been reverse engineered - but using these in a commercial product could potentially breach copyright). I guess Sky don't see any point in having a partial EPG - and without recording it's less useful anyway?

Seems that NOW TV are trying to bundle the Joshua PPV SS Box Office fight in with a Sports Month pass, Marketing seems a bit awry and the NOW forums are reporting apparent problems. It's the first time for this type of promo I believe.

ITV Encore is to be removed from NOW TV's Entertainment Pass on 1st May 2018, in light of ITV's decision to close the channel this spring. Box Sets unsurprisingly will continue. Link: https://help.nowtv.com/article/now-tv-entertainment-month-pass-update

Will have to ask a question: As they've halted channel launches and moves till May, does this also correlate with the changes on Sky's EPG? Is Encore no longer listed on the new Sky EPG?

Edit: Date of closure correlates with Sky; Sky Two will occupy EPG 123 from May

Edit (02/05/2018): Channel has closed as of Monday night (and subsequently removed), but box sets are all over the place.

Multiple complaints of users on the Apple TV (NON 4K Version). NOW TV seems to have logging in issues following the latest tvOS release.

Using Box Office via Now TV for the first time. Massive additional camera logo DOG bottom left, right over the clock. Surely the standard small square would be sufficient.

It's used for online and NOW TV customers.

As a matter of interest what tech specs is SS Box Office offered in on NOWTV is it identical (720p/25fps) to the existing NOWTV product or already in HD?

Not sure I understand your question - 720p25 is HD.