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milbers
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I subscribe to Sky Sport and understand Sky sport has replaced sky sport arena chanel with the new sky +.  There appears to be no way to watch the chanel on laptop. I wanted to watch the rugby tonight which was listed for sky sport + chanel. However it appears thagt Virgin have not updated access at all because the only program still shown as Sky sport + was a soccer match. However I could access the rugby on the sky sport app on my mobile signing in as a Virgin customer. Any reason I can't watch the chanel on laptop? This problem needs sorting asap. 

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nodrogd
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Are you sure it was scheduled for the channel, or for the new Sky Sports+ additional streams? The additional streams are available on V360 & Stream via the Red Button on any Sky Sports channel. If you have a V6 or TiVO they are only available on the Sky Sports app currently.

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milbers
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As I say I was able to use the Virgin sign-in on the app on my mobile and watched the game.  I was unable to access the game when I used the Virgin sign-in on my laptop as it was not listed.

newapollo
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@milbers wrote:

As I say I was able to use the Virgin sign-in on the app on my mobile and watched the game.  I was unable to access the game when I used the Virgin sign-in on my laptop as it was not listed.


I'm afraid you'll have the same problem tomorrow (Sunday 11th August) as both the Leigh v Hull and the Broncos v Warrington are behind the red button on Sky Sports +  Also because they are streamed and not broadcast you won't be able to record them.

You can watch the Sky + channel on a laptop/computer, because its a broadcast channel, since the games were streamed then they were only available behind the red button on TV360 or Stream boxes, or by using the mobile/tablet Sky Sports app on an android or apple device.   

Sky don't allow casting via their Sky Sports app. They also don't give access to those additional streams on computers to anybody, irrespective of if they are direct Sky subscribers, or VM customers. 

Sky have removed their older Sky and Sky + boxes and forced customers onto their newer boxes.  The additional streams aren't available on SkyHD + boxes either.

 There's a thread on the loverugbyleague facebook page < here >  complaining about not being able to access the games or even record them.

There are quite a few posts on the Sky Community forums complaining about Sky + for example < here >  and < here >  and < here >  

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milbers
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Thanks for that. The ridiculous situation is that there are 2 rugby league games on today that I cannot watch on my laptop. I can however watch both of them on my mobile. Stupid situation