Sky Sports + Red Button on Desktop App

[DD16]

Hi,

Has anyone figured out a way to use the "red button" function whilst watching Sky Sports + using the Sky Sports desktop app on laptop/PC?

Plenty of live games to choose from on the TV but seems you can only watch the one they are showing by default whilst streaming online.

Thanks,

[newapollo]

Hi DD16 

I'm sorry but Sky haven't made that function available to anyone on a computer, not even their own customers.

You can though access the streamed red button content using the Sky Sports app on ios and android mobiles and tablets.

[nodrogd]

Sky 1) Do not want to allow casting to TVs, and 2) stop pirate copies being made from the streams.

[dabmonger]

You are most certainly correct, but it's a shame that the Sky Sports Desktop Player (and Sky Go for Sky subscribers) don't have access to Sky Sports+ streams, especially given that these are themselves apps, and thus not provided via a browser (eg Chrome).

I understand that NOW provides the Sky Sports+ streams on a computer, but I could be wrong on that.