Spark Sport
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It's starting to look like Spark have their streaming services working fine at a technical level having ironed out some of the kinks but the problems now lie (as predicted by many) with infrastructure and ISPs.
For starters anyone not on Fibre is going to cop some issues stemming from heavy demand. This could be at the home itself (other family members trying to watch something else while the rugby is on) and/or at the cabinet (or even ISP). We all remember those days where everything slowed down as neighbourhood kids arrived home from school and watched HD clips on YouTube. Well Sunday afternoon, parents want some peace and quiet at the end of the weekend and the kids dive on their tablets. Also anyone on WiFi and using their 2.4 band to cast to the TV are likely to get interference and buffering as someone starts using the microwave or using their cordless landline. All things that you often wouldn't notice except when intensely watching live sport (which you may be used to seeing in full HD)
To an extent this is also going to happen with some ISPs on Fibre as well as their switching equipment at the exchange gets heavily loaded. I bet that if you did a speedtest while the rugby is on you won't be getting the same speeds as normal.
What this comes back to is whether such a high demand event should have been the one to try and create a new way (for most people) with. -
It's starting to look like Spark have their streaming services working fine at a technical level having ironed out some of the kinks but the problems now lie (as predicted by many) with infrastructure and ISPs.
For starters anyone not on Fibre is going to cop some issues stemming from heavy demand. This could be at the home itself (other family members trying to watch something else while the rugby is on) and/or at the cabinet (or even ISP). We all remember those days where everything slowed down as neighbourhood kids arrived home from school and watched HD clips on YouTube. Well Sunday afternoon, parents want some peace and quiet at the end of the weekend and the kids dive on their tablets. Also anyone on WiFi and using their 2.4 band to cast to the TV are likely to get interference and buffering as someone starts using the microwave or using their cordless landline. All things that you often wouldn't notice except when intensely watching live sport (which you may be used to seeing in full HD)
To an extent this is also going to happen with some ISPs on Fibre as well as their switching equipment at the exchange gets heavily loaded. I bet that if you did a speedtest while the rugby is on you won't be getting the same speeds as normal.
What this comes back to is whether such a high demand event should have been the one to try and create a new way (for most people) with.@Crucial said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
It's starting to look like Spark have their streaming services working fine at a technical level having ironed out some of the kinks but the problems now lie (as predicted by many) with infrastructure and ISPs.
For starters anyone not on Fibre is going to cop some issues stemming from heavy demand. This could be at the home itself (other family members trying to watch something else while the rugby is on) and/or at the cabinet (or even ISP). We all remember those days where everything slowed down as neighbourhood kids arrived home from school and watched HD clips on YouTube. Well Sunday afternoon, parents want some peace and quiet at the end of the weekend and the kids dive on their tablets. Also anyone on WiFi and using their 2.4 band to cast to the TV are likely to get interference and buffering as someone starts using the microwave or using their cordless landline. All things that you often wouldn't notice except when intensely watching live sport (which you may be used to seeing in full HD)
To an extent this is also going to happen with some ISPs on Fibre as well as their switching equipment at the exchange gets heavily loaded. I bet that if you did a speedtest while the rugby is on you won't be getting the same speeds as normal.
What this comes back to is whether such a high demand event should have been the one to try and create a new way (for most people) with.Agree but who’s not on fibre now? Just rural?
I was down at the bach in the weekend and they are even putting fibre in down there in a coastal area
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@Crucial said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
It's starting to look like Spark have their streaming services working fine at a technical level having ironed out some of the kinks but the problems now lie (as predicted by many) with infrastructure and ISPs.
For starters anyone not on Fibre is going to cop some issues stemming from heavy demand. This could be at the home itself (other family members trying to watch something else while the rugby is on) and/or at the cabinet (or even ISP). We all remember those days where everything slowed down as neighbourhood kids arrived home from school and watched HD clips on YouTube. Well Sunday afternoon, parents want some peace and quiet at the end of the weekend and the kids dive on their tablets. Also anyone on WiFi and using their 2.4 band to cast to the TV are likely to get interference and buffering as someone starts using the microwave or using their cordless landline. All things that you often wouldn't notice except when intensely watching live sport (which you may be used to seeing in full HD)
To an extent this is also going to happen with some ISPs on Fibre as well as their switching equipment at the exchange gets heavily loaded. I bet that if you did a speedtest while the rugby is on you won't be getting the same speeds as normal.
What this comes back to is whether such a high demand event should have been the one to try and create a new way (for most people) with.Agree but who’s not on fibre now? Just rural?
I was down at the bach in the weekend and they are even putting fibre in down there in a coastal area
@JK said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@Crucial said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
It's starting to look like Spark have their streaming services working fine at a technical level having ironed out some of the kinks but the problems now lie (as predicted by many) with infrastructure and ISPs.
For starters anyone not on Fibre is going to cop some issues stemming from heavy demand. This could be at the home itself (other family members trying to watch something else while the rugby is on) and/or at the cabinet (or even ISP). We all remember those days where everything slowed down as neighbourhood kids arrived home from school and watched HD clips on YouTube. Well Sunday afternoon, parents want some peace and quiet at the end of the weekend and the kids dive on their tablets. Also anyone on WiFi and using their 2.4 band to cast to the TV are likely to get interference and buffering as someone starts using the microwave or using their cordless landline. All things that you often wouldn't notice except when intensely watching live sport (which you may be used to seeing in full HD)
To an extent this is also going to happen with some ISPs on Fibre as well as their switching equipment at the exchange gets heavily loaded. I bet that if you did a speedtest while the rugby is on you won't be getting the same speeds as normal.
What this comes back to is whether such a high demand event should have been the one to try and create a new way (for most people) with.Agree but who’s not on fibre now? Just rural?
I was down at the bach in the weekend and they are even putting fibre in down there in a coastal area
Availability doesn't equal connections by any stretch hence the advertising to get people to upgrade. Those on VDSL plans at say 30/10 see little need in normal day to day use to change but may feel some effects during a broadcast like this.
I probably didn't explain clearly in my waffling but my point was that fibre alone doesn't always solve the experience either.- there will still be bottlenecks somewhere during a high demand live event with some ISPs (they have to put their own switching equipment at exchanges and you get what they pay for.
- someone with a corded connection from router to TV will be better off than someone casting on a home wifi network, especially if they don't understand the likely speed differences between 2.4/5 and the potential for interference on 2.4. (eg dad has a TV set up in another room for the rugby using wifi and due to the distance/location of that room uses the 2.4 network and gets degraded signal and interference as, say, the microwave switches on).
- a live stream is a different beast to a streamed movie where a buffer can be built up ahead of your watching and you don't notice glitching. A live event is on constant feed and a glitch means you have to catch up on yourself.
Having a live streaming sports product is fine and the way of the future. Using a very high demand event to bring viewers on board and iron out the kinks (at both ends) was/is a very risky approach.
I have been watching on ITV via firestick which is wifi connected and even through a VPN it has been fine. However there has been the odd moment where quality hasn't been as great as a satellite broadcast. Just lots off opportunity for glitches basically.
EDIT: As an example of load, yesterday (7 Oct), a day with no NZ game on had peak traffic on the Chorus network alone equivalent to 400,000 HD videos. That shows how good the capacity in NZ is but also shows the potential for a small % to affect a reasonable number.
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Sounds like Spark have nabbed the next six years of cricket from Sky.
For fucks sake, Sky - what use are you!
@Chris-B said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
Sounds like Spark have nabbed the next six years of cricket from Sky.
For fucks sake, Sky - what use are you!
Can you back that up?? That will be the clincher for me getting rid of sport.
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NZC selling their soul to the highest bidder. Do all of the Sky commentators now jump ship? Spark will have to provide all of the OBU infrastructure which is a totally different ballgame to streaming an overseas event.
@Hooroo See Stuff.
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@Chris-B said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
Sounds like Spark have nabbed the next six years of cricket from Sky.
For fucks sake, Sky - what use are you!
Can you back that up?? That will be the clincher for me getting rid of sport.
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@Chris-B said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@Hooroo https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/black-caps/116458746/new-zealand-crickets-pending-major-announcement-arouses-spark-sport-speculation
That Suuuuuuucks!! One thing though it says all games played in NZ. Does that mean tours are still up for grabs?
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@Chris-B said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
Sounds like Spark have nabbed the next six years of cricket from Sky.
For fucks sake, Sky - what use are you!
Can you back that up?? That will be the clincher for me getting rid of sport.
@Hooroo said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@Chris-B said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
Sounds like Spark have nabbed the next six years of cricket from Sky.
For fucks sake, Sky - what use are you!
Can you back that up?? That will be the clincher for me getting rid of sport.
Do you mean Sky Sports or just sport in general.
If they don't upgrade the cable to my place it may well be the latter for me!
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@Hooroo said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@Chris-B said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
Sounds like Spark have nabbed the next six years of cricket from Sky.
For fucks sake, Sky - what use are you!
Can you back that up?? That will be the clincher for me getting rid of sport.
Do you mean Sky Sports or just sport in general.
If they don't upgrade the cable to my place it may well be the latter for me!
@Chris-B said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@Hooroo said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@Chris-B said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
Sounds like Spark have nabbed the next six years of cricket from Sky.
For fucks sake, Sky - what use are you!
Can you back that up?? That will be the clincher for me getting rid of sport.
Do you mean Sky Sports or just sport in general.
If they don't upgrade the cable to my place it may well be the latter for me!
Super Rugby for 2020 will keep boring me I expect and with no Cricket and Premiership I have no use for Sky Sport
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NZC selling their soul to the highest bidder. Do all of the Sky commentators now jump ship? Spark will have to provide all of the OBU infrastructure which is a totally different ballgame to streaming an overseas event.
@Hooroo See Stuff.
@Bovidae said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
NZC selling their soul to the highest bidder. Do all of the Sky commentators now jump ship? Spark will have to provide all of the OBU infrastructure which is a totally different ballgame to streaming an overseas event.
I guess the details of who will do the production will emerge - but, that would be a pretty massive step away from their core business for Spark if they're going to do it themselves.
@Hooroo - I'll certainly be cancelling my summer subscription to Sky.
