NRL Live Subscription

[Chainlink]

Couple of quick questions for anyone who subscribes to NRL live:

1) is there any way to stream from your smart phone/tablet/PC to a TV? Seems the app doeant allow airplay.

2) anyone know if there are any plans for an NRL live smart tv app to subscribe to similar to what the AFL, NFL, NBL and pretty much every other top sport provides

2) anyone know if they will be posting full replays of the 9s and trials to NRL live?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Demps]

1) HDMI Cord?

2) Idk, use the search function on your apps menu on your smart TV.

2) You mean 3)? Not worth watching tbh… forget it m8

 

[Chainlink]

Thanks demps

 

[palms]

I have a dongle called Airtame which mirrors the image from my PC to the tv. Works a treat.

 

[marzie]

If there's no AirPlay you would need to either connect your laptop or pc to your TV via HDMI or if your mobile phone supports MHL you can buy an MHL cable that connects to the HDMI port on your TV.

Check out this link for more info:
http://www.howtogeek.com/201822/how-to-connect-your-android-phone-to-your-tv/

 

[Chainlink]

Thanks Palms and Marzie!

 

[Chainlink]

I have a dongle called Airtame which mirrors the image from my PC to the tv. Works a treat.

Hi Palms, does chromecast do the same thing?

 

[palms]

Yes but from what I have read, it can be a fairly unreliable mirror. If you want to give it a try, buy it and keep the receipt and you can always take it back if it doesn't do what it says. A good internet connection is essential with these things! If HDMI works that will be your best option. I just don't have an output on my computer unfortunately

 

[Milky]

check your dms

 

[Chainlink]

Yes but from what I have read, it can be a fairly unreliable mirror. If you want to give it a try, buy it and keep the receipt and you can always take it back if it doesn't do what it says. A good internet connection is essential with these things! If HDMI works that will be your best option. I just don't have an output on my computer unfortunately

Thanks again Palms!

 

[gallagher]

I have a dongle called Airtame which mirrors the image from my PC to the tv. Works a treat.

Hi Palms, does chromecast do the same thing?

I got chromecast which works well but you can't do it with foxtel go. Foxtel have somehow blocked it from working. I use my hdmi cable for it.

 

[Snake]

The Foxtel thing really annoys me when we are overseas ..we are premium Foxtel subscribers and for the life of me why can I not get the NRL while I am away I am paying the premium price a joke really.

 

[goldcoast_tiger]

Back about 3 seasons ago you could simply use the NRL app and connect a hdmi cord and play it on a normal big screen tv( our big screen is not a smart tv)
In 2014 that was stopped by the NRL and I no longer could get it to work.
Last year , I was told by thr NRL that it couldn't be used that way, but during round 1
I tried it again and Was able to watch ANY game each week,
All Foxtel games were able to be streamed to our big screen from our IPad if we wanted to( using the NRL app and AirPlay )

I wasn't sure if it was still possible this season , so I tried it on Saturday, and yep, can still be done

AirPlay is plugged in to the tv , set your tv to the corresponding HDMI channel input ( open the ABC IVIEW app, on your tablet ( iview is the one that I use )) and open a show on it that's supports AirPlay. (It will have the AirPlay icon)
Then start that programme and once it opens and starts. click on the AirPlay icon .
When it opens , tick the "AirPlay " option , then You will see the Airplay 4 numeral code come upon the big screen , enter the code on your tablet , And the screen will Then show the show that is running on your tablet. Go directly to click on the NRL app and go to the "watch live now" prompt on the game that you want to watch.

You're in.
You can use the mirror option instead of the Airplay option on AirPlay if you want , but the Airplay option usually is better quality on mine.
Sounds complicated but is not hard once you've done it
There may be a better way of doing it, I'm not sure.
I only found this way accidently,
It works so I'm happy with it

 

[GoldXR50Leroy]

The Foxtel thing really annoys me when we are overseas ..we are premium Foxtel subscribers and for the life of me why can I not get the NRL while I am away I am paying the premium price a joke really.

Foxtel shows no loyalty to long term customers, you're better off letting your subscription lapse and then find out just how good a deal they will do for you.

 

[Demps]

They won't do a thing.
They'll happily let you leave.

Sussed it out already, lol

 

[hammertime]

The Foxtel thing really annoys me when we are overseas ..we are premium Foxtel subscribers and for the life of me why can I not get the NRL while I am away I am paying the premium price a joke really.

Hey snake, try livestream.com when you are overseas. It's free in a good chunk of overseas countries.

 

[Yossarian]

I wonder if the NRL doesn't miss a trick by not having their own smart tv capable app and taking less from Foxtel. Personally I'd pay $20 for a specialised NRL channel and ditch Foxtel.

 

[jirskyr]

I wonder if the NRL doesn't miss a trick by not having their own smart tv capable app and taking less from Foxtel. Personally I'd pay $20 for a specialised NRL channel and ditch Foxtel.

NRL are currently holding off doing this because NRL is so key to Foxtel subscriptions and Foxtel pay a lot of money for it. A significant mass of people still subscribe to the traditional FTA and pay-TV models. I don't think NRL can currently generate enough subscriptions via online services to risk cutting into Foxtel's pie.

But they did signal their intent by inviting Google (and I think Netflix) to the last round of TV rights discussions. I think as more and more people move towards on-demand online services like Netflix and Spotify, and as internet streaming becomes faster and with larger download allowances, we will see a critical mass of people moving away from traditional pay-TV.

I predict the continuing decline and perhaps even death of FTA and traditional pay TV, much like video/DVD rentals. Everything is moving online and people are starting to expect a broad array of on-demand content, particularly the more savvy and younger tech users.

To me, it's kind of like entertainment on a plane over the last 30 years. It used to be just one movie on the screen at the front, then they introduced overhead screens on the side rows, then individual TVs on every headrest. Single movies became looping movie channels, then on-demand films. Films broadened to TV shows, documentaries, sport, news etc. Try going on a plane now that just has 6 movies playing on loop, you can't even pause them to sleep or go to the toilet - worst travel ever!

So when the NRL thinks we have this critical mass of online viewers, I expect it will move away from a relationship with Foxtel towards developing it's own direct-to-TV and -device content. Initially it will need to partner with online providers (like it does now with Telstra), and perhaps the infrastructure will remain so complicated that the NRL can never truly manage all it's own content and distribution. But ultimately you'd think they'd want to cut out the middle-man licences and obtain profits directly from viewers and advertisers.

 

[Snake]

The Foxtel thing really annoys me when we are overseas ..we are premium Foxtel subscribers and for the life of me why can I not get the NRL while I am away I am paying the premium price a joke really.

Hey snake, try livestream.com when you are overseas. It's free in a good chunk of overseas countries.

Thanks will do

 

[palms]

First of all the NRL will need to sort out their own backyard. I purchased an NRL Game Pass for the weekend (even though I could of streamed the weekend from elsewhere) to give it a shot and basically support the game I love, and I could not watch one game through the thing. It would continually take me back to the purchase page even though I had already paid for my pass and I know I was not in the minority on this one as the same thing happened to my brother and I saw hundreds of complaints online. The service was a disgrace last year, and in this day and age online content and more importantly, not delivering on paid content is absolute amateur hour.