Have to agree, OPTUS service for the EPL is tons better than the ok effort from FOX.

Every game with a full replay, highlights, interviews, daily shows and it goes on, all on demand.
None of this wait until 11:30am the next day to watch a replay of the game you want from FOX.

Foxtel has the 'go' app. its shit though that it can be chromecast/appleTV'd on to the telly but I guess thats for obvious reasons.

It can so there is no issue. I watch it on my telly.

Can somebody tell me why you can't download the optus sport app on your smart TV and just watch it through that? 

I guess you need the Fetch TV box.  

That'd be because it's too difficult to code apps for the plethora of smart TV's out there - much easier to focus on the main devices (Fetch Box, Chromecast, Apple TV, Xbox, Playstation and web).

  My ‘android’ TV has a different app store on it.  IE:  There’s bugger all apps in ihe TV app store for some reason.  I’m not sure if that’s just my telly or all smart TV’s.

It depends what TV you have.

Fetch are adding the Optus Sport app to their retail boxes, but not in time for the world cup. At the moment you can only get Optus Sport on Fetch through an Optus owned box.

I don't need to change carriers, works on my tablet, phone, PC (linux), chromecast - thank you Optus. Just please don't do anything stupid during the WC and let it fail or break the app etc.

@ the select few. RE foxtel go app. Do you run Apple TV or chromecast? Doesn’t work with Apple TV on mine.

I'm ready to roll with the WC with the Optus Sport app through Apple TV.

I am worried about the first game against France though. It will be on prime time (8pm) in Sydney and i am worried that so many connections at once will either crash the network or make it buffer and stutter.

It's a big test for Optus. 

You have to have the current Apple TV for it to work. The older models don't let you connect to the Apple Store and install apps, the new one does.

It is a big test that's for sure, but with the game being simulcast on SBS I'm sure a lot of the strain will be taken off the network as people will just tune into their TV coverage.

Completely agree with both of you. Fox's coverage of English Football was becoming extremely amateur. I don't care what Slater and Bosnich have to say about it anymore, they've been out of England for a long time and are hardly in the know anymore. Just focusing on their well outdated anecdotes and which Aussies are playing wasn't good enough anymore. They can cover that in Fox's own content separate from match day coverage.

Just for info (maybe already covered)  the stream is 720p but 1080i via their sat dish service (didn't know they had one but...)
There is some hope apparently that they may lift those specs.

Anyone know if you can get Optus sport on a Amazon FireStick?

If I get this thing via an app on my phone do they supply you with login details so I can log in via the website?  

Yes they do

Good. It's seriously a fucking labyrinth on that site.  

Yes but picture quality is pretty ordinary

no champions league on sbs thanks a lot optus 

C’mon, for the cost of two beers a month you can have Optus Sports

I have optus i just hate watching it on my phone and the tv at work only has old school tv 

Ah, you’re at work 😂

Login via your computer.

I'm also at work - one of the perks of working in IT is that I can put the game on one of my three monitors :D

I love “work” 😁

I somehow get optus for free. I have never paid and have had it since day one. I had an optud phone about four years ago, and I got a log in then but contract finished back then. Bizarre, but good. 

the question is did it make you happy tsf? or do you prefer sbs/fox sports? 

Optus have been 10 times better then foxsports beside there 1st year where they had expected bandwidth teething issues i'd never want the EPL to go back to the overpriced foxsports

You can get a 25$ a month phone plan unlimited calls/text with optus sport which is absolutely fantastic under foxtel i had to pay for an entertainment base pack that was basically re-runs of all old shows no one watched then a sports pack then a HD add on costing over 50< a month 

If optus gets the HAL i dont think i'd ever watch foxtel again.... 

Id say the only thing i miss about foxtel was is Bozza because bloke tells it like it is and is one of the few who have been to the very top of the game and if you ask me the only people who should be leading football in Australia are the few that have played at the top and succeeded Kewell, Bozza, Dukes etc