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Waz - 28 Aug 2018 12:50 PM
“I think Optus are losing a bucket load of cash on this deal.“That’s not what their published financial statements say. Getting customers in to mobile phone and Broadband plans is how they raise money and the EPL is just a carrot to get people to do that. Seems to be working for them.

Link Waz? Can't find it from my 2 min search...
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Burztur - 28 Aug 2018 1:24 PM
Melbcityguy - 28 Aug 2018 9:16 AM

My Amazon Fire Stick has the Optus Sport app so its just a matter of logging in.

I GOT the amazon fire stick in england and i can't find the optus sport app anywhere
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Melbcityguy - 28 Aug 2018 9:16 AM
I think it's just annoying having to hook the laptop to the tv but watching on the iphone is nice  

My Amazon Fire Stick has the Optus Sport app so its just a matter of logging in.
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scubaroo - 28 Aug 2018 12:42 PM

I just miss those nights where you could just flick between 5 games on foxtel. 

You can flick between them on fetch! I don't know why everyone doesn't use the boxes. It's so much more convenient than fiddling with your phone. 
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Maybe I'm in the minority, I've been pleasantly surprised with the Optus app. The option for "Watch Live" or "Start Over' has been working for me and no scores are showed unless I select the "Show Scores" option.
I haven't tried to watch a full replay though...so can't comment on that.
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“I think Optus are losing a bucket load of cash on this deal.“

That’s not what their published financial statements say. Getting customers in to mobile phone and Broadband plans is how they raise money and the EPL is just a carrot to get people to do that. Seems to be working for them.
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Ive not had any issues with it since the season started. I run it from the app  to the tv mostly but do have the free fetch mini in another room.
I just miss those nights where you could just flick between 5 games on foxtel. Its so clunky and hard to do on fetch or the app.
I've almost completely lost interest in the premier league this year already. Just been so boring. Im blaming optus... hahaha... no i blame the world cup. We get so spoilt with it nothing else compares.
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Melbcityguy - 28 Aug 2018 9:16 AM
I think it's just annoying having to hook the laptop to the tv but watching on the iphone is nice  

You don't have to. Just get a fetch box and watch through that on your TV. It's a lot more stable than watching on the app anyway. 
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aok - 28 Aug 2018 9:38 AM
I think Optus are losing a bucket load of cash on this deal.  I can't see them being able to maintain this long term.  

They can and they will. This is Optus' way of fighting back against Telstra and it's common place across the globe these days. They would lose more money giving up than they would if they were to fix the odd issues here or there.


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I think Optus are losing a bucket load of cash on this deal.  I can't see them being able to maintain this long term.  
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inala brah - 28 Aug 2018 8:59 AM
I decided to keep my account open with Optus post world cup.  You get the EPL and a some Champions League Games.

But I'm cancelling my subscription.

They don't even have the Huddersfield game on replay.  The main reason I am keeping the account is to watch games on replay.  It seems completely daft to not have the only team with an Australian outfield player in the EPL not available for replay.  This happened a lot last year as well.

Live games are completely fkd.  You load up a live game and their is no option to watch from the start.  It goes straight to the live time.  I've begun covering the top of the screen and muting the volume and then quickly clicking earlier in the video to watch it from the start. Then is goes back to the live time again. So I have this stupid fkn routine where I have to cover the screen, mute the volume, and then click once to the start, wait a few seconds and then click again to the start - just so I can watch the game without it being ruined.

This morning I go to watch the Man U v Tottenham game. I click the replay and it goes straight to the 80 minute mark. Shows the score and ruins the game.  

Im obviously pissed.

How hard can this be?  



I have had the same problem with watching it on demand and not going back to where I left off. The reason the Huddersfield Town match wasn't on demand is because of rights issues. They have one game a week where they can't show on demand or something like that. Optus explained it on twitter once. Normally you will get most matches on demand. 
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I think it's just annoying having to hook the laptop to the tv but watching on the iphone is nice  
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not to mention that the games reduce to being completed unwatchable in quality every 10 minutes.

 




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I decided to keep my account open with Optus post world cup.  You get the EPL and a some Champions League Games.

But I'm cancelling my subscription.

They don't even have the Huddersfield game on replay.  The main reason I am keeping the account is to watch games on replay.  It seems completely daft to not have the only team with an Australian outfield player in the EPL not available for replay.  This happened a lot last year as well.

Live games are completely fkd.  You load up a live game and their is no option to watch from the start.  It goes straight to the live time.  I've begun covering the top of the screen and muting the volume and then quickly clicking earlier in the video to watch it from the start. Then is goes back to the live time again. So I have this stupid fkn routine where I have to cover the screen, mute the volume, and then click once to the start, wait a few seconds and then click again to the start - just so I can watch the game without it being ruined.

This morning I go to watch the Man U v Tottenham game. I click the replay and it goes straight to the 80 minute mark. Shows the score and ruins the game.  

Im obviously pissed.

How hard can this be?  




 




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