Last month Sky Sports and o2 got together to offer this excellent innovation in broadcasting, offering an initial 3 month free trial as the carrot to the £6/month stick to view Sky Sports and ESPN through an iPhone! My first impression was somewhere along the lines of 'that looks cool and it's free, I'll give it a go'. However I had my suspicions regarding watch TV and live sport, on a phone. Following the success of TVCatchup.com, I perhaps shouldn't have been!
Somewhat masked by a live shot of cricket, the photo doesn't do the quality of picture justice. It would also have helped with my 'real time' plug had there actually been any live cricket, but the match today against South Africa was rained off (still we won).
So far about 3 weeks into my trial I've watched a few cricket games and a couple of football games. The only stipulation o2 have made is that it needs a WiFi connection to stream, which I can understand, even if TVCatchup.com doesn't. As long as there's a good signal the streaming it perfect.
There is one further test I'd like to do before passing final judgement. I'm trying to get hold of an Apple Composite TV cable to see what it's like streaming the iPhone feed onto a TV. If that's successful I might be tempted to pay the £6 charge (more than 66% cheaper than the cost for Sky Sports on the TV).
I'll post again after testing...
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