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flamingowings · All-time great

RE: Amazon Prime

seagull · Hall of fame

Signed up for that earlier. Perfect timing for Aus Open!

SMC1809 · All-time great

Just signed up but cant find the AO. Just Hopman Cup, Darts and skiing!

-- Edited by SMC1809 on Wednesday 9th of January 2019 12:20:57 AM

Leafster · Social player

SMC1809 wrote:
Just signed up but cant find the AO. Just Hopman Cup, Darts and skiing!

-- Edited by SMC1809 on Wednesday 9th of January 2019 12:20:57 AM

I'm having the same problem. I'm wondering if they are only doing live streams and then they'll appear as one of the Eurosport Xtra channels when they are.

ETA: I don't find the Amazon Prime interface easy to use at the best of times. It needs to be much easier to navigate.

-- Edited by Leafster on Wednesday 9th of January 2019 02:34:12 PM

the addict · Tennis legend

I opened it up whilst the matches were on, and found the streams without problem, although they weren't labeled and had to look for the right one.

Leafster · Social player

Ah, thanks! I'll have a look this evening when the matches are live.

the addict · Tennis legend

Using the Amazon Prime Video app on my tablet - may be different on other platforms.

Scroll to Your Channels, and Eurosport Player is showing. Tap, and the next screen shows the live channels - E1,E2 and Xtra, 17 unlabled channels.
Further down on the same screen, I see the Tennis category, which has ATP Brisbane, Sydney and Hopman cup videos.

Will have a look later on how it works with a Firestick on the TV.

flamingowings · All-time great

Lee
@yelnats_eel

Eurosport Player is currently reduced to £19.99 for a year. Tennis coverage includes French Open, WTA Nottingham, Birmingham and Eastbourne, Wimbledon, WTA Linz, Australian tournaments and Australian Open 2020.
9:49 AM - 7 Mar 2019

@Tennisontelly
Amazon Prime Video now has a homepage for its tennis coverage. Bookmark it so you don't have to go hunting through the site every day: (link: amzn.to/2EH2UEb) amzn.to/2EH2UEb

10:38 pm · 6 Mar 2019 · TweetDeck

flamingowings · All-time great

Amazon will have the WTA too next year: www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-7038177/Amazon-takes-broadcast-rights-womens-tour-2020-season.html

Michael D · All-time great

flamingowings wrote:
Amazon will have the WTA too next year: www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-7038177/Amazon-takes-broadcast-rights-womens-tour-2020-season.html

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wolf · Tennis legend

Great news for me.

indiana · Tennis legend

I've not got Amazon just now but any amalgamation has to in general be better than it all spread all over the place.

flamingowings · All-time great

indiana wrote:
I've not got Amazon just now but any amalgamation has to in general be better than it all spread all over the place.

Yes, I'm of the same thoughts. I might actually buy it. Let's hope they keep improving the service though. I think there were still stupid issues during the AO like courts not being name properly.

Michael D · All-time great

Having just watched Jo reached the Rome final on BT sport, I will be sorry to see them lose the WTA contract next year. One, it's good to be able to watch tennis on TV still occasionally, rather than always having to watch on laptop, on a channel that is not that expensive to get. Two, I'm not a fond advocate of Amazon as a company and their monopolistic and exploitative labour practices across a growing range of sectors. If you like them, their ruthless aggressive practices have certainly turned them into a global behemoth, but I prefer alternatives.

the addict · Tennis legend

Now that Amazon have shown a few more tournaments, their presentation online has become easier to navigate. I have found that not only can I watch on TV using my Firestick, but I can link my tablet and actually control the playback from the tablet, giving easy pause and replay options to the live broadcast. And matches are available to replay, so I can catch up on anything I wish. With BTSport (via sky) whole programmes needed to be recorded to watch on catchup, and generally only one or two courts were covered. Prime covered every court that the stream was available, although still waiting for the ATP to release coverage of 350 and 500 doubles.

But of course, it's another subscription, although I do order a fair bit from Amazon so it covers the delivery costs easily.