Fox Sports App

[Spaceman213J]

Hi,

My family and I used to be able to watch games through the Fox Sports App. A few games ago, the feed cutout near the end of the 3rd quarter and it said this game is not available for streaming. Today, it is saying the same thing from the beginning. Is there anybody else having this problem. We have already watched games this year on the Fox Sports App that were on SNY?

 

[HuskyNan]

https://help.fox.com/s/article/Why-I-am-having-issues-streaming-videos-on-FOX-com-FOXSports-com-or-FOXNation-com

Fox Sports app not working

Fox sports app not working on my Rokus. It does still work on my phone. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling and made sure it’s updated, anyone else having issues ?

community.roku.com

 

[bruP]

I’m having the same problem in Durham, NC. Can’t get it on my iPad or iPhone either.

 

[Bone Dog]

No problem in New Mexico

 

[OviedoFLHusky]

https://help.fox.com/s/article/Why-I-am-having-issues-streaming-videos-on-FOX-com-FOXSports-com-or-FOXNation-com

The Help page for Fox Sports also provides a pop-up option (lower right side of screen) to link and chat with an IT support person . I had to resort to that once a couple of years ago when I was having trouble. They were very nice and suggested I open the app in a private window, rather than a regular window. That has done the trick for me ever since.

 

[huskyd]

Hi,

My family and I used to be able to watch games through the Fox Sports App. A few games ago, the feed cutout near the end of the 3rd quarter and it said this game is not available for streaming. Today, it is saying the same thing from the beginning. Is there anybody else having this problem. We have already watched games this year on the Fox Sports App that were on SNY?

Join the club. I've not been able to watch SNY going on 2 years, whereas I was always able to once upon a time. Being excluded from SNY is a kind of euthanasia: you are mostly unable to watch games that few sane people would. Today is a good example.
Find an engaging book. Maybe next year we'll be able to see whatever we want (or don't).

 

[Old Geezer]

I have been experiencing the same issues for all of the SNY games. Today I think the issue was more that if yo are in the CT market they figured out how to do a “blackout” of the game. I’ve had exchanges with both Fox sports tech support and YouTube tv tech support. They point the finger at each other as to whose problem it is. Today was a new problem for me. I’ve experienced the case of being able to watch a little over half of the game and then it cuts out with the “not available for streaming” screen. Very frustrating. I haven’t been able to watch an SNY conference game to completion yet and I haven’t been able no hope of being able to. So far I have been watching the live stats on my iPad and listening to the radio broadcast on my phone.

 

[Centerstream]

I’m having the same problem in Durham, NC. Can’t get it on my iPad or iPhone either.

No problem in the Triad, north of Greensboro.
My tv provider is Hulu Live.

 

[MainefanSC]

No problem in SC. Started the season with Spectrum and did not have a problem. Changed to HTC last week and was able to watch today's game.

 

[JoePgh]

This does not directly pertain to the tech support issue raised in this thread, but it is a comment on UConn games (specifically replays) on the Fox Sports App. That app is a new discovery this year for me -- I have Comcast (which provides SNY in my package) as my TV provider, so I am able to use the Fox Sports App on my Amazon Fire device to re-watch any game that was originally broadcast on SNY or any of the Fox channels (Fox, FS1, FS2, etc.).

The replays are good enough so that they almost rival the quality of @MJL243's recordings on YouTube in previous seasons. However, there are two minor annoyances:

• They insist on showing frequent commercials, and you cannot fast-forward through them or skip them after 5 seconds as you can on YouTube. As far as I can tell, I just have to sit through the commercials, which can be up to 2 minutes long.
• I haven't found it easy to skip back and forth by small increments to view a particular possession for a second time (for instance). You can do it, but it seems to be very approximate, and you often end up skipping forward or back far more than you would like (and having to re-watch commercials as a result).

If anyone knows a way to address either of these issues on replays, I would appreciate hearing about them.

Also, does anyone know for what period of time replays remain available for viewing through the app? I have always tried to watch within hours or days of the actual game, but I wonder if (for example) I will still be able to watch the UConn-Southern Cal game three or four months from now.

 

[Centerstream]

@JoePgh you bring up very good issues with the Fox Sports App and watching replays. I have suffered in silence ever since You Tube was no longer available to watch an SNY replays.
Thank you.

 

[Jackalope]

If this can help anyone -- I have been using a VPN and accessing the Fox Sports website using a windows computer hooked up to a widescreen. The VPN's IP address is Washington DC, and I had no problems watching the last couple of SNY games live through Fox Sports. I am logged into the Fox Sports website via my YouTube TV account.

 

[PAHuskeyFan]

Hi,

My family and I used to be able to watch games through the Fox Sports App. A few games ago, the feed cutout near the end of the 3rd quarter and it said this game is not available for streaming. Today, it is saying the same thing from the beginning. Is there anybody else having this problem. We have already watched games this year on the Fox Sports App that were on SNY?

I started seeing something similar this year. A bit more than half way through games I get a message that my trial or intro has ended and to sign in through my cable provider. I click the box, a list of providers pops up and I pick my provider and watch the rest of the game. At most, I think I might miss 30 seconds of game time during the switch. No new fees or anything like that.

 

[sno-cat]

I live in MA; but my cable and internet provider are in New York. SNY is not available to me on my cable TV In MA. The Fox App on my smart TV thought I was in NY and would not let me watch SNY games on the Fox App. Meanwhile the Fox Sports App on my iPad and iPhone realized I was in MA and let me watch. Go figure that one out. A couple of years later the Fox App on my smart TV suddenly realized that I was indeed in MA and let me access the UConn SNY games.

 

[WiseWillie]

Reading through all of these there is the unavoidable feeling that we are on a one-way trip to having to pay for services we used to take for granted or part of a subscription package.

SNY to my knowledge doesn't offer a direct subscription but it is available as part of sports packages I have with Comcast for additional $ of course (I'm embarrassed to say how much I now pay for the Comcast package) - plus since I live within the tri-state SNY territory I have no problem getting SNY broadcasts. However, when I do the snow bird thing and travel to Florida in the winter is where I run into problem. I usually end up watching the games on YouTube through a poor quality pirate video after the fact.

Maybe some on here have found a better way but I am left with the idea that I will just need to cough up more $ to be able to watch live. Hulu does offer SNY outside of the SNY tri-state broadcast territory but again need to pay a lot monthly to subscribe. Throughout all of this it comes down to this: if you want unrestricted sports coverage no matter where you are you will probably find a service somewhere to offer it but at a high monthly price. If any are able to avoid that "got-ya" and find a way around paying out huge $ I will be interested.

(Jackalope, I'll give your idea a try although again looks like I will need to buy another streaming service like Hulu. FYI: I may be wrong but it's my understanding that SNY is no longer offered on YouTube TV but maybe that is not a problem since you access it through Fox Sports on YouTube TV.)