BT Sport app on TV help please

Big-G · Mar 3, 2018

I'm looking at getting the BT Sport app but want it for TV use not phone or tablet. As it's an app does anyone know if it will download straight to a smart TV which I'm buying shortly.
Otherwise I will have to cast it across using Chromecast etc. Is that correct please?
Any other help will be gratefully received.
Thanks
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Deleted account 190920001 · Mar 3, 2018

Depends what tv you get and it's operating system. It's a very fragmented market so I would check with BT and their compatibility list.

Wapping · Mar 3, 2018

If I had to guess, it depends on the TV and whether BT have given the TV makers access to the app.

For example, here’s something about Samsung TV’s and the BT app. It may be out of date.

https://community.bt.com/t5/TV-Cont...amsung-SmartTV-via-freeview-ariel/td-p/962930

Unlike Sky, BT Sport is easy to stream across wirelessly or via an HDMI cable. I use the latter in hotel rooms from my iPad.

wideparting · Mar 3, 2018

yes it does,im watching the Liverpool match on mine as we speak.

Andi_archer · Mar 3, 2018

Depends on your tv make and model as not all models even from the same make support all apps the app also may prevent sharing to other devices if its been so programmed.

Wapping · Mar 3, 2018

wideparting said:
yes it does,im watching the Liverpool match on mine as we speak.

It might help if you told the OP which TV make and model you are watching the match on from the inbuilt app.

See post #5

wideparting · Mar 3, 2018

Wapping said:
It might help if you told the OP which TV make and model you are watching the match on from the inbuilt app.

See post #5

Samsung ue40mu647ou

lagauk · Mar 3, 2018

Get it on a laptop and connect the laptop to the TV using an HDMI cable when you want to watch it.

Andi_archer · Mar 3, 2018

Just to clarify some apps disable the ability to cast and to use HDMI outputs you may need to test your set up to see if it works
https://community.plus.net/t5/TV/Getting-BT-Sports-on-a-TV/td-p/1478630

Gargy · Mar 3, 2018

That model supports Smart view. If you put the app on your phone, you can cast it from the phone to the tv..... If your phone has the ability to cast that is. I have a Sony tv running android, and there is no BT app to download from the Google play store.

Good luck.

Wapping · Mar 3, 2018

wideparting said:
Samsung ue40mu647ou

Is the app built into the TV (so not requiring a pc, tablet, some box of tricks) or are you streaming it in from a pc, tablet or some box of tricks?

jetjock · Mar 4, 2018

I don’t think there’s a TV app for BT but I cast it from my phone to my Sony smart Tv and the picture quality is very good

sanensafe · Mar 4, 2018

I have it app on my ipad and using apple TV send it to the TV. It’s not perfect but better than paying for the moto gp streaming

Big-G · Mar 4, 2018

Top advice thanks. I now get the idea and might just use Chromecast

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wideparting · Mar 4, 2018

I know nothing about computers so am putting my son in law on to explain what I did:

There is no app for BT sport for the TV. Instead by accessing sport.bt.com via the web browser it was possible to view the live stream by signing into the account. (must be flash or HTML5 enabled browser) hope this helps

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