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New digital platform - ForestTV!

Notcher

Stuart Pearce
Just watching the Sheff Utd game on their own platform SUTV and ours is bobbins compared to theirs. They cut to a studio box at half time with for analysis with a presenter, an ex player and a current player. They use footage of the half with the analysis and they showed highlights of the women's game.

There is so much more value in theirs. I'm glad I don't have to rely on forest TV for my coverage any longer.

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nffclsr

First Team Squad
Does the youtube links to Forest U23s count as Forest TV?

It really should be on that service and more reliable. Last night they say they streaming the game on youtube and twice it cut after a couple of minutes and supposedly they then couldn't show the game due to technical difficulties.

Our club should be more professional than that?

They don't even mention it on Forest TV, if you go to "all videos" the last academy update was in October. Bloody stupid that a free service run by Forest gets live streams but the pay service doesn't!
 

GreeksBearingGifts

Stuart Pearce
I must say that I find the neglect of Forest TV particularly baffling. It should be the top priority of the owner.

Over here games are broadcast on a subscription platform, so the club has no say in the matter. And yet, we have a fully functioning high-tech tv studio in the stadium, partly used for videos shared in the club's youtube channel. Over there, with the club partly responsible for broadcasting, a better service for the customer should have been on the top of the to-do list.

And the guy owns two tv stations over here. I mean, it's not like he lacks people with the knowhow to do these things properly. I really don't understand it.
 

It's Baggio

John Robertson
It's getting worse. They've uploaded one full match replay since Christmas & recently the extended highlights have stopped appearing.

Seems like a huge waste of potential with the mood around the club currently. Especially disappointing for someone like my Dad who hasn't been able to go for a few months.
 

Fawazzock

Jack Burkitt
If he owns two TV stations, that gives me hope we might improve fan media in future.

It may be a case of getting out of existing contracts at the time they come up for renewal.

What I can say for sure, is the fan experience of forest media is dog s***.

It peaked around 2010 and has been consistently disappointing since.
 

Strummer

Socialismo O Muerte!
LTLF Minion
It’s absolutely garbage for the money they want.

The quality and content has gone downhill even since IFollow - if that were possible - despite us being promised a „world leading“ service, it’s turned out to be utter bullshit.

And with so many games being „blacked out“ because they’re on telly, it makes the video subscription for overseas fans even worse value.

Sort it out, Forest. You should be doing far better than this rubbish.
 

Strummer

Socialismo O Muerte!
LTLF Minion
Who is in charge of Forest TV?

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The Chuckle Brothers, would be my guess.
 

stockers

Jack Armstrong
Anyone listen to the games through the app getting error messages pre match and only able to hook in after 10 mins of Wednesday, same thing happening today..
 

Huxley

John Robertson
Where's my audio stream!!

En route to the San siro to watch merda and no proper footy to soften the blow.



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stockers

Jack Armstrong
Where's my audio stream!!

En route to the San siro to watch merda and no proper footy to soften the blow.



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Yeah there isn't one (just like the start of Wednesdays match). Also apparently the pre and post match commentary isn't included and is just random if you get it! To be fair D Marshall at ForestTV support does get back to me but the service is so bad i'm tempted to rag it off. Also they can't do anything about the timing of the alerts that come in before the commentary..
 

Master Yates

John Robertson
Took 30 minutes for the international video pass to show up as an option today, then after I’d bought it, another 3 or 4 minutes of being told that I am not authorised to watch it. What a pile of shit this service is.


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Gaz

A. Trialist
Hi has anyone managed to get Forest tv working via a vpn. I am using my work vpn for Amsterdam but I cant see the option to buy a game pass for Swansea, just audio, I have a good old fashioned FM radio for that. Capture.JPG
 

Master Yates

John Robertson
Swansea game is on tv worldwide. If it’s showing on Dutch TV, it won’t be available on Forest TV there I believe


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Strummer

Socialismo O Muerte!
LTLF Minion
Swansea game is on tv worldwide. If it’s showing on Dutch TV, it won’t be available on Forest TV there I believe


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That is correct - if it is on local television, even if that means a subscription service - then video on Forest TV is „blacked out“.
 

Statto

Free Kick Specialist
Hi has anyone managed to get Forest tv working via a vpn. I am using my work vpn for Amsterdam but I cant see the option to buy a game pass for Swansea, just audio, I have a good old fashioned FM radio for that.View attachment 13820

I've never thought of exactly how it would work because in practice you're circumventing the legal blackout for not showing 3pm games or televised games...

But ignoring this for a second because it's boring, I'd expect that you'd need to be on the VPN for it to be able to show you located in that area, check against a blackout list locally, and then once purchased the pass you would need to use the pass on the VPN too.

I've not tried this though...

I'd assume if you're showing as NL on the VPN and the match is on Dutch TV as RR85 said it'd be blacked out so the Audio option would be the only one available.
 

jervine

First Team Squad
Confirming Statto's post ... you need to check with the blackout list and then select a country that isn't on the blackout list. Broadly speaking, countries that have purchased the rights to the EFL Championship will be broadcasting matches, and therefore ForestTV don't have the rights to stream the matches to those countries. For 'popular' teams, like Forest this can mean fewer games available via Forest TV which is frustrating.

I've purchased the season Forest TV pass, and for matches that are blacked out, I use a VPN (Express VPN or Nord VPN work for me) to connect to a country that doesn't broadcast Championship matches. Typically, I choose Taiwan as my VPN country (choosing a country nearby should help in terms of latency and bandwidth).
 

brian1783

Youth Team
Anyone know if the playoff games will be available to purchase on Forest TV for those of us who live in category A countries.
My subscription expires at the end of June, so I believe that the club should make the playoff games available to purchase.
 

Strummer

Socialismo O Muerte!
LTLF Minion
Anyone know if the playoff games will be available to purchase on Forest TV for those of us who live in category A countries.
My subscription expires at the end of June, so I believe that the club should make the playoff games available to purchase.

„Playoff Games? What Playoff Games?“ — Forest TV, probably.

(I think they’ll be on DAZN here, at least they were last season).
 
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