Anyone know if there is a fix for Samsung TV Eurosport app?

KnightOfTheLongTights

Got a Samsung smart TV couple of years ago, partially on the basis that it had the Eurosport player app.
Of course then it stopped working towards the end of last season - dunno why? Is it Eurosport's fault or what?
I'm currently running it through laptop via Chromecast, which is fine.
But anyone know if one can recover or replace the app on the TV?

takethehighroad

r0bh

Same problem for me. It seems Eurosport have discontinued support for TV apps so I don't think there is anything we can do

gsk82

They also stopped the Panasonic tv app. I've replaced it with Google chromecast and play it from my phone. It's far better. If you have a Samsung phone you can cast straight from your phone to a Samsung smart tv without any additional hardware.

mechanism

Back in August 2016 I asked if it was a temporary shutdown. This was their reply

I received your question about the service interruption for connected TV and I would like to inform you that due to technical reasons the service Eurosport Player will be interrupted in the next few weeks.

ridgerider

The CIA might be able to offer a fix...

daniel_b

They (Eurosport) took the app down the very day I took out a 12 month subscription.

Solution, as posted on here, buy a google chromecast device, plug it into your TV, assuming it has the correct and available connection, install and launch the app on your phone (Assuming you have a compatible device) and then cast to the Google device, having selected the correct input on your TV.
Works a treat.

EDIT: Sorry, just seen gsk has already alluded to this :oops:

KnightOfTheLongTights

Histrionics chez moi last night - first of all even though had Chromecast set up all fine Sunday, Monday - suddenly stops working last night, so watched the PN stage on laptop.
Then tried to watch that mental Mutiny thing with the SAS bloke on catch-up, and guess what, the 'All 4' app on the Samsung TV will not accept my password, even though I've logged in fine with it on my laptop (why you have to log in to anything watch catch-up is beyond me anyway).
Spent most of the evening trying enter user names and passwords on those f * cking useless on-screen keypads that 'smart' TVs use.
I'm turning into a proper technology hater

Vino'sGhost

Ridgerider wrote:

The CIA might be able to offer a fix...

hahahaahahah yes Ill talk to my tv and find out

ContrelaMontre

Eurosport app on Amazon Fire Stick is working fine for me at the moment. I'd recommend it as a solution.

Vino'sGhost

I moved from Sky to BT and for a tenner a month one of the included channels is Eurosport. Happy days

I did use the app before it stopped working even though i had it on my sky subscription

narbs

I have an LG smart TV and just watch using the web browser - full HD, perfect streaming. Haven't had an issue yet.

yourpaceormine

KnightOfTheLongTights wrote:

Got a Samsung smart TV couple of years ago, partially on the basis that it had the Eurosport player app.
Of course then it stopped working towards the end of last season - dunno why? Is it Eurosport's fault or what?
I'm currently running it through laptop via Chromecast, which is fine.
But anyone know if one can recover or replace the app on the TV?

If it is a SMART TV wouldn't it be possible to access it via the interwebz browser? Not as convenient as an app, but with a bookmark it should be pretty darn straightforward I would have thunk.

r0bh

yourpaceormine wrote:

KnightOfTheLongTights wrote:

Got a Samsung smart TV couple of years ago, partially on the basis that it had the Eurosport player app.
Of course then it stopped working towards the end of last season - dunno why? Is it Eurosport's fault or what?
I'm currently running it through laptop via Chromecast, which is fine.
But anyone know if one can recover or replace the app on the TV?

If it is a SMART TV wouldn't it be possible to access it via the interwebz browser? Not as convenient as an app, but with a bookmark it should be pretty darn straightforward I would have thunk.

The browser on my Samsung TV doesn't support HTML 5 video so it doesn't work.

But I have just got a Kodi p!ugin for ES player working on Kodi installed on an Amazon Fire Stick. Bit nerdy but if anyone is interested I can try to write down the steps you need to go through. Probably easier to buy a Chromecast though!

mechanism

Same here on a Samsung TV, no-worky with the built-in web browser.

It still baffles me how Eurosport could break a perfectly fine app for smart TVs seemingly without a plan to replace it.

yourpaceormine

Th I haven't tried it out on my Samsung tv yet. With all the hoohaa about Sky & Discovery it was something I was looking into. But fortunately someone banged their corporate heads together, and I renewed with Sky.

carbonclem

I've a Sony smart TV, a few years old now, but it came with a ES app along with the BBC iPlayer app and various others, bit by bit they have disappeared and been taken out of use. I never use the wi-fi function of the TV anymore as its completely useless and with Apple TV now its completely irrelevant. The dongle cost an additional £70 as well

kingstongraham

Mechanism wrote:

Same here on a Samsung TV, no-worky with the built-in web browser.

It still baffles me how Eurosport could break a perfectly fine app for smart TVs seemingly without a plan to replace it.

Samsung TVs are not the same as each other, so each app needs to be amended/tested for each model of TV. Probably just isn't worth the hassle for Eurosport to do it. Even channel 4's app doesn't exist for the one I've recently bought.

larkim

I asked Eurosport about it a few months ago and they said that they had discontinued support for the TV player so it would no longer work - they implied it was a deliberate strategy. Chromecasting it from phone works fine though.

ContrelaMontre

r0bh wrote:

But I have just got a Kodi p!ugin for ES player working on Kodi installed on an Amazon Fire Stick. Bit nerdy but if anyone is interested I can try to write down the steps you need to go through. Probably easier to buy a Chromecast though!

If you've got a Fire Stick why not just use the stock ES app? Or are you using the Kodi plugin to bypass the paywall?

r0bh

ContrelaMontre wrote:

r0bh wrote:

But I have just got a Kodi p!ugin for ES player working on Kodi installed on an Amazon Fire Stick. Bit nerdy but if anyone is interested I can try to write down the steps you need to go through. Probably easier to buy a Chromecast though!

If you've got a Fire Stick why not just use the stock ES app? Or are you using the Kodi plugin to bypass the paywall?

I couldn't find an ES app on the Fire Stick? Had a good look in the app store, maybe I missed it but I suspect it's no longer there.

No, the Kodi app requires you to enter your username and password so you still need a subscription. The UI is very basic but it plays the streams fine so is the best option I have found so far.

ContrelaMontre

r0bh wrote:

ContrelaMontre wrote:

r0bh wrote:

But I have just got a Kodi p!ugin for ES player working on Kodi installed on an Amazon Fire Stick. Bit nerdy but if anyone is interested I can try to write down the steps you need to go through. Probably easier to buy a Chromecast though!

If you've got a Fire Stick why not just use the stock ES app? Or are you using the Kodi plugin to bypass the paywall?

I couldn't find an ES app on the Fire Stick? Had a good look in the app store, maybe I missed it but I suspect it's no longer there.

No, the Kodi app requires you to enter your username and password so you still need a subscription. The UI is very basic but it plays the streams fine so is the best option I have found so far.

This concerns me. You're right the app doesn't appear to be available to download anymore. I hope mine keeps working, although based on Eurosport's strategy I wouldn't be surprised if it stops all of a sudden.