I wish I could rate this app 0 stars
I wish I could rate this app 0 stars, it is so infuriating! Despite having an account and connecting my TV provider to said account, every single time I open the app I must sign in again and reconnect my TV provider, an issue that no other streaming apps seem to have. 75% of the time the video quality is so poor, glitching and delayed audio, an aspect of sports viewing I consider pretty important. It’s a shame that Bally is the only streaming service that carries the teams I follow, because I would certainly be switching to the competitors if I could. In addition, the SAME five commercials are constantly on repeat in the exact same order every intermission. I understand this is not fully in the network’s control but for someone who watches lots of sports, a little variety or even a switch up in the order would go a LONG way. I don’t understand why they don’t have the money to hire a decent software engineer to spend an hour and fix these issues, seems like no other streaming service has any of these problems!
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The latest version released a week or two ago is horrible
The latest major update to this app that was released one to two weeks ago is causing nothing but headaches. Before this latest update, for the past 2-3 years after it transitioned from Fox sports regional networks everything was great. I signed into the app with my provider & everything worked. Since this last update at the end of October/start of November, I have to sign in every time I want to watch an event. Bally sports is forcing even their cable subscribers to create a separate Bally’s account & then sign in with the provider. There have been multiple evenings where I can’t even watch anything even after creating a bally’s account & signing in with my provider. Either their systems go down or streaming video is not working….nothing but excuses. It’s clear because of Bally’s/diamond sports ongoing economic issues with the network it is now interfering with streaming sporting events. I can’t help but hope that Bally’s ceases to exist over the coming months & give back the rights of games back to their respective leagues & teams. Our governments decision to block ESPN/Disney from taking over Fox sports regional networks during fox’s specific tv divisions sale is backfiring.
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Bally Sports is utter trash
This review is probably for the overall service instead of just the app. Starting more than a week ago I was unable to even open the app on my TV, phone, or login to the website to stream. Supposedly there was an update that caused major havoc. The problem I’m having with that explanation is that I pay $20 per month for the service to primarily watch the Carolina Hurricanes, and to a lesser extent the Charlotte Hornets. I live in suburban Raleigh, and until a week ago there were no issues. Now, on my TV I get errors ranging from DRM error to user token prevents streaming but ONLY on Hurricanes games. Other content loads fine. On my computer, no live game or channel streams ever load, and ONLY Hornets replays work. On my phone, nothing works as I’m continually advised that I’m not in my home area, which is clearly incorrect as all devices are connected to the same Wi-Fi. Spoken with Bally Sports support and they’re utterly useless. They actually told me to watch on whichever device works then hung up the phone.
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Update: bally top in the world
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Experience
This app has an absolutely Horrible user experience on Apple TV! Especially in regards to fast forward/rewind!! For example, if I want to skip ahead to the 3rd period of a hockey game, I have to hold down the forward direction on the Apple TV remote for the ENTIRETY OF THE 1st TWO PERIODS!!! Vs simple pause then drag forward to a point of my choosing. That takes SEVEN MINUTES OH HAVING TO HOLD THE FORWARD DIRECTION DOWN. That’s STUPID!! Another issue I randomly run into is, I’ll hold down the directional pad on the APPLE TV remote, & the time bar will be counting forward like it’s suppose to, however, once I remove my thumb it actually REWINDS THE GAME TO A POINT THATS PRIOR TO WHEN I INITIATED THE FORWARD. For example, the game will be at the 15:00 minutes remaining, I’ll hold down the forward direction, watch the time bar advance 10 minutes, remove my thumb, & not only has it not fast forwarded, ITS ACTUALLY WENT BACKWARDS IN TIME!?!?!?!? I started the forward at the 15 min mark and fast forward & this thing has actually REWINDED the game back to the very beginning?!?!?!?! Which means it’s literally impossible to jump to some point later in the game via fast forward because EVERY TIME I FAST FORWARD, ITS ACTUALLY REWARDING MORE AND MORE WITH EACH FAST FORWARD ATTEMPT.
Even after restarting, resetting, the Apple TV, as well as uninstall / reinstall the ballys app. Absolutely Ridiculous!!!!
Even after restarting, resetting, the Apple TV, as well as uninstall / reinstall the ballys app. Absolutely Ridiculous!!!!
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If I could rate a zero out of five, I would
The absolute WORST sports app. IF, and its s big if it actually works it then becomes 50/50 if the app will crash during the game 100% of the time it crashes when first loading the app. Then, the interface makes it very difficult to clearly see what sports you are selecting and the multiple screens it makes you click through if watching Pre-game, the game itself and finally the Post-game (just make all three one selection to watch). Never an error message why these crashes occurred the screen typically just stays black until you the user get frustrated and reload the app.
Unfortunately my hockey/basketball/baseball teams are all only available through Bally so they have me over a barrel. all of this might be somewhat passable if the app only costs $5/month but at $20/month it’s absolutely unacceptable in this day and age of streaming.
If my Detroit teams ever offer other alternatives to watch I will be jumping ship ASAP. I recommend everyone avoid this app if you have any other alternatives.
Unfortunately my hockey/basketball/baseball teams are all only available through Bally so they have me over a barrel. all of this might be somewhat passable if the app only costs $5/month but at $20/month it’s absolutely unacceptable in this day and age of streaming.
If my Detroit teams ever offer other alternatives to watch I will be jumping ship ASAP. I recommend everyone avoid this app if you have any other alternatives.
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Can’t watch it anywhere except my phone
The only way to watch Bally sports plus is on my phone or with apple airplay. But the only tv that I have that actually has the airplay capability it won’t connect to. I have a roku on one of my TVs which is the only tv that I can actually get the Ya app on and the first time I went to play it it said something about it being out of region so I couldn’t watch it. Then the next time I tried a few days later and it said it couldn’t connect and to try again later. I wish the app was available on smart TVs. And not just the new TVs so that we are forced to go out and buy all new TVs. So far this service is very inconvenient and disappointing. It needs to be easier to access on an actual tv. I miss the days when we could just turn our tv on and pick a channel. Nowadays u have to find and pay for a streaming service, sign in, register your device and pray that you have a good enough connection to be able to watch whatever it is u want to watch. I’m pretty disappointed.
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BALLY/DIRECTV STREAMING
I am very upset with both Bally Sports Florida and DIRECTV STREAMING.
I have been trying for 3 nights to get the Tampa Bay rays games on my television, each of the three nights I have done with instructions exactly the way I was told by the BALLY customer service person and he also informed me that I would not have to go through this another time as it would be an automatic thing when I signed on to watch the games. Well, that does not happen! I am still not able to get onto watch the games when they come on.
It’s bad enough that we can’t watch the games through the regional or local programming as we always have been able to because of this blackout that MLB has imposed upon our area. If I can’t get help opening the link to get to the Tampa Bay rays games, I will cancel my DIRECTV streaming. I am not dealing with these cute little tricks if the MLB seems to think they should do! Please have someone get in touch with me so I can get this straightened out before the game comes on tonight. I am tired of putting in a login and password each time I have to each time I go onto the Bally Sports to get the game. If I don’t hear from you by the end of the day,I will cancel the DIRECTV and take my chances with watching games the games
I have been trying for 3 nights to get the Tampa Bay rays games on my television, each of the three nights I have done with instructions exactly the way I was told by the BALLY customer service person and he also informed me that I would not have to go through this another time as it would be an automatic thing when I signed on to watch the games. Well, that does not happen! I am still not able to get onto watch the games when they come on.
It’s bad enough that we can’t watch the games through the regional or local programming as we always have been able to because of this blackout that MLB has imposed upon our area. If I can’t get help opening the link to get to the Tampa Bay rays games, I will cancel my DIRECTV streaming. I am not dealing with these cute little tricks if the MLB seems to think they should do! Please have someone get in touch with me so I can get this straightened out before the game comes on tonight. I am tired of putting in a login and password each time I have to each time I go onto the Bally Sports to get the game. If I don’t hear from you by the end of the day,I will cancel the DIRECTV and take my chances with watching games the games
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Literally the worst app ever created.
Congrats to the geniuses brought on to take over Fox Sports and find a way to put out THE WORST app and service ever seen in sporting history! The ONLY thing that works consistently are the ads. I have to reboot my Apple TVs whenever I want to watch a new game the next day or switch to something else, the app randomly becomes unresponsive regularly, the sound is extremely low EXCEPT for ads, the layout is horrendous, left and right selection often stops working which requires a reboot, starting games from beginning NEVER works so I end up seeing the score late in the game despite my selection, the ability to forward or rewind often stops working, and somehow it will double the audio feed creating an echo that also requires a full reboot of my device. So seriously, congratulations for making history. Your dev team should all be banned from ever publishing any apps or web services again. Clean house. Do it immediately and hire actual professionals ASAP. It’s infuriating that these people make millions of dollars and cannot put out a basic functioning app in 2022. Jesus Christ.
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Truly disappointing
I’ve never written a review before, but I felt obligated after my ongoing experience with Bally Sports. Since they took over for Fox Sports, I’ve seen a cataclysmic decline in service, connectivity, customer service, and overall viewing experience. The app didn’t work on my XBox One (I logged out and logged in 3 times, uninstalled the app, powered off, and every other problem solving solution I could think of, and customer service was no help either). I was finally able to access it on my Roku and when there was 4 seconds left of the Pacer game tonight, it cut out because the program had a run time from 7:00-9:30. Mins you, this is not the first time Bally’s has left a bitter taste in my moth. As I mentioned before, ever since they took over for Fox Spirts last year, this kind of situation has happened more often than not. If anyone from Bally’s happens to read this, I implore you, take the time to put out a quality product, instead of this haphazard app that leaves myself, and countless friends and family members scratching their heads and asking, why!?
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