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Film on

Postby Evelyn » Mon May 01, 2017 2:57 pm

Just for information, Film on have stopped their free service. Only available through sudscription.

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Re: Film on

Postby Basti » Mon May 01, 2017 2:59 pm

Strange, I am watching Filmon as write this !!

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Re: Film on

Postby Enrique » Mon May 01, 2017 3:13 pm

Hi,
One of my "clients" reported "end of Trial period" earlier today............... :?:
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Re: Film on

Postby Steamboats » Mon May 01, 2017 4:43 pm

Yes. Was fine a couple of day ago but now demanding a subscription. Odd

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Re: Film on

Postby casita-bonita » Mon May 01, 2017 4:54 pm

There's mention on another forum that the streams play for a couple of minutes then require a subscription eve through the likes of Mobdro that take the streams directly and not through the Filmon app. Will have a look when I go back downstairs. Plenty of other options available even in Modbro as it has multiple streams for most channels only one of which is from Filmon.

Sign of the times I fear, free is going away.
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Re: Film on

Postby casita-bonita » Mon May 01, 2017 5:30 pm

Quick test and it seems that the posts are correct. Tried BBC and ITV streams through Mobdro and a Kodi add-on. Both played for a couple of minutes then went away.
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Re: Film on

Postby baroness » Mon May 01, 2017 5:50 pm

Still works well in UK ( windows 10) so maybe a geo thing

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Re: Film on

Postby casita-bonita » Mon May 01, 2017 6:07 pm

Interesting.

Just tried Win 10, which is connected by VPN to UK. That also stopped after a couple of minutes.
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Re: Film on

Postby markwilding » Mon May 01, 2017 6:30 pm

Not working on my ipad or computer for more than 2 minutes. However, on the Fire stick Kodi it's not working on one filmon addon but on another called Filmon simple, it's working fine.
It's not a problem for me as I've never been a fan on a big screen due to its low quality streams. I have used it on my Ipad and now the only similar one working is ToView or using the native apps for BBC, ITV &Channel 4, which all offer live and catchup TV.
I have the added bonus of Sky-go offering all Free view and Sky channels except BBC, which seems to me to be the best option if you can find a supplier or even better if you have a family member with sky back in the UK willing to give you access to their account.

On the Ipad, it's not even necessary to have a DNS server because ithere are quite a few free VPN services as well.
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Re: Film on

Postby spanish_lad » Mon May 01, 2017 9:09 pm

Same here, my parents one went off earlier and we have tried several websites here in the office.

Shame, but its been free for a year or so? I wonder how many people will pay for it.
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Re: Film on

Postby Evelyn » Mon May 01, 2017 11:27 pm

€3 per week plus 11 hours recording...good value I would say.

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Re: Film on

Postby spanish_lad » Tue May 02, 2017 8:53 am

If its only 3 euro a week I will buy that for them - seems a bit naughty they turned it off over night with no warning.

I hear from a friend that a load if the channels available with the Intelsat package have been encrypted now too, no more Disney or sky sports etc.
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Re: Film on

Postby northandsouth » Tue May 02, 2017 9:17 am

I've just tried it this morning on W10 and it's been going for around an hour now.
But I hear it's off on other devices locally. Odd.
Perhaps W10 will go down soon too.

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Re: Film on

Postby spanish_lad » Tue May 02, 2017 9:24 am

I tried last night on a win 7 and a win 10 machine and they both went off after two minutes ?
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Re: Film on

Postby Portugeezer » Tue May 02, 2017 11:07 am

http://www.tvcatchup.com seems to still work.

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Re: Film on

Postby northandsouth » Tue May 02, 2017 11:34 am

spanish_lad wrote:I tried last night on a win 7 and a win 10 machine and they both went off after two minutes ?
Were you trying it on the app or in a browser? Seems it still works on the app how long for who knows.

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Re: Film on

Postby spanish_lad » Tue May 02, 2017 4:03 pm

Both times in the browser. Tvcatchup doesn't work now either.
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Re: Film on

Postby casita-bonita » Tue May 02, 2017 4:12 pm

I've noticed in the past that TVcatchup/Toview can be pretty fussy with VPN or DNS services. Sure I recall reading some time ago that they were embroiled in a court case and since then have been one of the strictest services in trying to keep it UK only. Right Now it works on my pc via the web, but the android app doesn't. Go figure...
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Re: Film on

Postby Wicksey » Tue May 02, 2017 8:19 pm

spanish_lad wrote:
Shame, but its been free for a year or so? I wonder how many people will pay for it.
It's been free for a long time, at least since our terrestrial channels first disappeared. You used to be able to record up to 10 hours free and download it too, so I miss that. It never played live very well though on our internet, but the recorded programmes were good quality. Hope the old Intelsat stays working for a while longer!

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Re: Film on

Postby markwilding » Tue May 02, 2017 8:35 pm

Of course, with Now TV or Amazon Fire stick there is no need to record anything. It's all there to watch when you want. Filmon's record quality doesn't even come close especially when compared to the BBC


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