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Show HN: European Sports – A Eurosport client for Apple TV

6 pointsby alexander-edgeover 8 years ago

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alexander-edgeover 8 years ago
We all know that ideas often come when you discover a need for something that makes your life easier. I developed European Sports for tvOS so that I can watch squash coverage on my Apple TV. Eurosport doesn&#x27;t have a tvOS app, so until now I&#x27;ve had to AirPlay from my iPad which is inconvenient, drains the battery and prevents me from using it for anything else.<p>I wrote a proof of concept back in May for my own use and sent it to Eurosport but didn&#x27;t hear back. It looks like their apps may be developed under a new Discovery &#x2F; MLB contract, so until then subscribers can use this app.<p>Apple rejected the initial version as a &quot;copycat&quot; that &quot;leveraged Eurosport”. I have since changed the colours and the name and it is now available for free from the UK App Store.<p>The application itself is fairly basic, written in Swift 3 and uses Core Data. The model and API are more complex and I used Charles proxy to intercept traffic from the official iOS apps to generate them.<p>Please note that you require a subscription to Eurosport Player to use this app.<p>Thoughts appreciated!