Category Archives: Sky

Sky Go app gets live and on demand Sky Movies, 3G streaming coming soon

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Chris Wiser

BSkyB (“Sky”), the UK’s largest pay-TV broadcaster, has announced that its rolling-out movies-on-demand streaming to its Sky Go mobile service. The service allows subscribers to watch both live and ‘on-demand’ video content on a computer, mobile device or Xbox 360. At present the Sky … Continue reading →

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Sky Go for Android launching ‘in coming months

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Chris Wiser

Sky Go has been a huge hit for Sky – amalgamating its on demand services and proving popular not only on computers but also on iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad. However, thousands of Android users have been checking … Continue reading →

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Sky Anytime now available on Virgin Media

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Chris Wiser

Virgin Media has announced that you can now get Sky Anytime through its on-demand service, as long as you are on the company's XL service. In an interesting move, Sky is offering its content on Virgin Media through its online … Continue reading →

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Satellite TV service Freesat surpasses 2 million users in the UK…half are Sky defecters

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Chris Wiser

Freesat, the UK’s free-to-air digital satellite television service, says it has passed the 2 million customer mark, with almost half of its user-base jumping ship from BSkyB. Freesat is a not-for-profit joint venture between the BBC and ITV plc, launching … Continue reading →

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Sky Go

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Chris Wiser

Sky has united its live streaming and download package for Apple devices and laptop-owning PC users under the umbrella term 'Sky Go'. But this hasn't been solely a rebranding exercise. Each subscriber can now watch the (SD only) service on … Continue reading →

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Sky Player and Sky Mobile TV rebrand as Sky Go

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Chris Wiser

Sky has announced that it is merging Sky Player and Sky Mobile TV into a new offering, called Sky Go. The mobile service is free to all Sky customers and features all the functionality of Sky Mobile TV  and Sky Player but … Continue reading →

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Samsung looking at Sky Player for Android smartphones

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Chris Wiser

Samsung is looking to increase the presence of on-demand video on its smartphones, with an embedded Sky Player likely for future Android Galaxy devices. Simon Stanford, the UK and Ireland MD for Samsung's mobile division, told TechRadar that BBC iPlayer … Continue reading →

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Sky formally announces Anytime+ arrival for next week

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Chris Wiser

  As revealed on TechRadar yesterday, Sky's Anytime+ VOD is coming next week, with the broadcast giant confirming that the service will begin to roll out on Tuesday.

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Sky Anytime+ launching next week

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Chris Wiser

Sky Anytime+, the upgraded video on demand service for Sky satellite subscribers, is set to begin rolling out at the end of the month. Huzzah! Any Sky+HD customers who also have Sky broadband (Sky Unlimited and Sky Everyday Lite packages … Continue reading →

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Sky Anytime+ review

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Chris Wiser

Although the software is up and running and working well, there are, we are reliably told, a few tweaks still being made, so rather than do a complete review just yet we're going to stick to an extensive hands on … Continue reading →

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