Category: Satellite TV
Sky+ app update for iPad turns your tablet into a remote control
Sky have introduced a massive update to their Sky+ app for iPad, allowing you to turn your tablet into a remote control for your Sky box. You can now use the app to change channels, play recorded shows, pause and…
Sky Anytime+ opens VOD doors to other ISPs
Sky Anytime+, the broadcaster's video-on-demand offering that opens up a massive catalogue of shows and movies to be streamed whenever a viewer chooses, is now available to users connecting to the internet over a far broader range of ISPs. Initially,…
BBC iPlayer and ITV Player hitting Sky Anytime+ service, rolls out beyond Sky broadband customers
Sky are updating their Anytime+ service, announcing that they've signed a deal that will see the BBC's iPlayer and the ITV Player VOD platforms be added to their own video-on-demand portal. Sky have also announced that, for the first time,…
Sky Movies App launching today for Apple Devices
Today sees the launch of a free Sky Movies app on iTunes for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. This App will allow existing Sky customers to quickly access and find movies from their portable devices. The App follows in…
After the Sky/Premier League ruling how you can watch football on foreign satellite channels
Potentially huge news today as the European Court of Justice has ruled in favour of a pub landlady from Portsmouth who has been showing live football from foreign channels in her establishment, rather than subscribing to Sky. The ECJ said…
Viewers vote for top telly picks in Freesat Awards
Freesat are allowing TV watchers to pick the winner of their TV Channel of the Year award, with the station with the most votes crowned at an annual awards event to be held on July 12th. The Viewers Choice award…
HOW TO: Watch Premier League football without Sky on a foreign satellite
Football fans and pub owners alike were crossing their fingers and holding their breath in anticipation, following the news that Karen Murphy (landlady of the Red White and Blue in Southsea) stood on the verge of a landmark ruling that…
Pub fights Murdoch over Premier League broadcast rights, may have bagged cheaper Sky TV for us all
We always love a story about an underdog taking on the big mega-corporations, but they're especially sweet if their actions may well serve to save us all a few quid in the long-run. As is the case of Karen Murphy…
Channel 4 HD heading to Freesat
Channel 4's high definition programming will be coming to Freesat HD boxes, it has been confirmed today. The channel will launch in April. That now adds up to 4 HD channels on the Freesat service: BBC 1 HD, BBC HD,…
Sky EPG reshuffle pushes HD content to the fore
Sky's EPG channel line-up is to get a fairly drastic shake-up come the start of February, pushing the growing number of HD channels higher up the list. 40 HD channels (not including the key terrestrial channels) will swap places with…
