Tag: Sky
New Sky+HD boxes will have Wi-Fi as standard for easy on-demand streaming
Sky have announced that both of their Sky+HD box models on offer to customers in the UK will now come with built-in Wi-Fi connectivity as standard. Whether you're signing up for the entry-level Sky+HD box or the capacious 2TB model,…
LG Smart TVs to exclusively host Sky's NOW TV streaming app
LG have signed a deal with Sky that will make them the exclusive Smart TV provider of Sky's NOW TV on-demand streaming app until at least 2014. While those that stream NOW TV content through a computer, tablet, Xbox 360…
Sky's NOW TV movie streaming hits the PlayStation 3
Sky's Now TV streaming service is now available to owners of Sony's PlayStation 3 console, giving access to Sky's extensive library of movies for instant streaming, regardless of whether or not the viewer is signed up for one of Sky's…
Sky Sports to be free on opening day of Premier League football season
In an unprecedented move by the network, Sky will be offering up its Sky Sports channel for free on the opening day of the Premier League season, Saturday 17 August. Designed to tempt users towards Sky's sports subscription packages (an…
Sky adding pay-as-you-go Sky Sports to Now TV online offering
Sky have today announced that they will be offering their full suite of Sky Sports programming through their Now TV online streaming service, allowing sports fans to watch key fixtures without the need for a Sky sports subscription or installation…
4oD added to Sky's On Demand platform
Sky have announced the arrival of Channel 4's 4oD service as part of Sky TV's On Demand hub. Landing on Monday, Sky subscribers with their boxes hooked up to the internet will be able at access on demand content from…
BT, Sky, Virgin Media forced to block Kickass Torrents and other sites
Following on from the mandatory blocking of The Pirate Bay, UK ISPs BT, Sky, Virgin Media, TalkTalk, O2 and EE will soon be forced to block websites Kickass Torrents (kat.ph), H33T and Fenopy. Continuing the UK government's clampdown on websites…
Sky buys O2 and BE Broadband, now UK's second biggest ISP
Big broadband news coming out of the Sky stable today. They've just bought both O2 and BE Broadband for the actually-quite-reasonable sum of £200 million, boosting their subscriber base up to 4.7 million homes. That make's them the second-biggest ISP…
Sky Go for Android hits more devices: HTC One X, Galaxy Note 2, Google Nexus 4 make the cut
Sky have expanded the number of Android devices that can access their Sky Go, on-the-go TV streaming service. The app now supports Android Jelly Bean versions 4.1 and 4.2 on select handsets, which include the HTC One Series (HTC Desire…
Sky's Now TV movie streaming hits Roku boxes
Sky's Now TV movie streaming service has been made available to Roku box owners today. Available from the Roku Channel Store, the new app lets the web video streaming box access the catalogue of Sky's Hollywood blockbuster movies, as made…
