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Microsoft has announced a deal bringing Sky TV to Xbox 360!
The Sky Player, Sky TV’s online service, launches on Xbox LIVE this autumn, bringing with it a tempting array of blockbuster movies, the best of music and the arts, thought-provoking documentaries, family favourite shows and, of course, the all important Premier League-powered Sky Sports content.
All of the above, and more besides, will be available to watch live or on-demand. Users don’t need an existing Sky contract and needn’t even sign up to one of the monthly subscription packages. Instead they can pick and choose the best bits from Sky’s myriad offerings on a pay-per-view basis. Better yet, there’s no need to install an external aerial or buy any kind of plug-in device. That’s the magic of broadband, folks!
The Xbox LIVE Sky Player offers new levels of interactivity too, adding some of the Xbox 360’s own abilities into the mix. In the case of Sky Sports this is set to include online chat during matches, league updates, instant results and so on. Other applications are currently being devised.
A full price schedule is still to be confirmed, although the existing PC-based Sky Player is a useful reference point. In which case we should be looking at individual monthly packages starting at £15 and single programmes from around £1 upwards.
The Sky Player is a useful addition to the Xbox 360’s ever-widening skillset. The console is certainly a step closer to becoming the mythical home entertainment hub that Microsoft always wanted it to be too. But is this a functionality too far? In other words does latest addition dilute what the big ‘Box is really good at – i.e.games? Guess we’ll see about that soon enough. In the meantime new episodes of The Simpsons and Premier League footy via your Xbox 360 – that’s got to be a good thing, right?
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Posted by: bertingr on Fri May 29 10:03PM | Report abuseyay!
Posted by: sebipepi on Fri May 29 10:05PM | Report abuseyh baby now this is the way forwards about time too............. PS3 is still better then xbox360
Posted by: leemvickery on Fri May 29 11:14PM | Report abuseMMMM bound to be a catch somewhere there always is ???? :((
Posted by: mountainandmoorland on Fri May 29 11:46PM | Report abuseNow xbox 360 is accelerating, xbox 360 all the wayyy!!!!! PS3 is shit, xbox 360 a trillion times better in all aspects, except free online play hehe loll
Posted by: vikeshmc on Sat May 30 12:33AM | Report abuseSeems a little pointless: Why have a behemoth as loud as a jet that sucks tons power and always breaks down after 6 months as a sky box? Even if they give cheaper sky for 360 users the electricity bill is still going to hurt
Posted by: janusz2z on Sat May 30 03:44AM | Report abuseThere is too much viewing for our young ones as it is, we do not need more time wasteing, can you not put on school subjects instead of all the rubbish, violence, coruption ect. what you teach is important for our childrens future. Continued entertainment on the tv and now on their xbox is not good you eat up their time when some should be resting they need time with their families this will make families more disjointed and children who grow up will only know how to talk to a computor or xbox. Please give our children a future and not be locked in on all the rubbish that is out there!
Posted by: david190 on Sat May 30 06:45AM | Report abuseDefinately a great idea - hopefully that wont charge for Sky subscribers - hope as well that if you link your 360 to your TV through HDMI you will get a HD picture - we shall see!
Posted by: dextergriff on Sat May 30 08:31AM | Report abuseif you have exstisting sky pacgade, would you still have to pay for the monthly sub on an exbox 360
Posted by: marinacallow6173 on Sat May 30 08:38AM | Report abusethis is gonnna be SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK!!!!!!!!!!!!! COM ON XBOX COME ON XBOX COME ON LIVERPOOL, SO DAT MEANS NEXT SEASON FOOTBALL I CAN WATCH LIVERPPPOL WIN THE NEXT LEAGUES AND CUPS! YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! COME ON LIVERPOOL! COME ON BARCELONA!
Posted by: rah232000 on Sat May 30 09:02AM | Report abuse