Sky Go allows customers of the UK satellite broadcaster to stream a range of live and on-demand video content via their computers, phones, tablets and Xbox 360s, as part of their Sky TV subscriptions. The service is offered at no extra cost to subscribers, who can register two devices to access content at home or on the move.
Sky Go allows users to view content through devices other than their set-top box
But users who have enjoyed the service on their Xbox 360s will soon find their access blocked, unless they are subscribed to the company's premium Sky Go Extra package, which will also let them register up to four devices and download content for offline viewing.
Customers who already subscribe to Sky Go Extra will not be affected by the changes, but other customers will have to pay an additional £5 per month for the Extra bundle to be able to be use Sky Go on the Xbox 360 from July 29. As one tech blogger noted today on Twitter, this may be a bitter pill to swallow for Xbox 360 users, given that Microsoft recently dropped its own Xbox Live Gold subscription requirements for using apps like Sky Go on its console.
To celebrate Microsoft removing the £30 per year fee to watch Sky Go on Xbox, Sky will now charge you £5 per MONTH for the pleasure.
— Anthony (@FreshPlastic) June 23, 2014The move will also affect owners of the PlayStation 3 and 4, as Sky promised in May that it would launch Sky Go on those consoles later this summer. As with the Xbox 360, Sky subscribers wishing to access Sky Go content on the PS3 and PS4, once the company launches its apps for those devices, will also need to be signed up to the Extra package.
UPC was installed last Thursday and since Monday night I've had issues streaming both on demand and live programmes from the Sky Go app on my Xbox 360. While watching an on demand film on Monday night the Xbox Live service disconnected approximately three times before I gave up on watching it altogether. I have had a look through our help guides and by the look of it although the tv from sky app hasn't been disabled on the xbox 360, it is no longer getting updates and is not an officially supported device so if the software on the console is all up to date and you have reinstalled the app there sadly isn't really anything more we can suggest unless any users on the community have found their. I have an Xbox 360 and live account (not gold) I have been trying to download the sky app, we have sky go extra subscription. I can see the sky app in apps on my console when I am not signed in, if gives me the option to download it and then asks me to sign into my live account, when I do this the option to download is gone and I am left with. Probably because the 360 is now 15 years old as a family, and none have been made since 2016. The Xbox One has been around since 2013. Sky Q from April 2016 (v1 2TB 'Q Silver' & 1 Mini, both over ethernet), BT Ultrafast FTTP (150Mbs), BT Smart Hub 2, Amazon Fire HD 8, Wileyfox Swift 2X (Android 8.1.0 Oreo), LG 49UJ701V with Yamaha RX-V375. Experience the new generation of games and entertainment with Xbox. Explore consoles, new and old Xbox games and accessories to start or add to your collection.
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Sky Go is an online television service from Sky Group provided free for Sky TV subscribers that allows users to watch live and on demand Sky TV via an internet connection. The Sky Go app is available on Windows and Mac computers and also on Android and iOS devices.
Overview[edit]
On demand content comprises sports highlights, latest news, movies and TV programmes. Content is viewable for a limited amount of time and is protected by digital rights management software provided by Microsoft and the NDS Group, and therefore cannot be copied to disc or viewed beyond the date carried by its license. The service is available at no extra cost to existing Sky TV customers, with accessible content depending on the subscriber's Sky package. Non-Sky TV customers can access the service by subscribing on a pay-per-view basis.
Sky Go is viewable on up to two devices, with the ability to increase this to four devices with Sky Go Extra for a monthly fee. The now-deprecated Microsoft Silverlight 3.0 browser plug-in is required to play content on computers. Due to viewing rights, certain programmes are not available to watch via Sky Go, and are 'blacked out' from the schedule. To have access to the full selection of live TV channels available on Sky Go, users will need a subscription to the relevant Sky TV packages that correspond to the available channels.
History[edit]
It originally launched on 11 January 2006 as Sky by Broadband. On 25 November 2006 Sky announced that Sky By Broadband had been rebranded as Sky Anytime on PC. The rebranding also coincided with an update to the client, which included a new interface and a pay-per-view service for movies and US television shows. On 16 May 2008, Sky Anytime on PC was rebranded as Sky Player, along with updated software to include live simulcasts of Sky News and Sky Sports.
On 29 October 2009, the service expanded on to the Xbox 360. An Xbox Live Gold subscription is required, and users need to register via the Sky Go website.[1] Features include a party system which allows multiple users to watch content at the same time, with users represented by their Xbox 360 Avatars in a virtual room. Due to the high level of demand, the launch of the service was troublesome and technical issues caused the entire Sky Go platform to become unavailable. To rectify this, Sky decided to open up Sky Go on Xbox 360 to users incrementally over the following days.[2]
On 19 November 2009, Sky Player was also made available to Windows Media Center-equipped Windows 7 computers.
Users of 3G phones on Vodafone, Orange, and T-Mobile could subscribe to Sky Mobile TV. The service consisted of three packages —-Sky News, Sport and Factual Pack; Sky Entertainment Pack; and Sky Music Pack—-which include a mixture of live and made-for-mobile channels of broadcasters’ channels.
On 6 July 2011, Sky Player and Sky Mobile TV services were merged and rebranded as Sky Go.[3] Key changes include the ability to watch live channels in line with your Sky TV subscription at no additional cost, limited to two simultaneous devices. Support for Windows Media Center was dropped, however an app was released for Apple's iOS operating system, used on the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. A Sky Go app for Android devices was released on 20 February 2012.[4] Sky Go for Android does not work on rooted phones and was initially only available on a selection of Android phones from HTC and Samsung.[5] On 11 December 2012, Sky Go added support for Jelly Bean and additional devices, including those from Google, LG and Sony.[6]
As of 2013, Sky Go is not in development for other platforms such as BlackBerry 10, Windows Phone 8 or Windows RT, as Sky believes that the market is too small to justify the cost of development.[7][8]
On 22 January 2013, a download service called Sky Go Extra was added, allowing up to four users to download content to their computers, smartphones and tablets to view offline for an additional monthly fee.[9] The download feature was previously available for free in the Sky Go Desktop client.
On 1 May 2014, Sky announced the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 will be receiving Sky Go by the end of 2014.[10] The PlayStation 4 received the service on 3 December 2014, through an application named 'TV from Sky' [11] and on 29 January 2015 Sky launched this application on the PlayStation 3.[12]
Since 2019, Sky Mobile customers can use Sky Go including Sky Cinema and Sky Sports without a mobile data charge.
References[edit]
Sky Go Xbox 360 Service Temporarily Unavailable
- ^'Watch TV From Sky Through Your XBOX 360'. Xbox.com. 25 September 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
- ^'Sky Player's Delayed launch'. pocket-lint.com. 28 October 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
- ^'Sky TV Goes Online and Mobile for all 10 million customers'. British Sky Broadcasting. 10 June 2011.
- ^'Sky Go for Android launched'. TechRadar. 20 February 2012.
- ^'Sky Go for Android: If you want it to work, don't upgrade to Android 4.0'. Electricpig. 20 February 2012.
- ^'Sky Go Android app launched for 14 new devices including Google Nexus 4'. Trusted Reviews. 11 December 2012.
- ^'Don't hold your breath for Sky Go on Windows Phone or Surface'. TechRadar. 12 November 2012.
- ^'Sky Go BlackBerry 10 app not in the works says broadcaster'. Trusted Reviews. 1 February 2013.
- ^'Sky Go Extra download service launches'. The Daily Telegraph. 22 January 2013.
- ^'Sky Go and NOW TV to join PlayStation®4 this summer'. BSkyB. 1 May 2014.
- ^Duncan Heaney. Sky Go app available for PlayStation 4, but it’s not called Sky Go, broadbandchoices.co.uk, December, 2014.
- ^Rik Henderson. Sky Go now available for PS3 owners too, TV from Sky app in PlayStation Store, pocket-lint.com, January, 2015.
External links[edit]
Sky Go On Xbox 360