Sky & Microsoft Partnership in the UK Officially Announced

[Shirosaki]

Sky & Microsoft Partnership in the UK Officially Announced

Written Thursday, May 28, 2009 by James Parkin

Sky and Microsoft today announced a new partnership for the UK and Ireland that is set to please TV and gaming fans alike, as Sky plan to bring their Sky Player (their online TV service) to Xbox 360’s this coming autumn.

The new service was today demoed in front of the UK’s gaming press, with Sky Sports favourite, Georgie Thompson (glowing as ever may I add) on hand to dictate the proceedings. Whilst details of the full channel line-up and subscription packages are yet to be disclosed, details of how the service would run were aplenty.

Through your Xbox, users will have access to a whole array of TV shows ranging from must-see entertainment shows, blockbuster movies, documentaries, kids, music, arts, to the more important (for me anyway), sports. Whether you want to watch your favourite programs live, or at your own leisure, the choice is yours.

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[Dark Drakan]

Re: Sky & Microsoft Partnership in the UK Officially Announced

Sounds like a great idea, i will have to read about this some more when i get back from work.

 

[Shirosaki]

Re: Sky & Microsoft Partnership in the UK Officially Announced

Combined with the Zune Marketplace I think Xbox is gonna get a whole lot more awesome soon.

 

[Shirosaki]

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x360a Talks the Sky & 360 Agreement With Microsoft and Sky Top Dogs
Written Friday, May 29, 2009 by Dan Webb

By now you've probably read or even heard about the Sky Player coming to Xbox 360's across the UK and Ireland this autumn. If you haven't, where the hell have you been for the last few days? Well yesterday, after the dust had settled and Georgie Thompson had left the venue (seriously, she's quite distracting!), we got chance to sit down with Jerry Johnson, the General Manager of Xbox Live in Europe, and Adrian Pilkington, the Director of 3rd Party Channels at BSkyB and talk about the partnership.

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