Category: Sky / Virgin
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Sky VR – Virtual Beckham Incentive Included
In an attempt to stay relevant, Sky have thrown their lot into VR with a free app for Android, iOS and Oculus The app will showcase a host of 360° videos, not the most exciting of things to offer on VR but still interesting enough to take a peek. There will be free clips of […]
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[UPDATE] Sky Q Price and Release Date Announced
As announced late last year, Sky is preparing to launch a new system called Sky Q – a multi-room multi-gadget television eco-system. Now it’s got a release date and it’s much sooner than we’d have anticipated. In fact the first home installations will begin in just over a week on February the 9th. Sky Q […]
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Star Wars Inspired Sky+HD Remote Controls Now on Sale!
Sky TV will become one with the Force when it launches its new Sky Movies Star Wars channel on Friday 11th December. And to get its subscribers ready to join the Rebellion (or the Dark Side) the British television broadcaster has released a range of custom Sky+HD remote controls featuring designs based on popular characters […]
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Sky Q Will Offer Viewers a New Smart Eco-System
Sky has announced the next evolution of its set top box system which will be called Sky Q. Sky Q won’t launch until early 2016 but Sky offers an overview into how it will upgrade the current service in what it calls ‘a new ecosystem’. Rather than having a box that connects to just one […]
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Missing CBS Action on Freesat ? Here’s how to get it back!
We’ve been informed by a number of Freesat set top box users that some channels around 137, 138 and 139 – including cult favourite CBS Action – have gone A.W.O.L in the past few days. But fear not – these channels have not been beamed away for good and can be restored by simply resetting your box […]
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Game of Thrones Exhibition Opens with 4D Virtual Reality Wall
Last week it was announced that popular telly sensation Game of Thrones will make a triumphant return to Sky Atlantic for its fifth season on Monday 13th of April. In celebration of this momentous news fans have been pilgrimaging to London to enjoy the sights and sounds of the show at a sold-out exhibition at […]
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Sky working on a 4K set top box to compete with BT
3D didn’t really pan out like everyone wanted, but it would appear that 4K is the future of our living rooms, as word is coming today that Sky are looking to rush forward its planned 4K set top box production, to compete with BT. Apparently Sky is looking to launch a 4K Ultra HD-enabled set-top-box […]
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Sky News Coming to Xbox 360, Not Xbox One
This is a little bit of a weird one, we’ve been hearing reports from Sky that their news service is well on its way to Microsoft’s Xbox platform, but for some reason unbeknownst to those outside of Rupert Murdoch’s interstellar empire, the Sky News app is only going to turn up on the Xbox 360, […]
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Freeview Update on September 3rd – Digital Retune needed for Children’s and News channels
In the UK, people will a Freeview TV will need to do a mass update this coming Wednesday (September the 3rd 2014) as the Freeview TV guide will be updated and expanded to free up some extra capacity for new services. The re-tune will see Children’s TV and News services will move to new channel numbers, […]