Sky Player Date Confirmed

PiKe · 14 Oct 2009 at 16:00

http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/news-features/news/sky_player.htm

Set a date for Sky Player!

It's been a few months since Xbox and Sky announced that Sky Player would launch on Xbox. We're now delighted to confirm that the service - which will give Xbox 360 owners the opportunity to watch live and on-demand sport, movies, entertainment, drama, documentaries and the arts, directly through their broadband connected console - will launch on 27th October 2009.

Whether your subscribing to Sky for the first time, or looking to extend you existing Sky subscription into another room, your Xbox 360 will enable you not only to access live and on-demand TV, but also to chat to your Windows Live buddies when they're watching the same show as you, helping you to play, watch and connect. The full channel line-up and pricing will be confirmed at launch on the 27th

We are really excited about this partnership and can't wait to bring even more entertainment and choice to your living room... watch this space.

The Sky Player and Xbox teams

norm · 14 Oct 2009 at 16:02

Is BBC Iplayer coming to 360?

Macky · 14 Oct 2009 at 16:04

Not a bad feature. Kind of pointless if you already own Sky though. Just another way for MS and Sky to make money really..

mmj_uk · 14 Oct 2009 at 16:04

norm said:
Is BBC Iplayer coming to 360?

I doubt it, no money in it.

Cannaton · 14 Oct 2009 at 16:08

"Whether your subscribing to Sky for the first time, or looking to extend you existing Sky subscription"

Nice to see MS employs high quality copy-writers these days...

[ASSE]Hinchy · 14 Oct 2009 at 16:27

So if you've already got Sky, you can watch it on your Xbox in your bedroom as well as someone else watching it in the living room?

Nexus · 14 Oct 2009 at 16:27

The iPlayer on the PS3 is basically just a link to launch it in the web browser really.

If the Xbox had a web browser, it would be easy to do that.

Lucifurr · 14 Oct 2009 at 16:39

norm said:
Is BBC Iplayer coming to 360?

Have a look at TunerFreeMCE for Media Center. It downlaods rather than streams BBC Iplayer programs when using the Xbox 360 as an extender but I have found it quite good.

Kyle009 · 14 Oct 2009 at 17:17

Good news for me this, can't wait to watch football through my parents SKY subscription and on my xbox

Psymonkee · 14 Oct 2009 at 18:04

Awesome if you have a reliable connection - sadly I don't

Wonder what the pricing will be like? (unless it's just Sky subs?)

MikeWild74 · 14 Oct 2009 at 18:24

am i correct in saying you need to pay the extra £10 per month for multi-room
to use this feature?

NightSt@lk3r · 14 Oct 2009 at 18:45

MikeWild74 said:
am i correct in saying you need to pay the extra £10 per month for multi-room
to use this feature?

More than likely.

Kyle009 · 14 Oct 2009 at 18:48

Psymonkee said:
Awesome if you have a reliable connection - sadly I don't

Wonder what the pricing will be like? (unless it's just Sky subs?)

I'm hoping that it won't attract any other cost and will just be available to Gold members with an existing Sky Player account.

Pigeon_Killer · 14 Oct 2009 at 19:30

MikeWild74 said:
am i correct in saying you need to pay the extra £10 per month for multi-room
to use this feature?

Yes. It's a complete rip off imo. I'd rather buy a second sky box.

Attu90 · 14 Oct 2009 at 19:46

Cannaton said:
"Whether your subscribing to Sky for the first time, or looking to extend you existing Sky subscription"

Nice to see MS employs high quality copy-writers these days...

Whats wrong with that ?

roboffer · 14 Oct 2009 at 19:48

In the second half of the sentence, you should be your.

Pigeon_Killer · 14 Oct 2009 at 19:49

Attu90 said:
Whats wrong with that ?

Cannaton said:
"Whether you're subscribing to Sky for the first time, or looking to extend your existing Sky subscription"

JamesRJ · 14 Oct 2009 at 19:49

I have sky but have no interest in this as to use it I would have to pay an extra £10 a month to sky ! rip off imo

Spinal2k2 · 14 Oct 2009 at 23:34

if you have multiroom or sky broadband unlimited you pay no extra. but seems you still need to have xbl gold subscription. which is annoying - i have sky bb unlimited, and watch sky player on the PC. Yet to watch on the 360 i'll need to buy a xbl gold subscription. - it will be going through skys servers so hy the need for the gold accoutn if you meet skys requirments for the nothing exta to pay.

SiD the Turtle · 15 Oct 2009 at 07:55

Can anyone point me in the direction of an official source on how much this is going to cost? I can't find anything on the topic apart from forum posts!