Broadband Users with Xbox 360 Offered Sky TV Content
BskyB has declared publicly the news of joining its hands with Microsoft to provide TV by broadbandthrough modified Xbox Live Consoles.
Elaborating a broad range of live pay TV channels, the Xbox owners are offered pay TV content, which also includes Sky Sports and many more entertainment, documentaries, movies, news, kids, sport and culture programmes.
In two ways are the services available; suppose the Xbox owner has already signed to Sky TV, he can enjoy the on-demand services of Sky Player not only through this console, but also from a personal computer or a Macbook. Apart from this, the users those who have subscribed through Sky Multiroom, Sky Broadband Max or Sky Player Multiroom can also watch live TV on their console.
Neil Thompson, Head of Xbox Ireland and UK said that the customers wanted the opportunity to use their consoles as a mode to obtain TV services. He added that by merging Sky’s expertise in aggregation and content creation with their own fortes the creation of a new generation 360 entertainment service that was constantly evolving, they were close to their goal of providing Xbox owners the optimal entertainment taste out there.
The users could make use of interactive applications by viewing pay TV content through the live Xbox platform. This would very much boost their viewing experience. While watching content on Sky Sports additional services such as news, league tables and access fixtures, apart from other on-demand data. Moreover, real time communication with one another will also be made possible for Sky broadband suscribers.
Complete details on the date of launch, pricing and channel line up are yet to be formally announced.
