Customers will never miss any of the action again with exclusive new Sky Q sports features

Sky Q, the next generation box, introduces new features making it easier for customers to catch up on their favourite sports and enjoy even more of the action. 

The brand new updates will give sports fans great new ways of making the most of what they’re watching on Sky Sports. Sky Q customers can now choose Split Screen viewing to watch two live streams side-by-side, the latest goal alongside a live Premier League match, or the best overtaking manoeuvre next to the Formula 1® race. 

The new features include:

• Sports Split Screen: Live Streams: You can watch two live streams side-by-side. Customise your Match Choice and watch two football matches or tennis games side-by-side when on at the same time. Or choose Race Choice and experience two different camera angles with Formula 1®.

• Sports Split Screen: Video Clips: Catch up on highlight video clips from the Premier League or Formula 1® without taking your eye off the live event. 
  

Customers can simply press the red button and open the Sky Sports app on Sky Q and choose to customise their streams with Match Choice or Race Choice, or select Highlights and watch video clips alongside the main event.

The new features allow customers to catch up on even more of the action from Sky Sports. And with the Sky Sports HQ app available on Sky Q, customers can already check out the latest Scores & Tables, customise their home page with their favourite football team, and watch highlight video clips from Sky Sports News, now available in split screen whilst still watching any other channel. Plus Sky Q is set to get even better for sports fans with the introduction of Sports Start Over next year.

Luke Bradley-Jones, Brand Director of TV and Content Products, commented: “We know our customers absolutely love watching live sports and the new Sky Q features will give them the flexibility to choose how they watch. Whether it’s a Premier League match or Formula 1® race, customers can simply choose split screen viewing and watch the most talked about goal again and again, or two live races side by side.”

Other features introduced as part of the update include the recently launched Box Sets to Buy & Keep through Sky Store, plus the addition of live channels to Top Picks, playing a preview of the channel in the EPG, to make sure customers don’t miss the big live TV moments.

The update follows recent new features like Auto Download Next Episode, Auto Play and Series Record, making it easier for customers to binge-watch addictively good box sets from The Night Of to Billions and The Walking Dead. As well as a re-designed Top Picks and Sports Featured homepage, combining the best of live and On Demand TV, and the widest range of Ultra HD programming for customers with the Sky Q 2TB box.

Sky Q is a great new way for customers to experience TV on their terms, with brilliant new features like the ability to record and store more shows than ever before, watch TV and recordings on any screen around the home, and take recordings out and about, even without internet connection.

And Sky Q will continue to get even better, with more new features like Voice Search and further personalisation of Top Picks anticipated in the future.

All of these changes reflect Sky’s commitment to giving customers innovative new ways to watch more of the best TV, from live sports to original Sky drama, blockbuster movies and the best from the US.

For more information, please contact:

Sky

Sarah El-Hadidy

Sarah.el-hadidy@sky.uk

Upcoming sports events available with the new features:

Notes to Editors

• Split Screen viewing is available for Sky Sports’ interactive coverage via the Sky Sports red button app on Sky Q, with more events available later in the year.

• Customers can watch two live streams side-by-side. Choose Race Choice and watch multiple camera angles for Formula 1® and Match Choice and Tennis Match Choice when watching football or tennis available in the red button.

• Viewing highlights in Split Screen is available on live Premier League and Formula 1®. Customers can only watch video clips from the current sporting event they are watching.

• Split Screen video clips are editorially chosen, and will focus on key moments in the live event. When watching in Split Screen, audio from the live match or race will mute while the highlight video clip is playing. When customers pause the clip, audio will return to the live action. To watch the clip full screen, press Select on the video again.

• Split Screen functionality is available on Sky Q 2TB and 1TB boxes.

• Customers can find out more about Sky Q at sky.com/skyq. Prices start from £20 a month.

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