Sky Entertainment channels available on Sky Go from today
Sky TV customers can now enjoy their favourite Sky Entertainment channels on the go. From today Sky 1, Sky Atlantic, Sky Living and Sky Arts 1* will be available through Sky Go on all compatible mobile devices, significantly expanding the choice of TV on offer on the move.
Entertainment highlights that customers can enjoy via Sky Go over the next month include: new entertainment show Don't Stop Me Now fronted by Amanda Byram and Kiefer Sutherland's new drama series Touch (Sky 1), brand new dating show The Love Machine and America’s Next Top Model (Sky Living) plus In Confidence and the original Israeli In Treatment Be Tipul (Sky Arts 1).
Holly Knill, Head of Sky Go, comments: “We’re extremely happy to announce the roll out of Sky Go on selected Android handsets today and the arrival of the Sky Entertainment channels on mobile devices. We are always working to ensure that Sky customers have more ways to watch content they love, whether it’s the big Premiership game, Emmy and Golden Globe winner Modern Family or Ruth Jones’ Stella, and this is exactly what this enhanced version of Sky Go delivers.”
As of today Sky Go is also now available to download at no extra cost to Sky customers from the Android Market to a selection of the most popular handsets including HTC Desire S and Samsung Galaxy S2, covering the majority of Android users.
Sky TV customers can now access all five Sky Sports channels, ESPN, Sky News and 11 Sky Movies channels via the Sky Go mobile app in line with their subscription as well as four Sky Entertainment channels.
More information on the latest Sky Go news is available from sky.com/skygo.
-Ends-
NOTES TO EDITORS
For imagery and spokespeople:
Amy Holland
Consumer PR
Amy.holland@bskyb.com
020 7032 1498
Shoma Amin
Consumer PR
Shoma.Amin@bskyb.com
020 7032 8606
*Sky Arts will be available on iOS devices as of Tuesday 21 February 2012
Sky Go – available content by mobile device
Content iOs Devices Selected Android Devices
Sky Sports [live channels] Available Available
Sky News [live channel] Available Available
Sky Movies [live channels] Available Available
Sky Movies [on demand] Available Coming later in 2012
Sky Atlantic [live channel] Available Available
Sky 1, Sky Living, Sky Arts 1[live channels] Available Available
*Android handsets:
· HTC Desire
· HTC Desire S
· HTC Desire HD
· HTC Incredible S
· HTC Sensation
· Samsung Galaxy S
· Samsung Galaxy S2
About Sky Go
Sky Go brings together online and mobile TV in a simple and free service for Sky TV customers. Available on PC, Mac, laptop, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch and shortly on selected Android smartphones, Sky Go allows Sky customers to watch channels in line with their subscription while on the move in the UK and Ireland. Each Sky home is entitled to register up to two devices, through which they can enjoy access to live channels and selected on-demand content.
On iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, customers can now access all five Sky Sports channels, ESPN, 11 Sky Movies channels, Sky News, Sky Atlantic and hundreds of movies available on demand, in line with subscriptions. From February the service will be available on a selection of Android handsets, and Sky entertainment channels rolled out to the service across both Android and iOs. On computers customers can access more than 39 live channels, including all five Sky Sports channels, Sky Movies, Sky News, Sky 1, Sky Atlantic, Sky Arts, MTV, Disney, G.O.LD, Nickelodeon, NatGeo, History, Eden and ESPN, supported by an extensive library of on-demand content.Sky Go is also available to non-Sky TV customers, with monthly subscriptions priced from £15-£40.
Compatible iOs mobile devices: iPhone 3GS and above, iPad 1 & 2 and iPod touch 4th generation.
About Sky 1 HD:
Sky 1 HD is the most watched non-terrestrial channel in Sky homes, attracting more than 20m unique viewers every month and, according to the latest tracker results (October – December, 2011), was the third highest valued channel amongst all Sky subscribers behind only BBC1 and ITV1.
Sky 1 HD distinguishes itself from rival networks with original drama and comedy, talked about entertainment formats, distinctive factual programming and award-winning exclusive US drama.
About Sky Living HD:
Sky Living HD is one of the UK’s ultimate entertainment destinations on TV. Bursting with the glossiest UK and US productions, the channel embodies fun, optimism and friendship.
Hugely successful commissions like Four Weddings and Britain & Ireland’s Next Top Model (hosted by global icon Elle Macpherson) have emerged as some of the UK’s most talked about programmes.
Making a welcome move into original scripted British drama, supernatural thriller ‘Bedlam’ starring Lacey Turner returns in 2012. Sky Living is turning up the heat to bring even more A-List talent to the channel including Chris Moyles and Stacey Solomon to present the forthcoming and brand new entertainment format The Love Machine.
Sky Living HD has also built a reputation for cleverly identifying and out-manoeuvring its rivals to the best acquired shows and is the home of US hits like The Secret Circle, Ringer, Bones, Cougar Town, Grey’s Anatomy, Unforgettable, Supernatural, Criminal Minds and America’s Next Top Model.
Sky Living HD's high-gloss output is available at channel 107 cementing its place in Sky’s strengthened entertainment line-up, on the front page of the Sky EPG.
About Sky Arts
Sky Arts offers an eclectic mix of the best music, arts, biographies, chat shows, film, drama and comedy. 2012 will see Sky Arts turn the spotlight on the best amateur dramatics companies in the UK in STAGESTRUCK, exclusive productions from The Globe Theatre and Simon Callow’s one man play as part of a SHAKESPEARE SEASON and Ronnie Wood’s new show for Sky Arts. Popular series such as THE ONION NEWS NETWORK and ROMANZO CRIMINALE will sit alongside the premieres of Israeli dramas BE TIPUL and PRISONERS OF WAR. Recent highlights include the latest season of the Met Opera, Chekhov Comedy Shorts, a season of brand new plays starring the cream of British comedic talent, Tim Marlow on Sculpture 3D and The South Bank Sky Arts Awards.
Sky Arts also seeks to connect with culture on the ground; creating and collaborating with the best of the arts in the UK and Ireland to bring new experiences to life. The flagship show, The Book Show, now goes to four literary festivals including Hay and Cheltenham. Sky Arts Creative Wish is part of Sky Arts Ignition Series which launched in in 2011 to invest in the arts landscape of the UK. The Series will seek to collaborate with six arts organisations over the next three years in the creation of brand new works; Sky Arts Ignition Series: Futures Fund will support five young artists with a bursary of £30,000 each, enabling Sky Arts to back the creation of new works of art as well as nurture emerging talent. Sky Arts also encourages new formats and methods for accessing opera; beaming the world’s first live opera in 3D to cinemas across the UK and Ireland from ENO. Follow us on twitter @skyarts. See sky.com/arts
