Not in that way it hasn't been.Fizzle said:seeing as 360 has already been hacked.
Fizzle said:This could also mean the era of good quality tv series video's popping up on torrent websites, seeing as 360 has already been hacked.
navanman said:Awesome this is as big a megaton as Netflix was to US XBL users last year when it was announced.
Ability to stream and watch Sky TV & Sports on a TV that doesn't have an actual Sky box connected to it.
For the uninformed Sky have complete control of pay TV in UK & Ireland so this is pretty huge news for their massive userbase.
cyberheater said:I'm sure the content will be heavily encrypted so even if you did manage to pull if of the 360's hdd, you'd still not be able to play it.
Fizzle said:I don't think that'll still stop them from doing it though. Just saying this could be a new for people to this kinda shit. Ah well.
Surely this has been available for ages for UKTV? Although mainly restricted to one torrent site.Fizzle said:This could also mean the era of good quality tv series video's popping up on torrent websites, seeing as 360 has already been hacked.
Fizzle said:This could also mean the era of good quality tv series video's popping up on torrent websites, seeing as 360 has already been hacked.
navanman said:For the uninformed Sky have complete control of pay TV in UK & Ireland so this is pretty huge news for their massive userbase.
There's a few other services, but Sky are the most significant by a significant amount.gofreak said:Um..there are lots of non-sky premium channels. And I pay NTL for my TV package. So it's not quite true to say Sky are the only provider of pay-for TV
Firewire said:I was promised a megaton and I'm still waiting.
JonathanEx said:There's a few other services, but Sky are the most significant by a significant amount.
MrNyarlathotep said:Watch as any potential momentum for this is killed by it being for Gold Live users only.
Prove me wrong Microsoft. Prove me wrong.
I can actually Netflix being a clear example in the US but really I can imagine network costs being higher so maybe in the first few years its gold then moves to everyonegofreak said:Sure, they are the most popular provider, or so I believe. Just sayin' it's not accurate to say they've complete control
And I don't see ntl hooking people up with online access to channels..though I guess they don't own their own channels to do that. But everyone seems to be hopping on that bandwagon now, even local stations here in Ireland now have online streaming, and it's most welcome.
Given that you already have to be a Sky customer, I can't imagine them putting up another barrier to using this.
Blame! said:the megaton is that this is also coming to your favorite console....the ps3.
that was a real slap in the face! :lol
navanman said:Awesome this is as big a megaton as Netflix was to US XBL users last year when it was announced.
No they don't. They're in a dominant position probably, but Virgin Media isn't that far behind.navanman said:For the uninformed Sky have complete control of pay TV in UK & Ireland so this is pretty huge news for their massive userbase.
Sir Fragula said:No they don't. They're in a dominant position probably, but Virgin Media isn't that far behind.
Still, good news everybody!
Linkified said:VM still have aways to go, more people have access the ability to have sky, not everywhere has cable to be able to even get VM, like myself.
Well in 2007 the figures show:Linkified said:VM still have aways to go, more people have access the ability to have sky, not everywhere has cable to be able to even get VM, like myself.
Sir Fragula said:Well in 2007 the figures show:
3 million Virgin Media subscribers
8 million BSkyB subscribers
21 million digital TV owning households...
So Sky is dominant, but not exactly ubiquitous.
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/tv/reports/dtv/dtv_2007_q3/dtvq307.pdf
Well okay, but that wasn't my point. My point was to content the assertation that Sky have complete control of Pay TV in the UK.Linkified said:yes, but you fail to realise the point - if every household that could access Sky went out and got it, and everyone who could access VM went out and got hooked up - the people who HAVE the ability in the present or future to access sky is a far greater. Seen as areas of the uk don't have cable like where I live and probably never will. And this about 2 miles outside of largish town/smallish city.
Sir Fragula said:Well okay, but that wasn't my point. My point was to content the assertation that Sky have complete control of Pay TV in the UK.
It was a lot more complicated than you make out there. Both sides had to make compromises to work out the deal.Linkified said:Well they didn't VM have problem with subscribers when they at one point refused to pay for Sky channels on the service or something. And VM had to be backed down I would say thats complete control personally.
$h@d0w said:As it gets closer to E3, misuse of the term 'megaton' begins.
There will be on-demand for non-subscribers, as well. Looking through it now, it looks like most TV episodes are like 98p-£1.50.Monkeylord said:I've already got the VIP package from Virgin Media, and there's no way in hell I'll pay for any more subscriptions to a ton of Sky channels I already get.
I can see how this can be good for existing Sky subscribers but there's nothing here for me. As already stated, I'd much prefer some deal made with LOVEfilm, like the Netflix one.
And before anyone says to cancel and get Sky, I live in a flat and under the terms of my tennancy agreement cannot get a Sky dish installed. I'm certain that there's tons of people in the same boat. Still, I'm happy with the shit-ton of On Demand I get from VM, plus the IPlayer, ITV Netplayer and 4OD that's included. All I miss is the HD stuff, but my V+ box and TV upscale quite nicely.
Diablohead said:These are the channels you get from the player: http://skyplayer.sky.com/aboutskyplayer/watch-live-tv.html
I think it's real good. *edit* oh wait.
If you want every channel it's £38 a month. The regular entertainment pack which only gives sky sports 1 and uk gold, mtv and your other regular channels it's £15.
From that:Psychotext said:Eurogamer have an article up on this now: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/sky-high-article
The content is divided into genres. These include sport (as denoted by a big Arsenal logo), movies (a still from Transformers) and entertainment (the first time Lorraine Kelly's face has appeared on the 360 - officially anyway). Two avatars are standing idly by the Arsenal logo. Johnson explains this means two of his friends are watching the Arsenal match, and he can ask to join their Xbox Live Party.
Woah, nice. :lolYour avatars sit in a VIP viewing box, surveying the surrounding crowd and watching the live action on a big screen. You can chat via headsets and press buttons to make your avatars cheer, laugh, wave and so on.