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Is Sky Anytime+ going to be HD only?

  • 01-01-2011 3:48pm
    #1
    dr gonzo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,676 ✭✭✭


    Theres also some suspiciously ambiguous language being used in advertisements for Sky Atlantic, will we normal Sky user be fcuked over for that as well?


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  • #2
    Minstrel27
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    There will be a SD version of Sky Atlantic


  • #3
    dr gonzo
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    Minstrel27 wrote: »
    There will be a SD version of Sky Atlantic

    Ah phew, thats the main thing.


  • #4
    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,331 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    dr gonzo wrote: »
    Is Sky Anytime+ going to be HD only?

    This says that Anytime+ will be only on HD boxes, though the content itself will be SD.

    It'll also only be available if you have Sky Broadband, so it won't work in Ireland anyway (unless they partner with one of the ISPs here).


  • #5
    watty
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    They only supply the Sky+ HD box now to new customers.

    There is no single ISP that Sky can work with here. They have been meeting all the main ISPs here for years. They would need to buy about 3 ISPs, including UPC. UPC are not going to sell and any Competition "watchdog" would be loony to let them.


  • #6
    Dman001
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    watty wrote: »
    They only supply the Sky+ HD box now to new customers.

    There is no single ISP that Sky can work with here. They have been meeting all the main ISPs here for years. They would need to buy about 3 ISPs, including UPC. UPC are not going to sell and any Competition "watchdog" would be loony to let them.
    Do they even need to work with any ISP, never mind buy one? Im sure the Anytime+ roll out would work much smoother for Sky if they worked with the Irish ISPs but I don't think it's vital for them to work closely with them.

    This Sky Anytime+ seems very over-rated. It's great to see Sky adding more value to our subscriptions but it's basically the Sky Player on your TV. I'd much rather see them improve the current Anytime line-up, at least that doesn't eat into my download limit


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  • #7
    greendom
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    I think Sky Atlantic will definitely be on my favourites list

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Atlantic


  • #8
    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,331 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    Dman001 wrote: »
    Do they even need to work with any ISP, never mind buy one? Im sure the Anytime+ roll out would work much smoother for Sky if they worked with the Irish ISPs but I don't think it's vital for them to work closely with them.

    the volumes of data involved, they would need to either host servers within the ISP's own network, or bring up a private connection back to Sky's core network. The first option would be much cheaper.


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