mossie wrote: » Phoned Sky about exchanging my old Q box for a HDR box and was charged €30 so better than I expexted.
jones wrote: » How did you manage that? My launch silver Q box went faulty a few months ago and they replaced it with a new one that still does not have HDR. Joke really when you consider pre launch HDR was touted as one of the main features.
peteeeed wrote: » sky will always replace like with like
mossie wrote: » I expected it would be €60 as had been mentioned previously in the thread. The guy on the phone said €30 as I'm a long time, loyal customer.
Bill Ponderosa wrote: » What channel is channel 4 HD on the sky Q box?
TCP/IP wrote: » It’s not but you can tune it in manually using the other channels function.
Bill Ponderosa wrote: » Cheers, any reason why they don't have a HD channel in this day and age? They already have have film four hd, e4 hd and more 4 hd.
peteeeed wrote: » update to sky q and sky go rolling outhttps://www.pocket-lint.com/tv/news/sky/156358-sky-q-and-sky-go-get-raft-of-new-features-in-latest-update-including-disney-integration
TCP/IP wrote: » Talk about rubbish update good to have Disney+ that's about it. Even if you turn on the extra voice capabilities you automatically lose Dolby Digital+ audio so no Atmos.
Sky Q gets HDR sports at last, first with Olympics then Premier League from August
Starting today, Friday 23 July, coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be presented in Ultra HD and HDR for compatible Sky Q box owners.
Tune into the Eurosport HD channel and hit the red button (or click on the pop-up) and you will get a dedicated Eurosport 4K feed that includes HLG HDR.
It will include coverage of the opening ceremony and more than 200 hours of sporting action over the 16-day Olympics period. In fact, the feed has been running for a couple of days already, with the Women's football starting before the official opening of the tournament.
Speaking of football, the Olympics is just the start of Sky's HDR sports broadcasts.
From the upcoming season, its live coverage of Premier League matches will be available in 4K HDR. That includes the first match of the new season, Brentford vs Arsenal on Friday 13 August
https://www.pocket-lint.com/tv/news/sky/157781-sky-q-gets-sports-in-hdr-at-last-first-with-olympics-then-prem-league-from-august
a rejig of sky channels on the way and a retirement for sky one
https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/sky-showcase-sky-one-rebrand-1235028208/
The marketing staff have to justify themselves somehow WFH.
Sky One going is a big shock, because it’s always been there, it was Sky’s first channel in 1982 (rebranded from its original name Sky Channel in mid-1990 but without any major changes other than the name) and the original core of the business. That said, it hasn’t been what it once was. This isn’t just a rebrand either, most of the content will be moving to either Sky Max or Sky Comedy, with the direct replacement channel Sky Showcase being a more “taster” channel.
Sky Max is basically your old Sky One less comedy but they just add basically a duplicate channel like Sky Sports Main Event and make out everything is great.
For old sentimental reasons it's sad to see Sky One go. Be interesting when Sky Atlantic looses the HBO stuff in a few years time.
I read that Nat Geo and Nat Geo Wild are being removed at the end of the year. It is getting worse value for money. We are loosing channels here but other country still have them, Fox and Disney channel. I am watching a lot of the free channels on it but in HD which I can't with some of them as only in HD on sky. If it keeps loosing channels and increasing the price, I will consider leaving. They will market the new channels as 2 channels but they are just replacing sky one. They did this with the history channel, like it was a new channel and it was only a re brand. If HBO max launches here it will be the end of sky.
Sky is making major changes to its suite of entertainment channels, in the process replacing Sky One with a new flagship brand.
Launching in September, Sky Showcase will be a linear-only ‘main event’ channel that will curate a selection of the top shows from across Sky’s portfolio of entertainment brands including Sky Witness, Sky Documentaries, Sky Crime, Sky Nature, Sky Arts, Sky Max, Sky Comedy, Sky History, Sky Kids, SyFy and E!. It will also air selected highlights from Sky Cinema and Sky Sports.
Sky Showcase follows the model of Sky Sports Main Event that moves between the most significant fixtures from the individual Sky Sports channels.
Also launching is Sky Max, a linear channel and on demand service, that will be home to Sky’s entertainment content such as original dramas A Discovery of Witches and COBRA and original comedy entertainment including panel shows like A League of Their Own and the return of Never Mind The Buzzcocks.
Sky Comedy will benefit from the transfer of Sky One shows Code 404 and Hitmen Reloaded and will continue to screen the best of US comedy such as The Office US, PEN15 and Miracle Workers.
Sky Atlantic will continue to offer a slate of original dramas such as Landscapers, I Hate Suzie, Gangs of London and Chernobyl, as well as being the home of drama from HBO and Showtime.
Zai Bennett, MD of Content Sky UK & ROI, said: “In this golden age of television, the sheer volume of incredible programming can be overwhelming. Over the last 12 months we’ve been making it easier for people to find what they want to watch.”
The changes will come into effect from 1 September and the new channels have been confirmed to on streaming service NOW and on Virgin and BT.
Sky One evolved out of the old Sky Channel shortly after the launch of the original four-channel analogue package in February 1989.
Sky’s entertainment channels and EPG numbers from September 1
Sky Showcase – 106
Sky Max – 113
Sky Witness – 107
Sky Atlantic – 108
Sky Comedy – 114
Sky Documentaries – 121
Sky Crime – 122
Sky History – 123
Sky Nature – 124
Sky Arts – 130
Sky Kids
E! – 151
SyFy – 152
Merged and renamed - though I’m open to the suggestion that the HDR and channels stuff are really two different threads/discussions, the original announcement re Nature/Docs happened at the same time as HDR was announced which was how we ended up with one thread for both.
Peacock to join Sky and NOW in UK
The streaming platform, which is NBC’s answer to Paramount+ and HBO Max, is the latest VOD play from a US network and brings together the company’s extensive back catalogue, including such shows as 30 Rock, Bates Motel, Battlestar Galactica, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Cheers, Frasier, Friday Night Lights, House, The Office, Parks and Recreation, Saturday Night Live and Will & Grace.
With NBC owners Comcast already the owners of Sky in the UK, and with Peacock based on the infrastructure used by Sky’s own streaming interfaces, we’ve previously predicted that rather than launch in the UK, Peacock would likely be part of Sky instead. Now, NBC has confirmed that Peacock will indeed be joining Sky, although it will be doing so under the Peacock brand.
Peacock will be available at no additional cost across Sky platforms, including Sky Q and NOW.
https://vodzilla.co/blog/vod-news/peacock-unveils-content-slate-for-us-streaming-service/
peacock streaming arriving to sky Q & glass tomorrow
Sky subscribers will get access to "thousands" of free movies and TV shows
Peacock – the US streaming service owned by NBCUniversal – will land in the UK and Ireland on Tuesday 16th November.
The "soft launch" will give Sky Q, Sky Glass and Now Entertainment subscribers free "early access" to Peacock content, which includes hit movies such as Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, plus TV favourites like The Office, 30 Rock and Battlestar Galactica.
Sky says that after the UK and Ireland soft launch, "Peacock will continue to rollout... across Sky platforms in territories including Germany, Italy, Austria, and Switzerland in the coming months, making it available to almost 20 million Sky customers in total."
The downside? Adverts. According to a previous Sky announcement, Peacock's programming will be ad-supported (as it is in the US). There's no word on whether the ad-free Premium tier, which costs $10 a month, will ever make it to the UK. Content availability will differ from what’s available on Peacock in the States, too.
Peacock Originals: Saved by the Bell, Rutherford Falls, Punky Brewster, The Girl in the Woods, Five Bedrooms, and Vanderpump Rules; in addition to upcoming series MacGruber, Bel-Air, Joe Exotic (working title), Killing It, Vampire Academy, Irreverent, The Innocent, The Resort, The Missing, The Best Man, Angelyne, Ted, and Battlestar Galactica/
Peacock TV shows: The Office, Parks and Recreation, 30 Rock, Psych, Superstore,A.P. Bio, The Mindy Project, Will & Grace, Mr. Mayor, Young Rock, and Saturday Night Live; popular dramas such as Battlestar Galactica, Monk, Bates Motel, Heroes, Friday Night Lights, 12 Monkeys, Downton Abbey, House, Suits, Quantum Leap, Warehouse 13, The Equalizer, and Grimm; and unscripted hits like Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Million Dollar Listing, Southern Charm, Below Deck, The Real Housewives, and Top Chef.
Peacock movies: The Best Man, Bird on a Wire, Bowfinger, Brüno, Bulletproof, Children of Men, Definitely, Maybe, Far and Away, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Game, Hanna, Hannibal, The Last House on the Left, MacGruber, A Million Ways to Die in the West, Meet Joe Black, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Out of Sight, Pride & Prejudice, Scent of a Woman, Seed of Chucky, A Simple Wish, The Skeleton Key, Tower Heist, United 93, Very Bad Things, What Dreams May Come, and You, Me, and Dupree.
https://www.whathifi.com/news/peacock-streaming-service-to-soft-launch-on-sky-this-week
It's not free if their prices go up though...
