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Sky: Second screen experience in front of TV key. Home Cinema, Sky, Tablets, iPad, iPad apps, Android, Phones, Sky Go 0

Sky: Second screen experience in front of TV key

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Sky has told Pocket-lint that it sees tablets and smartphones as key in enhancing the viewing experience in front of the TV. Ian Lewis, director of Sky Movies, told Pocket-lint that partnerships with companies such as Zeebox are all about "creating a …
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  • Sky and Sir David Attenborough bringing 3D to the plant world with new TV series. 3D, Sky 3D, Sky, Sky Atlantic, Sir David Attenborough 0

    Sky and Sir David Attenborough bringing 3D to the plant world with new TV series

    Nature and tech collide 21 May 2012 9:00 GMT

    National treasure and wildlife expert Sir David Attenborough explores the hidden lives of the plant world in a new, three-part series Kingdom of Plants 3D with David Attenborough, from Sky 3D.

    The series - which begins at 6pm on Saturday, 26...

  • BSkyB buys Acetrax video-on-demand service ahead of NOW TV launch. Home Cinema, Acetrax, Sky, BSkyB, Media streaming, NOW TV 0

    BSkyB buys Acetrax video-on-demand service ahead of NOW TV launch

    To take on Netflix and Lovefilm? 2 May 2012 17:22 GMT

    Sky's NOW TV service, which the company says is still on track to launch in the UK before the end of June, has received a major boost. The satellite broadcaster has confirmed in its latest earnings report that it has quietly acquired Acetrax, a video-on-demand...

  • UK High Court rules that ISPs must block Pirate Bay. Torrents, Online, Pirate Bay, Virgin Media, Sky, TalkTalk 0

    UK High Court rules that ISPs must block Pirate Bay

    Virgin Media, Sky et al 30 April 2012 17:23 GMT

    The British public will no longer be able to access file-sharing site The Pirate Bay after the High Court ruled that UK internet service providers are to block their users from visiting it.

    ISPs, such as Virgin Media, have previously refused...

  • Sky: Second screen experience in front of TV key. Home Cinema, Sky, Tablets, iPad, iPad apps, Android, Phones, Sky Go 0

    Sky: Second screen experience in front of TV key

    Tablets at the ready 26 April 2012 11:00 GMT

    Sky has told Pocket-lint that it sees tablets and smartphones as key in enhancing the viewing experience in front of the TV.

    Ian Lewis, director of Sky Movies, told Pocket-lint that partnerships with companies such as Zeebox are all about "creating...

  • Sky 3D audience growing, new channel hinted. Home Cinema, 3D, Sky, Sky 3D 0

    Sky 3D audience growing, new channel hinted

    Only getting better 25 April 2012 9:34 GMT

    Sky is looking at the possibility of splitting its Sky 3D channel in two, creating a dedicated Sky Sports 3D channel in the process.

    Both Simon Rexworthy, controller of acquisitions at Sky Movies, and Ian Lewis, director of Sky Movies, separately...

  • Sky to let iPad owners watch Planner recordings. Home Cinema, Apps, iPad apps, iPad, Sky 0

    Sky to let iPad owners watch Planner recordings

    Developing new app 24 April 2012 9:19 GMT

    Sky is in the process of developing an app for the iPad that will let Sky+ users stream the saved shows and movies on their Sky box to their tablet.

    In a candid one-two-one chat with Pocket-lint, Simon Rexworthy, controller of acquisitions...

  • Sky to update EPG in May, we go hands-on. Home Cinema, Sky 0

    Sky to update EPG in May, we go hands-on

    Sneak peek 20 April 2012 15:01 GMT

    Sky is set to roll-out a new and improved electronic programme guide (EPG) to customers from the end of May and Pocket-lint has already had a walkthrough of the new interface.

    Shown to us behind close doors, the bad news is that we weren't...

  • Virgin Media joins Sky in offering London 2012 Olympics in 3D

    Virgin Media joins Sky in offering London 2012 Olympics in 3D

    Through BBC and Eurosport 18 April 2012 10:14 GMT

    As well as confirm that it will be carrying all 24 of the BBC's live London 2012 Olympic Games feeds, in both SD and HD, Virgin Media will be joining Sky in showing plenty of the action in 3D too.

    The BBC will be showing the opening and closing...

  • 007 catalogue on Sky HD

    James Bond catalogue coming to Sky HD on demand

    All 24 films this October (even the non-official ones) 12 April 2012 10:38 GMT

    James Bond is getting the HD treatment as the entire catalogue of films is added to Sky Movies HD on demand service.

    From October, viewers will be able to watch the likes of Connery, Moore, Dalton, Brosnan, Craig - even Lazenby - as they portray...

  • WiFi Hotspots from The Cloud brings 10,000 access points to paying Sky Broadband customers. Internet, Wi-Fi, Sky, BSkyB, The Cloud, WiFi Hotspots from The Cloud 0

    WiFi Hotspots from The Cloud brings 10,000 access points to paying Sky Broadband customers

    Coming to a cafe near you 4 April 2012 11:13 GMT

    Sky is set to launch its public Wi-Fi hotspot service from The Cloud called - yes - WiFi Hotspots from The Cloud

    The company announced its intentions to provide the free and unlimited access to paying broadband customers nationwide at more...

  • BBC to broadcast every single minute of London Olympics across 24 HD channels

    BBC to broadcast every single minute of London Olympics across 24 HD channels

    Update: Sky, Virgin Media and Freesat on board 3 April 2012 11:11 GMT

    The BBC is making its 24 separate HD-quality live video streams of the London Olympics available to cable and satellite broadcasters for the duration of the Games. That means the broadcaster is offering both Virgin Media and Sky the option to show...

  • News Corp accused of targeting Sky-rival in new hacking scandal

    News Corp accused of targeting Sky-rival in new hacking scandal

    BBC Panorama investigation reports 27 March 2012 9:12 GMT

    The BBC has accused News Corporation company NDS of paying computer hackers to crack and freely distribute keycodes that would allow pirates to clone the pay-TV smartcards of a Sky rival.

    BBC Panorama, first screened on the evening of 26 March,...

  • Roku: We are talking to key partners to bring more UK channels. Home Cinema, roku, 4oD, iPlayer, ITV, Sky, Interviews 0

    Roku: We are talking to key partners to bring more UK channels

    EXCLUSIVE: 4oD, Sky, ITV hinted 26 March 2012 9:59 GMT

    Roku has told Pocket-lint that the company is talking to all the relevant catch-up services in the UK to bring them to the new Roku box launched in the UK in February.

    "The BBC iPlayer is the only catch up service on there at the moment. That...

  • Orange most complained about mobile network provider, according to Ofcom report

    Orange most complained about mobile network provider, according to Ofcom report

    O2 the least 22 March 2012 11:50 GMT

    Ofcom has released its annual report on the most complained about telecoms providers, with Orange being named and shamed as the mobile network coming in for most complaints.

    The report covers the major companies that offer mobile, landline...

  • Sky to introduce NOW TV - new pay-as-you-go internet TV service

    Sky to introduce Netflix rival NOW TV - new pay-as-you-go internet TV service

    Chief Executive Jeremy Darroch spills the beans 21 March 2012 10:50 GMT

    We now know why Sky has been quiet in publicising the availability of Sky Anytime+ to customers of ISPs other than Sky Broadband, it's been too busy preparing the news that the broadcaster is launching a sister television brand and rival to Netflix,...

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