Humax has confirmed that its TV Portal - an internet powered gathering of widgets and the like - will hit its HDR-FOX T2 Freeview boxes in the coming days.

The platform will arrive as an over-the-air download between 4 February and 6 February.

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Sky has told Pocket-lint that it loves putting its service on new devices like the Xbox 360 as it allows the company to experiment with what’s possible without upsetting its core TV customers.

“We aren’t precious about content,...

The much-anticipated Xbox 360 dashboard update has hit around the world today, and while Kinect compatibility is one of its stand-out features, the whole experience has been given a bit of a polish.

For starters, the entire graphical user interface...

Microsoft has announced that Xbox 360 users who jump on board the good ship Kinect will be able to control their Sky Player app using the new camera-based system.

From 10 November, Kinect users will be able to use their hands to gesture at...

Last week we told you how Sky had expanded its Sky Player service to FetchTV's Freeview+ Smartbox 8000 and now it looks as if the PS3, and also possibly the Wii, may be getting some Sky Player action too.

Until recently Sky Player was only...

Already available via Xbox 360 and PC browser, and expected to appear on Cello TVs and 3View's set-top-boxes in the future, Sky Player has made its first leap into the AV market through FetchTV's Freeview+ set-top box.

The box has been around...

Humax has announced a deal with Sky that'll see the broadcaster's Sky Player on-demand TV system added to the manufacturer's newest range of set-top boxes. That includes the HD-FOX T2, which is the first Freeview HD box that's available in Britain.

The...

First announced in December, a new set top box is promising to revolutionise our TVs is to go up for pre-order at the beginning of April.

Made by 3view, the new "connected set-top box" packs together free HD terrestrial TV, Sky Player, YouTube,...

Sky has continued to roll out its Sky Player offering to even more devices beyond the PC and Xbox 360.

Sky Player, Sky’s online TV service will now be coming to Cello LCD TVs, and 3View's digital and IPTV set-top boxes.
 
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Sky Player, Sky's online TV service is now available via the Windows Media Center programme in Windows 7 offering "a new and innovative way for people in the UK to watch live and on demand TV from Sky on a PC".  

For existing Sky TV customers,...

Video-on-demand (VOD) is all the rage in TV and games. The BBC’s Project Canvas should initiate open platform set-top boxes in 2010 with elements of IPTV and video on demand streaming services. Sky needs a plan.

Similarly, Xbox bosses...

Sky and Microsoft will attempt to launch the new Sky Player for Xbox 360 for a second time after the companies had to pull the service on the official launch day on Tuesday.

"The service has been suspended due to an unforeseen technical issue"....

Ladies and gentlemen, Sky Player for Xbox 360 is finally here. The service, which allows you to access on-demand streams of Sky content and live broadcasting, has been long-trailed (see our coverage here, here, here and here), but has now arrived and...

We've already seen Sky Player in Windows 7, but now you can see it on the Xbox 360 ahead of the official UK release on Tuesday 27 October. 

The 8-minute video, sent to techtv101.com, details the channel selection process and what you can expect...

Sky today showed off their Sky Player integrated to Windows 7 which will appear as a tile in the TV section of Media Centre.

The aim is to provide a seamless experience as a value-added benefit for existing Sky subscribers, but also as a subscription...