Sky has announced that the BBC iPlayer and ITV Player on demand services will roll out to Sky customers later this year, as part of an ongoing expansion of the Anytime+ on demand feature. The services will be available to up to 5 million Sky+HD customers direct through their living room TV.
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Sky Anytime+, the upgraded video on demand service for Sky satellite subscribers, is set to begin rolling out at the end of the month. Huzzah! Any Sky+HD customers who also have Sky broadband (Sky Unlimited and Sky Everyday Lite packages only at first ) will be able to watch programs when they like for free – from channels they’re already coughing up for, natch.
The twist is, you can watch while you download, and once a show has finished being sucked down, it’ll stay on your Sky+HD box, no 28 days limits or such nonsense. Look out for it soon, and in the meantime click the image above to peruse our gallery and see what Sky Anytime+ will look like.
Sky’s on-demand service just changed its name to the not-entirely-unfamiliar-sounding Sky Player, as well as adding live TV from Sky News and Sky Sports.
