UK 360s tuning in Sky TV

it sounds great but as gameking5000 says it sounds WAY to good to be free but if it is free i actually wont ever come off my 360

Not interested in the news Sure it is a great news for many people

"I just watch internet browser on my FREE internet on my PS3 on iPlayer and Family Guy. PS3 is awesome! " Try watching live skysports on that browser...

It seems to good to be free

if i was in UK, i would watch cricket all the time

Need more details on what's available before I can say that this is of any use to me.

I just watch internet browser on my FREE internet on my PS3 on iPlayer and Family Guy. PS3 is awesome! :)

Well if its a "free" service as i alreayd subscribe to sky then excellent, i can watch something else while the missus watches ulgy betty, if it aint incorporated in my existing sky sub then no thanks

I've got sky+HD so I don't need this.

This is excellent, espeacilly if it evolves into allowing me to get limited Sky TV at university through my 360. Kudos to Sky and Microsoft.

will it be better than playtv though?

I am really interested in this, as i dont really fancy a NASA style dish bolted to the side of my house : )

Could be cool... could be a rip off. I'd probably only use it for the footy though.

I think this is awsome

Yeah, this will come in to fruition as fast as IPTV has... yeah remember that Xbox360 feature? And how many people are using that in any country? It's nice that consoles are working towards being the all-in-one entertainment devices, but people are dealing with not-so-good attempts while they figure out what really works. _

@gamerkiduri What are you on about?? Hardly anyone has sky hd, I know 1 person who has wasted their money on it, £10 a month for the extra channels only a handfull of which have decent shows on is a rip-off.

The Sky Player service is fairly bad as you have to pay to watch shows you've already subscribed to watch on TV. If you miss an episode it is better to wait for the repeat. The movie service used to be pretty good but I've not used it in a long time. An on demand service tied to your subscription with a decent amount of content with no additional fee would be cool. Actually I already use my Xbox for iPlayer and 4OD, just add their video directory to Media Player's library locations and use media sharing to stream the videos to the Xbox.

If I want to watch sky hd and I'm playing 360 I just press the av button on the remote! I have no interest in this unless its free as part of my subscription , I might give it a try. You can bet the quality will not match a hd broadcast though.

awesome :)

i don't have sky hd (i have sky+) so i will buy my footie games on my xbox : ). and hope i fully i don't have to pay subscription since i already pay for live and sky.

whats new about this??????????almost evry1 in uk has sky hd

If you still get charged a subscription fee, I'll just get the sky box instead and use my 360 for games thank you very much

The iplayer is a hell of a lot better than Sky's version, and doesn't have the cheek to charge you. I went through all the rigmarole to set SkyPlayer up so I could catch a couple of shows I'd missed, only to find that it wanted me to pay to watch them- as well as being a Sky subscriber. Both this and PlayTV are pretty pointless, IMHO, there's plenty of kit that does the job better, and cheaper.

A great way to watch Liverpool win the Premier League next season I must say. I do have Sky already but getting rid of it now because the football season is closing.

Sounds good if you can choose what football matches to watch.

@flyingteddy, No Microsoft arn't worried at all, they are just trying to make the most out of the 360 and make it a much more great experence while exploring many options. I personally think this is great, Now I can watch Sky in my room. Saying this will Fail is an utter joke, It benifical to anyone who dosent have multiroom.

It's pointless...... We can get SkyHD cheaper than this. PlayTV only cost £50 (well 69.99 in other shops). Which is cheaper than a good Freeview. the iPlayer, is quite shocking, but it's free! finally, 360 copied (again, like they always do), the PSP has this thing first! I bet all thumbs down are 360 owners, do what you want, but YOU KNOW Microsoft COPIED (AGAIN)!

In my opinion, this seems like it would only be of use to people who don't have Sky already, or some other digital tv subscription, otherwise it's just more subscription fees to pay out for most likely less than what's available to them already.

so what stuff will they actually show :/ most people have sky anyway

Seriously stoked about this!

"Seems like a stupid idea to me, if you really want Sky you would just get a Sky dish" This kind of stupid assuming comment irritates me greatly, you'd better hope you're some small inexperienced child which is the only thing that could excuse you. Some people may not wish to pay the extortionate fees Sky charges for it's TV services when the majority of decent shows are available on free-to-view FreeSat and Freeview channels. This new venture may give people like myself who do not believe in paying twice for their TV (once for a TV licence, again to Sky) an opportunity to watch select extra channels and programs without selling their soul to Sky for a year (minimum subscription).

It will be interesting to see how this works. I already have a Sky subscription, and would love to be able to stream content to another TV with my 360, but I don't want to be paying another subscription for my 360 to be able to do this - I could just pay an extra 10 pounds/month and get multiroom. As for pay as you watch - why would existing Sky customers go for that when they are already paying for the content with their Sky package?

This is gonna be rubbish. It's not like you're gonna be able to watch any decent channels. Or any channels at all. Sky player just has some random junk that Sky thinks is worth watching. I mean if they allowed the Xbox to be a multiroom box then that'd be fine, I've already got Sky, just not in my bedroom. As it stands I'd rather pay the £9.99 p/m to get proper TV

Hahaha, typical Microsoft. Copy PlayStation's awesome idea and make people pay subscription fees.

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This is a great partnership from Microsoft, really clever business, and this is coming from a PS3 owner. Personally i already have Sky so whatever but for those who don't etc...

If this is the same as the Sky Player that you can get online, it's going to be crap... that thing sucks! But if this is a fully fledged sky thing it would rock!

Seems like a stupid idea to me, if you really want Sky you would just get a Sky dish

....or you could just subscribe to Sky and get the same thing.

if they had a one payment for sports id be interested, as its subscribing im not

the ps3 is normally criticised for not focusing on games and trying too hard to be a multi purpose entertainment system, now 360 is trying to be the same. it should just stick to the games, or are microsoft worried?

"Well what goods this for people with other Sp`s, Sky are way too expensive anyway and what happened to the BT Vision service being offered through the 360 with the new NXE launch. I mean as if people are gonna pay for stuff thru that. Not only that theres not 1 ISP that provides a fast enough speed for this in the whole of GB. Be lucky to get 2-3 meg over here and you need at least 2 before it will run. They also traffic shape during peak hrs so xbox live, Live streaming and P2P is all slowed down hurrendously after 4pm right up till midnight. I know for a fact BT traffic shape, AOL and Tiscali also." I'm stuck with Karoo broadband over here, from Kingston Communications. I'm soon upgrading to upto 24mb/s (75gb limit) for £30/month. I will only be getting 12 however due to my line, but it's a lot higher than "2-3"...

Eh, i already got a Sky box set up in my room, already paying my own £10 for the HD in the living room, not subscribed to Xbox Live as of yet due to hardly using the thing. Doesn't apply to me really, but nice idea i guess. Hope they succeed.

Does that mean we get all the free Sky channels (freeview really) for free through our Xboxs too?

It's still only Sky programming though. Us PS3 owners can have anything that's on Freeview, and that's all free!

got sky so way would i pay for it 2

Bring this to Australia. We want Live TV on our Xbox 360's too. Don't just leave us down under. We want some of that awesome stuff that us aussies don't even get.

Congrats UK 360 owners. You got played on Netflix and have a less full Marketplace, but it seems this seems to make up for it. Live TV with the ability to talk with friends while viewing seems hot.

WHAT!? I want that on my console! why can't they have it here in NA? MS better announce a sports channel or something on the 360 at E3

StJimmy, there are dozens of cable and satellite providers in the US (Comcast sucks BTW), while the UK really only has 1. That's the same reason Nintendo won't be releasing the TV Guide-type channel for the Wii outside of Japan.