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Sky Q is a subscription-based television and entertainment service operated by British satellite television provider Sky, as a part of its operations in Austria and Germany, Ireland, Italy and in the UK. The name also refers to the Sky Q set-top box. Sky Q launched in 2016 replacing the previous Sky+ and Sky X services. [1]
A typical modern set-top box, along with its remote control - pictured here a digital terrestrial TV receiver by TEAC. A set-top box (STB), also known as a cable box, receiver, or simply box, and historically television decoder or a converter, [1] is an information appliance device that generally contains a TV tuner input and displays output to a television set, turning the source signal into ...
9 February – Sky launches its latest set-top box Sky Q. [84] and later in 2016, Sky stops selling its Sky+ HD box to new customers. [85] 8 July – Sky Movies is rebranded as Sky Cinema. [86] [87] 13 August – Sky Sports broadcasts its first event in UHD. [88] 24 August – Sky Sports Mix launches. It is available to all Sky customers, and ...
The Sky Q set-top boxes introduce a new user interface, Wi-Fi hotspot functionality, Power-line and Bluetooth connectivity and a new touch-sensitive remote control. [66] The Sky Q Mini set-top boxes connect to the Sky Q set-top boxes with a Wi-Fi or Power-line connection rather than receive their own satellite feeds.
On Demand, previously called Sky Anytime, has been available in various forms including: a PC version using a peer-to-peer platform over broadband Internet connection, a version for users of 3G mobile telephones, a push video on demand service for subscribers equipped with a Sky+ HD set-top box or the PVR3 version of the Sky+ set top box and a ...
Sky Q; BBC (for all its HD channels, which are part of the Sky and Freesat services). ITV; Central West and Meridian South variants of ITV HD only (as of January 17, 2013). STV (STV HD channel). Saorsat (only available in Ireland). Romania. Dolce operated by Romtelecom (now Telekom Romania), only for HD channels. For SD channels is using DVB-S ...
British Sky Broadcasting marketed a popular combined receiver and DVR as Sky+, now replaced by the Sky Q box. TiVo launched a UK model in 2000, and is no longer supported, except for third party services, and the continuation of TiVo through Virgin Media in 2010. South African based Africa Satellite TV beamer Multichoice recently launched their ...
Sky Go is a streaming television service from Sky Group provided free for Sky TV subscribers in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It complements Sky TV by allowing subscribers to watch live and on demand Sky TV via an internet connection on the go. The Sky Go app is available on Windows and Mac computers and also on Android and iOS devices.