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Re: Sky Services Chat

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Originally Posted by Doz007 (Post 35524933)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...his-week.html#

Interesting.....

yes, this is :)

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Is it just downloading of Sky On Demand or is it recordings? Absolutely brilliant if its recordings.

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Sky Go is currently free for Sky subscribers on two devices , am I reading it right that my free Sky Go won't allow me too download content ?

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35524943)

Sky Go is currently free for Sky subscribers on two devices , am I reading it right that my free Sky Go won't allow me too download content ?

The download content to watch another time or when offline is what they are charging a fiver a month for. So no, you won't get this without paying extra.

Have no limits on my mobile data so not a big deal for me. Already use plex to stream content from home to my mobile when out instead of copying before I go, which is in essence what this product will do.

Will be useful for many though. Just wish mobile video providers didn't block the HDMI port on mobiles

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Seems to be a 2 month trial for free for existing customers too

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Originally Posted by Doz007 (Post 35524933)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...his-week.html#

Interesting.....

Very interesting. I did a survey about this about 2 days ago and from what i saw Sky Go extra is going to get really good.

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Originally Posted by Qtx (Post 35524969)

Seems to be a 2 month trial for free for existing customers too

I didnt see the bit about trial, i hope there will be a site for the trial soon as i would love a test before i decied to pay Â£5 a month for it

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More info about Sky Go Extra below and the Sky Help Forum Thread.

Sky Go Extra Thread

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Sky Go Extra launches next week and customers will be able to download content on all supported devices and register up to 4 devices for a Â£5 monthly fee, with the first 2 months free for a trial period.

Customers who do not require download or additional device support can still enjoy the same great content, as they do now, at no extra charge.

We are able to offer this to customers because we have successfully negotiated with our content providers the ability to distribute and download their content on new and additional devices. This agreement doesn't come without a cost. We currently invest over Â£2 billion in content for our customers and in order to extend features and device numbers we need to pass some of that cost to users. Hence the reason for the Â£5 monthly fee for Sky Go extra.

As you know Sky Go offers a catalogue of content, especially new films, that can not be matched. Whilst some providers focus on TV content and some on older films, Sky Go is the only service that can provide first viewing of the majority of the latest films when they close at cinemas, some 12 months ahead of the competition.

It is our investment and partnerships with these content providers that enable us to offer this value to the growing 3m customers that use Sky Go.

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This is also a good way to get Sky Go on more than 2 devices even if you dont want to download and Â£5 extra to me isnt that bad of a price.

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This could be a further blow to the likes of Lovefilm and Netflix. For example say a student is living away from home but his / her parents have SKY. Rather than paying Â£4.99 or Â£5.99 for second rate movies on demand, via the likes of Lovefilm, they can get a wider and better selection of movies and TV content for Â£5 each month through their parents SKY subscription.

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Originally Posted by Chad (Post 35525039)

I agree ,it's also another nice little earner for Sky.

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Originally Posted by Chad (Post 35525039)

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35525050)

I agree ,it's also another nice little earner for Sky.

I agree on both points

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Sky Go to launch on Tuesday 22nd Jan 2013? We know its this week but maybe Tuesday. Look at post 8 onwards. Nothing official thou

http://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Go-D...p/869098#M9110

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Great spot mate,

Coming from Virgin Media last year, I'm still not quite used to the way that Sky talk about new products and features and get them released so quickly!

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Originally Posted by Doz007 (Post 35525454)

Great spot mate,

Coming from Virgin Media last year, I'm still not quite used to the way that Sky talk about new products and features and get them released so quickly!

Just seen i missed the Extar out of Sky Go Extra. My bad but im sure people know what i mean.

Yes Sky is very good at getting new products out

Re: Sky Services Chat

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Originally Posted by Doz007 (Post 35524933)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...his-week.html#

Interesting.....

More info on Sky Go Extra can be found below

http://www.sky.com/shop/tv/sky-go/?stop_mobi=yes

The update for this facility is now live in the App Store for Apple devices.

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Cheers MM,

I see that the Sky Go extra also brings with it iPhone 5 support. :)

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Originally Posted by Doz007 (Post 35525454)

Great spot mate,

Coming from Virgin Media last year, I'm still not quite used to the way that Sky talk about new products and features and get them released so quickly!

Me too! When a new channel launches 99% of the time it's on SKY right from the start. When SKY launch a new product they either give a launch date up front or keep customers updated as things develop.