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Yes but look just how often they duplicate the live action on sky sports 1. Middlesbrough v Leeds match on Sunday for example.

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Breaking News : Live Sport generally isn't on 24/7 every day hence plenty of schedule filling. :D

The channels are needed for when numerous live events all occur at a similar time , why would anyone be bothered about it I'd much prefer to see Sport in HD as opposed to behind the red button in SD.

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The point I was trying to make is they duplicate programs often which seems stupid to me. As for people prefering to watch in HD rather than SD behind the red button I agree with but as I refuse to pay the 7 quid extra for HD sky sports it doesn`t effect me.

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Every pay tv channel duplicates content numerous times so Sky Sports is no different in this matter , take a look at the BT Sports channels.

Thankfully I watch very little in SD these days , Sport in HD is essential on a decent size screen for me.

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Can`t say I`ve ever seen the same program on BT Sport 1 and BT Sport2 on at the same time,or for that matter the same program on BBC 1 nd 2,ITV 1 and 2 or Sky 1 and 2? I think the point people are trying to make is Sky Sports 5 is no lnger needed now Sky don`t have the championd league.

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I get you now I was taking it you meant content repeated , I need to read properly :D

Still don't get your point what harm is it doing by being there so what if something is duplicated , at least on busy nights of sport like the one you initially quoted me on it allows for everything or nearly everything shown in HD.

What's the alternative remove it and when there's an overspill put the games behind the red button in SD for all those who do pay the HD fee ? That seems a little unfair. I don't see how it really impacts you.

I can't see them dropping my subscription by removing it , even if it's only there for helping busy live sporting times I'm all for it staying.

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I did think maybe it cost Sky alot of money to run channels and having one that wasn`t needed or rarely needed now would save them some money. However a thought has occured to me,maybe sky make more than enough extra revenue through being able to carry additional adverts on 2 channels showing the same football match? I haven`t actual tried switching between sky sports 1 and 5 when adverts are on whilst the same match is being shown but I suspect there might well differ?

Anyway as you say it makes no difference to me whether they show the same game on 2 different channels. I also recall before sports 5 opened they sometimes put football matches on Sky 1,didn`t they?

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Sky and Disney agree new multi-year programming and channel agreement

https://corporate.sky.com/media-cent...nnel-agreement

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James Murdoch reveals Fox planning new bid for full control of Sky.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...control-of-sky

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This was always going to come around again at some stage.

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l bet you can't contain your excitement MM.;)

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Not really Den the days of paying stupid amounts for tech have long gone , still an interesting development however. Tech sites are suggesting a new box with others saying a product which sits alongside Sky+ so who knows.

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l am not sure it will be a new box but then again what do l know.

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Will it tie in with their mobile phone/SIM offering?

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Set your TV free suggests allowing you to view recordings on mobile devices with cloud bookmarking etc but I could be wrong.

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Maybe not a set top box but SKY Mobile and a streaming stick? TeleTV on Digital SPY posted the following earlier today:

"Ive just had an email from sky asking me to take part in a survey for their ''exciting new service which is about to be launched'' SKY mobile.
Basically the questions all seemed to be about a new an improved version of sky go, Now tv a sky movies pack, sky sports pack and downloading your recordings to your phone to take with you to watch on the move, when your ready.
It also states that the new mobile service comes with a ''streaming stick'' so you can send anything on your phone to your tv, including your recordings that have been sent to your phone,
''Truly setting your TV free''
Everything thats in speech marks are what has been quoted during the survey.
Almost all of it, was would i use my mobile for these services, would that excite me watching sky one on the move, the latest films on the move yada yada yada.
the ''streaming stick'' can be plugged into almost any tv, meaning i can watch what i want when i want without the need for a sky box to be plugged into that TV,
The last part of the survey were so basic questions,
Do you think you will keep your sky TV subscription in the next 12 months?
Do you think you will keep your sky broadband and phone in the next 12 months?
Would you consider leaving sky for another service provider in the next 12 months?"

So from what I can gather there's going to be a new and improved SKY Go style app for mobile devices. You can get a streaming stick that will plug into any compatible TV. You can then send whatever your watching on your mobile device directly to the TV via the streaming stick. Programs you have recorded on your SKY+ box can also be accessed in someway, probably by transferring the recording to a cloud, via this new mobile app and streaming stick. This would fit in with the suggestion of a Netflix like interface.

If this is the big announcement next week there's going to be a lot of dissapointed people.

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I agree Chad not going to revolutionise the tv industry.:D

Sounds like a mobile offering with tv streaming option possibly ?

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Sky extends HBO deal within Europe


http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...-within-europe

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:rolleyes:

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Heads up for anyone with recordings/series links on Channel 5.

http://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Live-TV-...5/td-p/2393501

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SkyQ unveiled

http://www.techradar.com/news/televi...veiled-1309180

UHD , 12 tuners with 4 simultaneous recordings allowed , voice Bluetooth remote.

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More info

https://recombu.com/digital/article/...screen-viewing

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Expect announcements from other companies in time one suspects...

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This genuinely leads me to believe Sky have lost the plot. Their biggest threat is people ditching pay tv to go to FTA + Streaming. Rather than shoring up their NowTV offering, which is proving very popular at combating this threat, they're offering a turbocharged all-singing, all-dancing product? Who do they think is going to buy this? Affluent middle-class customers who've always had the 'top tier' but never watched 90% of it? Or working class people who are mad for sport? Both of these groups of customers have been cutting the cord in steady numbers, or at least defecting to rival, cheaper services.

Q strikes me as having been built by a tech geek (I recognise the signs). Why does it act as a bluetooth and airplay target? Talk about the kitchen sink!

Sky Q - the answer to a question that nobody asked.

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The Same thought crossed my mind; it's still tied to an expensive pay TV system, which myself, and increasingly more people have or are moving away from.

The big thing of the announcement is the content providers allowing better multi-device viewing rights; they are the people holding up the progress that most people want, not technology, as demonstrated by the restrictions on many channels on Tivo's MRS system. If Sky have bludgeoned the content providers on that one, then well done Sky

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I kind of see both your points , it confuses me how the press say Sky's answer to Netflix and Amazon when the price will far outweigh the cost of both of those services when took together.

I'm sitting on the fence at the moment until Sky announce packages and pricing etc.

At current price levels there is an opportunity however if the box comes with huge upfront costs and a substantial monthly increase I'd say Sky will need a serious rethink and take up early on will be low.

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And its taken 2 and a half years

this was probably a good idea 2 and half years ago.

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I would say this is quite clearly Sky moving ahead of VM TiVo and BT Youview. They have NowTV doing very well against Netflix/Amazon.

SkyQ looks great to me, multiroom without the need for cables running everywhere. Put my recordings onto my iPad/iPhone for when I'm traveling and can't get a decent wifi/3-4g signal. I'm already signed up and awaiting my invitation to have it installed.

Some people spend £100 a month on cigarettes I don't smoke, some people buy a bottle of wine a day £150 a month, I drink very rarely. Some people gamble £100 a month , I don't gamble.

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Totally agree with you mate on all points. Sky are really upping their game and are making Virgin look like dinosaurs. I might now be able to tempt the Mrs away from the Tivo box!

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I think the devil's not going to be in the detail but in the pricing. Looks like great competition in the market which can only be a good thing.

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One suspects the pricing is going to be pretty sky high one imagines.

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If they price it too high no one will sign up, remember the launch of Sky digital? £299 for the box and dish. A few months later is was a free box and dish as no one wanted to pay the £299. Or Virgins TiVo 500gb was £49 for the box (which you never owned) then £49 for install, then £5 a month TiVo fee. That soon changed.

Another example, the original XBOX had a crazy launch price and within months had over £100 knocked of the price as it didn't sell. Quite simply it will be priced so people will buy it.

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Like a lot of things, I expect that it will be launched at one price which will appeal to all those who want the latest and best. It will then drop in price over time before becoming the standard Sky box. It will be interesting to see the difference in pricing for the 4K box and the reactions of BT and VM. Certainly, I think we will see a new Tivo from VM next year - the questions are when and what specifications?

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When Tivo launched, functionality wise, it made the Sky box look like a dinosaur. Even the V+ has an extra tuner over the Sky box. If Virgin don't have a new box in development, then you are right, Sky Q will make Tivo look like a dinosaur.

But, do you really think that VM won't have a new box in development? They would be crazy not to. And it could be as simple as re-purposing the Tivo Bolt software for use on new VM hardware. As far as I can see, after a quick look, the Bolt can do exactly what the Sky Q box will do. Yes, there are fewer tuners, but Tivo have said they are doing further development on the Roamio, which they have stated is a level above the Bolt.

If VM have any sense, they will announce any future plans re hardware as soon as possible, now that Sky have announced their next gen box.

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Horses don't win races two furlongs out that's for sure....

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Even in the USA Tivo isn't doing particularly well , most people are choosing the set top box provided by their pay tv platform.

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Well with VM, Tivo is the set top box provided by their pay TV platform :D Best of both worlds :D

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I think Tivo's issue there is that they charge customers a monthly fee. With European pay-tv networks like VM in the UK and ONO in Spain, this fee can be both incorporated into other fees and also reduced.

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I had three VM TiVo's from launch date and one of the reasons I got rid of them after a couple of years was because the promised multi room streaming never worked sufficiently well. There were too many recordings that had Rights issues so MRS was disabled. I also found the MRS interface at the time cumbersome with too many menus and sub menus to navigate. Finally having three STB's with three hard drives generating heat and noise and taking up space became less attractive.

How will Sky solve the MRS rights issues if VM weren't able?

I can see sense in all recordings being on one central STB as with Sky Q. I also hope that Sky make apps available for Roku and Apple TV 4th Generation allowing access to the Sky Q recordings on the STB rather than requiring use of their Sky Q Mini device. It's a shame Sky also haven't released an HDMI stick so no need to site a mini STB next to a tertiary television at all. However my suspicion based on knowing Sky's M-O is they will lock it down to their own Sky Q Mini devices, attempting to keep competing hardware devices away from the eyeballs of consumers (most people don't want umpteen devices connected to their tertiary TV's these days).

I wonder if it'll be possible to site a Sky Q Mini abroad and a Sky Q Silver box back in the UK, set up a site to site VPN and link the two. ;)

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Free LG 32" TV's if you join Sky online during Fridays Black Friday sale.

http://www.digitaltvsignup.co.uk/dig...pbPhoC9mTw_wcB

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And cashback

http://www.topcashback.co.uk/sky-digital/

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A new Sky Go app has been released for Amazon Fire tablets.

http://www.seenit.co.uk/sky-go-arriv...-fire-tablets/

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Game Of Thrones Season 6 starts on April 24th.

http://www.cosmicbooknews.com/conten...iers-april-24h

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Sky Go to get major experience-boosting update.

http://www.seenit.co.uk/sky-go-to-ge...osting-update/

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Sky splash the cash again......

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...-affair-dexter

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The deal will only be Showtime content going forward with some back catalogue content available in box sets. Current shows will remain on the channels they have deals with like Homeland on Channel 4.

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Interesting this deal. Showtime in America also show boxing. Frank Warren was suggesting in an interview last week that Boxnation and Showtime have agreed a deal to show each others boxing content.

Looks like all things Showtime will be available in the UK.

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Sky to launch new NOW TV and Freeview hybrid box later this year.

http://www.seenit.co.uk/sky-to-launc...ew-hybrid-box/

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Sky Q pricing reveled , cheaper up front if you take Sky BB or Sky Fibre which is hardly a surprise.

https://corporate.sky.com/media-cent...t-from-just-99

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Yeah I've got a email telling me I can order it on February 9th. But only sky BB customers an we will get free servicing and repairs for life.

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Well they are certainly trumpeting it with a lot of hyperbole so it will be interesting to see how many initial takers there are for it.

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What company doesn't shout about their latest and greatest product , I personally think they are building another good product portfolio with the new Sky Q system and the new Now TV box coming later in the year.

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18 month contract! Way to costly for me. Will stick to SKY+ for now

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I'm sure many others will , it's clearly aimed at high spenders.

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That's your commission for the next year then MM.;)

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Looks good to me although the teens in the house stick tend to stick to You Tube and Netflix, they don't use Virgin TV Anywhere which must say something about the product and /or content.

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There will still be updates and new features for Sky+

A completely new Sky+ homepage and EPG is inbound.


http://www.digitalspy.com/tech/news/...pg-is-inbound/

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When you consider what some people spend on Tabacco and alcohol per month I don't think you need to be a high spender. It's about what you spend your disposable income.

I know a guy moans about the cost of sky but yet smokes 20 Embassay a day. That's £300 a month just to slowly kill yourself. I dont smoke, very rarely drink so to me it's affordable although I will still try to get a deal.

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Completely agree , there's lots on forums who feel the need to tell people how to spend their money. It would be a boring place if we all shared the same interests. I'm interested in Sky Q but will probably wait and see what the initial views are before jumping.

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Give it a few months or so and we will no doubt see the price come down or some sort of `special offer`especially if the uptake isn`t as good as they`re hoping.

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So it will be rented?

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Yes which begs the question why the upfront costs are £99 +

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One word springs to mind....

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Not really. Supplying and installing that is not going to be cheap.

Business?

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:nono:

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Same reason the TiVo was. Activation fee :)

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Committed to a new TV deal with SKY today. Made me an offer I couldn't refuse. Not for SKYQ, I'll be gunning for that next time lol

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What type of offer did you get then Chad?.

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50% off my TV for 12 months plus a £50 credit to my account. No contract whatsoever, leave anytime I want. Broadband free for 12 months also. I have the family bundle for £18.00, SKY Sports at £12.50 plus line rental of £17.40 = £47.90 per month. I'm essentially getting the first month for free.

Because I have no contract I'm shopping around for broadband deals. I no longer have a SKY box in the bedroom. I bought a Youview box at Christmas. It's a BT branded box so I'm looking closely at their deals which include BT Sport and AMC. Their offering prepaid mastercards to new subscirbers between £75 & £150 depending on which broadband package you take.

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That's a pretty impressive deal Chad.

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Remember quidco. I got a £100 Sainsburys voucher and £100 quidco from bt

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I've had 2 missed calls from sky, I wondering if it's about SkyQ. When I ring back on the number is just a "we tried to contact you blah blah" I rang normal Sky customer services and they don't know what it's about. But they do acknowledge its definitely Sky that rang me.

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I registered my interest but then I don't have Sky Broadband so cannot order yet even if I wanted to. Needless to say I haven't received any calls.

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I do have sky broadband and also registered interest, I'm also on Sky lounge and have beta tested a few sky products over the years. I was really hoping to beta SkyQ.

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Sky+ gains new on demand features.

http://www.seenit.co.uk/sky-gains-ne...mand-features/

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It's actually a pretty useful feature I've been using it a while.

The download all feature adds all episodes to your planner but only downloads the first two initially once you start to watch the first episode the third changes from Pending to downloading so you've always two episodes on your box.

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That`s a great idea,like it

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Vice to launch TV channel on Sky in UK.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...ky-uk-viceland

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Sky Q review - Not in depth but one of the first I've seen for this system:

http://www.trustedreviews.com/sky-q-review

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Sky to show Formula 1 in 4K UHD from 2017.

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/1371...-uhd-from-2017

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and they will charge extra for that no doubt about it like the HD charge

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The 4K is included in the Sky Q Silver charge I believe appropriate to the package you are on.

If you have Sky Q Silver and Sky Sports you'll receive the F1 in 4K.

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Sky Go increases on demand entertainment offering with shows from E!, Syfy and Universal Channel now available

https://corporate.sky.com/media-cent...-now-available

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Game of Thrones season six premiere smashes Sky viewing records.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...dia_b-gdnmedia

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A small but much wanted upgrade to the on demand software is being released ,Sky customers will now be able to download entire box sets instead of one episode at a time .This email was waiting for me this morning

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SkyGO won't let me add another device - I have SkyGo Extra super duper in fact.

1 device and been trying for 3 months to add another. It's *****.

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So ring them and get your device slots reset or log into My sky and submit a help request. All 4 slots work perfectly well for me so clearly you have an issue only Sky can help you with.

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It does not show any slots full! that's the bummer about it!

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I'd certainly ring them they should be able to sort the issue for you. I'm pretty sure it won't work on rooted devices if it's not rooted I'd certainly contact them.

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No it's my phone or PC which oddly enough I have been able to download the app on too.

I will call them - but I am leaving them soon anyway for other reasons.

Thanks for the advice I will follow it :)

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Anyone who hasn't already got the R013 update can now do so as it's available on the DR stream.

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downloading it now :)

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Sky to air UK's first 24-hour eSports TV channel.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...hannel-sky-itv

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Sky announces new NOW TV broadband, calls and TV bundles.

http://www.seenit.co.uk/sky-announce...nd-tv-bundles/

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Sky's profits rise by 12%.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/20...ues-uk-ireland

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Rupert wins again as Ofcom shows how toothless it is.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/20...miership-price

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UHD Movies & TV shows have gone live on Sky Q a day early. I've made a quick video showing all the content for those at work or still on the fence about Sky Q.

https://youtu.be/Jay11QKm0lo

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Sky announces new, free, virtual reality app.

http://www.seenit.co.uk/sky-announce...l-reality-app/

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Sky to report first-quarter figures amid rumours that Murdoch's 21st Century Fox may put in a bid for the company.

Read more: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/m...#ixzz4Mj09KK8S

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Sky Mobile’s launch nears after successful trials.

http://www.seenit.co.uk/sky-mobiles-...essful-trials/