Sky+ HD material is broadcast using MPEG-4 and most of the HD material uses the DVB-S2 standard. Sky’s standard definition broadcasts are in DVB-compliant MPEG-2, with the Sky Movies and Sky Box Office channels including optional Dolby Digital soundtracks for recent films, although these are only accessible with a Sky+ box. BBC iPlayer will follow in late Autumn with 4oD to be included in early 2013. As of October 1, 2012, Sky Anytime was rebranded as On Demand which would then include ITV player and 5 Demand.
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The update boasts a new modernised look and improved functionality. In June 2012, Sky launched a new EPG for Sky+ HD boxes. This update offers customers the chance to buy and rent films from the Sky Store. In early 2012, Sky released an update to its Sky Anytime service. Slogans Sky have used for marketing include “What do you want to watch?”, “Entertainment your way” and the current slogan “Believe in Better”. All Sky+ HD receivers incorporate a version of Sky+ using either a 300GB or 500GB hard drive (of which 160GB or 250GB is available to the user) to accommodate the necessary extra data.Īdditionally, some channels occasionally receive new numbering - However, in early 2006, the majority of channels received new numbering, with some receiving single digit changes, whilst others received new numbers entirely. The first photos of a prototype Sky HD receiver began appearing in magazines in August 2005. Sky+ is a digital video recorder with an internal hard drive which allows viewers to ‘pause live television’ (by switching from a live feed to a paused real-time recording that can be restarted at any point) and schedule programs to record in the future. Originally Sky launched with a set top box known as the Sky digibox, however, in more recent years the Sky+ and Sky+ HD boxes have launched alongside the original box. This trend continued with the launch of Eurobird 1 (now Eutelsat 28A) in 2001.
New Astra satellites joined the position in 20, and the number of channels available to customers increased accordingly. now called Sky Active, Sky competed with the ONdigital (later ITV Digital) terrestrial offering. Key selling points were the improvement in picture and sound quality, increased number of channels and an interactive service branded Open…. At this time the use of the Sky brand made an important distinction between the new service and Sky’s analogue services. For the first time, BSkyB used the newly-launched Astra 2A satellite, which has since come to broadcast exclusively to the United Kingdom and Ireland. Sky’s digital service was officially launched on 1 October 1998 under the name Sky Digital, although small-scale tests were carried out before then.
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Sky’s main competitor is Virgin TV which offers television by cable. However, as BSkyB’s analogue service ended in October 2001, the service is now more commonly marketed as just ‘Sky’. The service was originally launched as Sky Digital in October 1998, distinguishing it from the original analogue service. Sky is the brand name for BSkyB’s digital satellite television and radio service, transmitted from the Astra satellites located at 28.2° east (Astra 1N/2A/2B/2C/2D) and Eutelsat’s Eutelsat 28A satellite at 28.5☎.