Sky Player Landing On PS3 and Wii
Sky Player was announced and launched exclusively for the Xbox 360 in 2009 and hit success on Microsoft’s online service, but could that be about to change with Sony and Nintendo having a piece of the pie.
In a recent interview with Tech Radar Sky’s Director of On-Demand, Griff Parry, has stated that they are “in talks” to bring the on-demand service to other games consoles.
“We are looking to extend distribution of Sky Player widely via partnerships with key players in key categories,” said Parry, when asked about the potential for Sky Player on Wii and PS3.
“Games consoles is obviously one of those key categories, so what you would expect is probably true. We are engaged in talks to explore opportunities, but we are very happy in our relationship with Microsoft.
“We are absolutely not finished with Xbox and aim to make the experience richer and richer and continue innovating.”
Sky’s also have previously worked with Sony and the PSP when they released Go!View which was a video download service powered by Sky.
6 Responses to “Sky Player Landing On PS3 and Wii”
It’d be awesome if this came to PS3 but I’ve already got a Sky+ HD box so it’s not something I’d use even though I do already have access to it on my 360.
Sky+ HD box ftw
what’s sky player ? something else not available in Canada like the psn video store or the pvr ?
Sky is UK’s main TV service. It’s owned by News Corp, and is a sister concern to Fox (US) and Star TV (Asia). While you could say it’s similar to both networks, it’s much bigger as it has its own television service, satellite service and various other services. It has also launched in other markets, like India (where it operates under TataSKY) and Japan, where it operated as a joint-venture with other major corporations including Sony as SkyPerfectTV! – Japan’s premiere satellite service which is home to almost all of Japan’s satellite or BS (broadcast satellite) networks including Sony-owned Animax (oh how I wish this came to the US) and AXN, though Sky backed out of the venture afterwards and do not operate in Japan anymore, even though SkyPerfectTV! still remains under that same name.
its UK only i think so dont worry US gets screwed here this time too.
“Sky is UK’s main TV service”
No. Sky is the UK’s main paid satellite TV service. Compared with the digital terrestial Freeview service, Sky is very far from being the “main” TV provider in the UK.
I’m not intrerested in some feature the SUK BOX 360 has
or anything to oh I can watch more CRAP
Well probably NOT SINCE I LIVE IN CANADA
PS3 CANADA it only DOES WHAT WE CAN’T HAVE