Sky Go For Non Sky Customers

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Can You Get Sky Go If You're Not A Sky Customer

We review Sky Go, the mobile TV and on-demand TV service from Sky. Want to watch Sky’s content on your smartphone, tablet or computer. We’ll show you how…

What is Sky Go?

Launched in July 2011, this service lets you watch Sky TV channels on your computer, tablet device or smartphone. It’s a replacement for the old Sky Mobile and Sky Player service.

How do I get Sky Go?

Sky Go is available on the following:

Desktop / laptop computer
Apple iPhone
Apple iPad
Some Android smartphones
Microsoft X-Box console (with XBox Live Gold membership)

Other platforms and smartphones will be supported in due course

You need to have a Sky iD account – which is free to create on the Sky Go website

How much does Sky Go cost?

The good news – if you’re a Sky TV customer already – nothing, Sky Go is free to Sky subscribers. Sky Go is also available to non-subscribers, with prices from £15 a month.

How do I get Sky Go?

Got an iPhone or iPad? Download the free Sky Go App from iTunes
Got a PC? Watch online direct from the Sky Go website. If you want to download content, you’ll need to download the free Sky Go app

Sky Go on iPhone (Main Menu)
Sky Go on iPhone (TV Channels)

What channels do I get?

At launch, you’re able to watch live TV from the following channels:

Entertainment: Sky 1, Sky Living, Sky Atlantic, GOLD, Sky Livingit, Sky Arts 1, MTV
Movies: Sky Movies Premiere, Sky Movies Showcase, Sky Movies Action, Sky Movies Family
Sport: Sky Sports 1, Sky Sports 2, Sky Sports 3, Sky Sports 4, Sky Sports News, Eurosport, British Eurosport, SPN, ESPN Classic
News: Sky News
Documentaries: National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, History, Eden, Crime Investigation
Kids: Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Nickelodeon, Disney XD, Disney and Nick Jr

At launch, here are the channels available on the Sky Go iPhone and iPad application:

Sport: Sky Sports 1, Sky Sports 2, Sky Sports 3, Sky Sports 4, Sky Sports News, ESPN
News: Sky News
Movies: Sky Movies Premiere, Sky Movies Showcase, Sky Movies Action. Sky Movies Family

On Demand Content

On the PC version of Sky Go, as well as being able to watch live TV, you can also download content from the Sky Anytime service (which you can also do from a Sky+HD box connected to a Sky Broadband account).

We found the TV content on offer to be a little thin. In the Comedy section, we only found 4 shows (My Family, Angry Boys, Modern Family and Raising Hope), with just two shows in sci-fi (Stargate Universe and Ten Wolf). Movies was a bit better populated, with a fairly decent selection of movies that have recently appeared on the many Sky Movies channels.

The Comedy section of Sky Go Movies

To watch the on-demand stuff, you can either stream the content from your web browser, or if you download the separate Sky Go application, you can select an on-demand show from the library, and the programme will be downloaded onto your hard drive, so that you can watch it offline.

The downloadable PC application uses Microsoft Silverlight, and allows you to watch downloaded content for a specified period. A download of a 90 minute show took around 45 minutes when we tested, and allowed us a 6 day pass to watch what we’d downloaded

Downloading content with Sky Go on a PC

Sky Go Restrictions

The Sky Go service is free to Sky subscribers, but you can watch what you subscribe to, so you’ll only get the Sky Go Sky Movies channels if you subscribe to Sky Movies on the TV service.

If you’re not a Sky TV subscriber, you can still sign up thought, and watch channels and movies without the need for a satellite dish. Prices and signup information can be found on the Sky Go Site

Also, note that you can only have two devices “authorised” to use Sky Go – perhaps a desktop computer and an iPhone. You’re not allowed a third device, although you can delete one of your two devices, to make room for a different device.

You can manage your devices on the Sky Go website, where you’ll be required to enter your Sky iD username and password.

Managing your two devices on the Sky Go website

Sky Go Questions

How much bandwidth do I need to watch Sky Go?

Sky recommends 2Mbps for home broadband, and between 180-1400kbps on the 3G mobile network

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One comment

Rosetta La Manno28 January 2017 at 4:52 pm

How do I get more channels including radio channels that are within my package. I can only seem to get some of the t.v channels and none of the plus one channels or any of the radio/music channels.

Please advise.

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Sky Go is an online television service from Sky Group provided free for Sky TV subscribers that allows users to watch live and on demand Sky TV via an internet connection. The Sky Go app is available on Windows and Mac computers and also on Android and iOS devices.

Overview[edit]

On demand content comprises sports highlights, latest news, movies and TV programmes. Content is viewable for a limited amount of time and is protected by digital rights management software provided by Microsoft and the NDS Group, and therefore cannot be copied to disc or viewed beyond the date carried by its license. The service is available at no extra cost to existing Sky TV customers, with accessible content depending on the subscriber's Sky package. Non-Sky TV customers can access the service by subscribing on a pay-per-view basis.

Sky Go is viewable on up to two devices, with the ability to increase this to four devices with Sky Go Extra for a monthly fee. The now-deprecated Microsoft Silverlight 3.0 browser plug-in is required to play content on computers. Due to viewing rights, certain programmes are not available to watch via Sky Go, and are 'blacked out' from the schedule. To have access to the full selection of live TV channels available on Sky Go, users will need a subscription to the relevant Sky TV packages that correspond to the available channels.

History[edit]

Sky Player on Windows Media Center

It originally launched on 11 January 2006 as Sky by Broadband. On 25 November 2006 Sky announced that Sky By Broadband had been rebranded as Sky Anytime on PC. The rebranding also coincided with an update to the client, which included a new interface and a pay-per-view service for movies and US television shows. On 16 May 2008, Sky Anytime on PC was rebranded as Sky Player, along with updated software to include live simulcasts of Sky News and Sky Sports.

On 29 October 2009, the service expanded on to the Xbox 360. An Xbox Live Gold subscription is required, and users need to register via the Sky Go website.^[1] Features include a party system which allows multiple users to watch content at the same time, with users represented by their Xbox 360 Avatars in a virtual room. Due to the high level of demand, the launch of the service was troublesome and technical issues caused the entire Sky Go platform to become unavailable. To rectify this, Sky decided to open up Sky Go on Xbox 360 to users incrementally over the following days.^[2]

On 19 November 2009, Sky Player was also made available to Windows Media Center-equipped Windows 7 computers.

Users of 3G phones on Vodafone, Orange, and T-Mobile could subscribe to Sky Mobile TV. The service consisted of three packages —-Sky News, Sport and Factual Pack; Sky Entertainment Pack; and Sky Music Pack—-which include a mixture of live and made-for-mobile channels of broadcasters’ channels.

On 6 July 2011, Sky Player and Sky Mobile TV services were merged and rebranded as Sky Go.^[3] Key changes include the ability to watch live channels in line with your Sky TV subscription at no additional cost, limited to two simultaneous devices. Support for Windows Media Center was dropped, however an app was released for Apple's iOS operating system, used on the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. A Sky Go app for Android devices was released on 20 February 2012.^[4] Sky Go for Android does not work on rooted phones and was initially only available on a selection of Android phones from HTC and Samsung.^[5] On 11 December 2012, Sky Go added support for Jelly Bean and additional devices, including those from Google, LG and Sony.^[6]

As of 2013, Sky Go is not in development for other platforms such as BlackBerry 10, Windows Phone 8 or Windows RT, as Sky believes that the market is too small to justify the cost of development.^[7]^[8]

On 22 January 2013, a download service called Sky Go Extra was added, allowing up to four users to download content to their computers, smartphones and tablets to view offline for an additional monthly fee.^[9] The download feature was previously available for free in the Sky Go Desktop client.