Mark Dalby

Back in May Microsoft signed an exclusive deal with television giant Sky which allowed them to stream the “Sky Anytime” content over its networks and straight into your XBOX 360.

Today Microsoft announced that this service will be ready to roll in the XBOX 360 Autumn update which is available on the 27th of October.

Pricing for the above has yet to be announced but Sky has stated that current subscribers will need to purchase a Multiroom package at £10/month to be able to watch both their regular sky box and Xbox360 simultaneously.

Content is to be streamed in standard definition to start but HD may be on the cards as faster connections become available.

The big question on my mind is how this will effect current bandwith charges. IE: will sky cap you with a 40GB download limit per month and then attempt to bill you for using their service when you go over that limit.

All in all though I recon its a good push forward, Nothing like Microsoft to catch the bus late though.. Sony’s Playstation 3 has had BBC iPlayer (and a flash enabled web browser) for months.

Happy Viewing,

Mark