Sky announced in a press release that its in-house service Sky Q will be able to receive tickets over the Internet in the same way as Tickets in the future. Here we’ll show you what’s already known about the innovation and what the offer might include.
Sky has invited media representatives for product presentations for the coming week. it’s about”sky q Internet”.
It remains to be seen what exactly Sky Q is up to on the Internet. Various options are conceivable. With the Sky Q Mini, Sky already offers TV reception of linear TV channels from Sky as a video stream. For example, it’s meant as a second Sky receiver for the bedroom. However, compared to the larger Sky Q, the user has to make compromises: recording isn’t possible and UHD content isn’t available either.
Sky Q via the Internet: The Innovations Streaming Providers Could Bring
It is possible that Sky is now planning to move the streaming options and thus linear reception of Sky channels to the Internet and offer them to larger Sky-Q receivers as well. This can be done either for all Sky channels or for niche channels. Benefits for Sky: The often high cost of broadcasting TV channels via satellite and cable is eliminated. However, the service providers used by Sky to distribute the streams also want to pay. But especially when it comes to channels for September like Sky Nature and Sky Documentaries announced Which should start on September 9, such a spread is conceivable.
However, it is unlikely that Sky will limit its distribution entirely via cable and satellite. Broadband networks are still not fully developed and many Sky customers will be annoyed. In addition, problems are likely to arise more frequently, especially during sporting events. Streaming platforms Sky Go (streaming for pay-TV subscribers) and Sky Ticket (streaming based on the Netflix principle) had often proved unstable in recent years.
Will Sky Q also come as an app in the future?
It is also conceivable that Sky will virtualize the functions of Sky Q and pack them into the Sky Q app, which can then be used on various platforms. This will also mean that recording in the cloud will be possible and all channels will be accessed through streams. This would be justified given the possibility of cable reception, which will soon be exhausted within the framework of ancillary costs. For example, Sky customers can watch Sky channels through the app on Smart TVs using the Smart TV app. Such a Sky Q app is already available for Samsung TVs – but without recording.
In addition to Sky Q via the Internet, Sky will also announce a new partnership “to further enhance the TV experience on Sky Q, the world’s leading all-in-one platform”. We’ll report the event to you next week on Inside Digital.
The original of this post first appeared here inside digital.
