The BBC have never alllowed their channels to be on either the Sky Q or Sky Go apps as they want you to their iplayer app instead and I'm afraid I don't think that is going to change. Access all the channels available on Sky Go while you're waiting. Once you're up and running, you'll only be able to watch the channels available in line with your TV package. Sky Go channels. Movies / Sports Entertainment Kids Docs News / International. All Sky Cinema channels.
.Only available if you have a BT Sport subscription from Sky. If you're a BT Sport subscriber via BT and a Sky TV customer you will not get these channels. Customers in Scotland will see On Demand programmes from STV player, but will still be able to access Catch Up from the ITV Hub. 950 to 975 – Regional BBC ITV and C4 Variation Channels. Correct as at 1st January 2016. 'Sat and PC Guy' is not affiliated with Sky.com. Sky, Sky+, Sky HD.
The BBC broadcasts all of the BBC One and BBC Two regional variations on digital satellite television from the SESAstra satellites at 28.2° east;[1] providing local news programmes and other regional programming with local continuity and presentation for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The BBC refers to the whole UK regional network as 'BBC Nations and Regions'.[2]
The local version of BBC One is normally on channel 101, with BBC Two on channel 102. On Freesat equipment, users enter a postcode during initial set up—this determines the assigned local version. On Sky equipment, the address to which the viewing card was issued determines the correct local version—without any viewing card the London versions are shown by default.[3] All other national and regional versions are shown in the EPG.
History[edit]
From the launch of digital satellite on 1 October 1998 until 31 March 2001, there were four variants (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) of both BBC One and BBC Choice carried on all digital platforms. Only one version of BBC Two was available digitally, and this was shown throughout the UK. The BBC English Regions gradually became available via Digital Terrestrial Television (Freeview) over the next few years, as did the national versions of BBC Two.
On digital satellite television, regional news programmes on BBC One were replaced by UK Today until 28 January 2002 when additional transponder space was allocated to the English regions. Initially programmes were available as an interactive service via the red button and only for the five largest English regions; London, North West, South, West Midlands and Yorkshire[4] On 30 May 2003 the BBC stopped encrypting its TV channels on digital satellite and made all regions available as standard, full-time channels.[1]
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BBC regional services and channel numbers[edit]
BBC One[edit]
Regional news inserts are broadcast during BBC Breakfast along with 15-minute shows on weekdays after national news bulletins at 1.30 pm and 10.30 pm, along with a 30-minute show at 6.30 pm. On weekends the availability of a regional news bulletin following the national news depends on the timeslot.
In England—other than regional news programmes—regional opt-outs include the documentary strand Inside Out, a regional segment of Sunday Politics and in the northern regions (those based in Hull, Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle) The Super League Show.
Elsewhere, additional local programming is broadcast; (notable examples include Give My Head Peace and Spotlight in Northern Ireland, River City and Sportscene in Scotland and Belonging and Crash in Wales) with network programmes rescheduled to accommodate them.
BBC One HD started broadcasting on 3 November 2010. There are currently four regional variations – a network variant for England, a Northern Ireland variant that launched on 24 October 2012,[5] a Scottish variation that launched on 14 January 2013 and a Welsh variation that launched on 29 January 2013.[6]
| BBC One Nation/Region | News programme | Freesat[7] | Sky[3] |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | BBC London News | 950 | 954 |
| South West (Channel Islands) | BBC Spotlight/BBC Channel Islands News | 951 | 968 |
| East Midlands | BBC East Midlands Today | 952 | 960 |
| East (Norwich) | BBC Look East | 953 | 961 |
| East (Cambridge) | BBC Look East | 954 | 962 |
| North West | BBC North West Today/BBC North West Tonight | 955 | 958 |
| North East and Cumbria | BBC Look North (Newcastle) | 956 | 955 |
| Northern Ireland | BBC Newsline | 957 | 953 |
| South (Oxford) | BBC South Today/BBC South Today (Oxford) | 958 | 965 |
| South East | BBC South East Today | 959 | 963 |
| Scotland | BBC Reporting Scotland | 960 | 951 |
| South (Southampton) | BBC South Today | 961 | 964 |
| South West (Plymouth) | BBC Spotlight | 962 | 967 |
| West Midlands | BBC Midlands Today | 963 | 959 |
| Wales | BBC Wales Today | 964 | 952 |
| West | BBC Points West | 965 | 966 |
| Yorkshire | BBC Look North (Leeds) | 966 | 956 |
| Yorkshire and Lincolnshire | BBC Look North (Hull) | 967 | 957 |
| England HD | N/A ('This is BBC One HD' caption) | 972 | 976 |
| Scotland HD | BBC Reporting Scotland | 973 | 977 |
| Wales HD | BBC Wales Today | 976 | 978 |
| Northern Ireland HD | BBC Newsline | 978 | 979 |
BBC Two[edit]
Three regional variations of BBC Two exist – Northern Ireland, Wales and a network variant covering the rest of the UK. Each variant is also available in high-definition, although due to capacity issues the Northern Ireland variant is not available on satellite. A variation for Scotland was available until 2019 when it was replaced by BBC Scotland.
| BBC Two Nation | Freesat[7] | Sky[3] |
|---|---|---|
| Network | 968 | 969 |
| Northern Ireland | 969 | 972 |
| Wales | 979 | 971 |
| Network HD | 949 | 969 |
| Wales HD | 971 | 980 |
References[edit]
- ^ ab'BBC goes in the clear on digital satellite' (Press release). BBC. 12 March 2003. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
The BBC today (Wednesday 12 March 2003) announced that from 30 May it will, for the first time, broadcast its eight TV channels unencrypted on digital satellite. The BBC national services in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, plus, for the first time, all 15 regional variations of BBC ONE in England will all be available on DSAT. It also means that the BBC will save an estimated £85 million over the next five years because it will no longer be using BSkyB's Conditional Access system.
- ^'Key Facts, BBC Nations and Regions'. BBC Press Office. BBC. August 2004. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ abc'BBC channel numbers on Sky'. Help Receiving BBC TV and Radio. BBC. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^'English Regions launch first phase of digital satellite news service' (Press release). BBC. 10 January 2002. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
- ^'BBC - Help receiving TV and radio - Satellite frequencies of BBC channels'. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ^'Launching BBC One Scotland HD and BBC One Wales HD'. BBC. 11 January 2013.
- ^ ab'BBC channel numbers on Freesat'. Help Receiving BBC TV and Radio. BBC. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
External links[edit]
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.
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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]
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.
On 1 May 2014, Sky announced the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 will be receiving Sky Go by the end of 2014.[10] The PlayStation 4 received the service on 3 December 2014, through an application named 'TV from Sky' [11] and on 29 January 2015 Sky launched this application on the PlayStation 3.[12]
Since 2019, Sky Mobile customers can use Sky Go including Sky Cinema and Sky Sports without a mobile data charge.
References[edit]
- ^'Watch TV From Sky Through Your XBOX 360'. Xbox.com. 25 September 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
- ^'Sky Player's Delayed launch'. pocket-lint.com. 28 October 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
- ^'Sky TV Goes Online and Mobile for all 10 million customers'. British Sky Broadcasting. 10 June 2011.
- ^'Sky Go for Android launched'. TechRadar. 20 February 2012.
- ^'Sky Go for Android: If you want it to work, don't upgrade to Android 4.0'. Electricpig. 20 February 2012.
- ^'Sky Go Android app launched for 14 new devices including Google Nexus 4'. Trusted Reviews. 11 December 2012.
- ^'Don't hold your breath for Sky Go on Windows Phone or Surface'. TechRadar. 12 November 2012.
- ^'Sky Go BlackBerry 10 app not in the works says broadcaster'. Trusted Reviews. 1 February 2013.
- ^'Sky Go Extra download service launches'. The Daily Telegraph. 22 January 2013.
- ^'Sky Go and NOW TV to join PlayStation®4 this summer'. BSkyB. 1 May 2014.
- ^Duncan Heaney. Sky Go app available for PlayStation 4, but it’s not called Sky Go, broadbandchoices.co.uk, December, 2014.
- ^Rik Henderson. Sky Go now available for PS3 owners too, TV from Sky app in PlayStation Store, pocket-lint.com, January, 2015.
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