iPlayers? Sky Players? Will we ever miss anything ever again?

What the iPlayer is to the BBC, the Sky Player is to Sky. The last few years has seen us moving towards a new digital era with a faster pace than ever before. Sky Player offers programmes and movies from 32 of the top digital channels – and what’s better is that it is available for free, on your home computer.

One of the key benefits of Sky Player is the wide array of films that it has available. Whether it’s action films, comedies, romances, thrillers, musicals or westerns – Sky Player has them all, ready and waiting to be found. There’s now no excuse for missing your favourite films:

Here’s a quick review of five films that are currently available on Sky Player:

Vantage Point - An anti-terror summit in Salamanca gets off to the worst possible start when the US president (William Hurt) is shot in a crowded plaza.

Superhero Movie - Spider-Man’s in the firing line as super-spoofer Leslie Nielsen whips out his naked guns to take a few potshots at Hollywood ’s comic-based blockbusters.

I’m Not There - Oscar nominated ruminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where six characters embody a different aspect of the musician’s life and work.

The Immortal Voyage Of Captain Drake - Four years after the English fleet defeated the Spanish Armada, Sir Francis Drake and his bitter nemesis are still at war.

Deception - Membership of an elite Manhattan sex club leads to treachery and corruption for Ewan McGregor as he falls for Michelle Williams.

To learn more about Sky and the Sky Player, visit their site today!

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Sky report a sharp increase in sales for their high definition television service, Sky HD

In the last few days, Sky announced that they have more than doubled the number of British households that receive their High-Definition (HD) digital television service.

A sharp increase in sales during the first three months of his year were mostly responsible for the rise – with one Sky HD Box being sold ever thirty seconds in that period. This sudden rush of sales came in reaction to Sky’s decision to lower the price of their HD Box to £49 that matched a growing desire for higher quality television.

By the end of March, the total number of Sky+ HD customers had risen to over a million, which is an impressive increase from 465,000 just a year before.

The growth also mirrors that investment that Sky had poured into their flagship digital service. 33 new different HD channels are now available on Sky, and many viewers have purchased the system in anticipation of a busy summer of sport which includes The Ashes and The Lions tour of South Africa.

Sky’s director of product management, Stephen van Rooyen, spoke in response to the news: ‘The growth of HD is really starting to take off as more people discover the difference in picture and sound quality.’

The shift of people to Sky HD television is part of a wider push to switch from analogue to digital during the next few years helped by great.

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