You could soon ditch the Sky Q box under your telly. That’s if an exciting new rumour that claims Sky is building its own Smart TV with the same features, channels and streaming apps found on the Sky Q box built-in proves to be accurate.
Sources chatting with the Financial Times declare the brand new Good TVs will permit Sky to compete with streaming devices from the likes of Amazon, Roku and Google.
All three of those corporations promote standard dongles that plug instantly into the HDMI port to carry voice search, video on-demand apps, and extra good options. Amazon, Roku and Google have additionally partnered with producers to supply Good TVs with the identical performance baked instantly into the {hardware}.
Sky owns and operates its contract-free NOW brand, formerly NOW TV, in the UK. NOW is available on a number of streaming devices designed by Amazon and Roku.
However, Sky has never sought to provide the operating system that powers your Smart TV out-of-the-box. According
It would allow Sky to become master of its own destiny… and not simply for those who subscribe to its satellite television packages.
It will permit Sky to grow to be grasp of its personal future… and never merely for many who subscribe to its satellite tv for pc tv packages.
Those who choose to stop subscribing, but who own a Sky-branded TV would still be subject to the editorial decisions made by the broadcaster, including where to place adverts for the latest blockbusters coming to Sky Cinema or discounts to Sky Sports, for example.
Protocol claims the Smart TVs from parent company Comcast in the United States will aggregate “your favourite apps, live channels, and On Demand movies and shows together in one place.”
Creating the Smart TV platform would also allow Comcast and Sky to negotiate directly with streaming partners, the Financial Times reports.
Netflix is known to pay telly and set-top box manufacturers large sums to dedicate a button on the remote to its streaming service.
