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Sky adds 4oD TV catch up service for UK customers

, Mar 19th 2013 Discuss [0]

TV fans in the UK who are Sky customers get a new TV catch up service this week. Sky has announced that it has added the Channel 4 4oD catch up service to its offerings creating the UK's most complete catch-up TV service. 4oD is Channel 4's video-on-demand service and it is available as an upgrade at no cost for some Sky customers. Read The Full Story

Livescribe and Sky settle trademark spat with rebranded WiFi pen

, Feb 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

Livescribe and BSkyB have settled their differences in Europe, after the satellite telecoms company took issue with the name of the Sky WiFi smartpen launched last year. British Sky Broadcasting Group (BSkyB) had filed a trademark complaint about the wirelessly-enabled notetaking system - which we reviewed back in October - forcing Livescribe to pull it from shelves while the two companies argued. Now, the case has been settled, but only with Livescribe agreeing to rebrand the pen itself. Read The Full Story

Sky Go Extra app adds offline viewing for a monthly fee

, Jan 22nd 2013 Discuss [0]

Sky has added offline playback to its mobile apps, with Sky Go Extra offering the ability to pre-download TV and movies to their phone, tablet, or notebook in return for a monthly fee. The new feature, adding to the existing Sky Go apps - which require a persistent data connection for streaming content - is priced at £5 ($8) per month and only available to Sky UK subscribers; that monthly fee also doubles the number of devices that can be registered to the Sky Go service. Read The Full Story

Livescribe yanks UK Sky smartpen sales after BSkyB lawsuit

, Dec 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

Livescribe has been forced to pull its Sky WiFi-enabled smartpen from UK shelves after a legal threat from broadcaster BSkyB, which believes potential customers could be confused by the "Sky" name similarities. According to BSkyB, its "Sky" trademark is infringed by the digital notetaking system, The Guardian reports, and it has sued both Livescribe and UK retailer Dixons Retail accordingly. Read The Full Story

Sky+ app turns On Demand remote with iPhone/iPad update

, Dec 12th 2012 Discuss [0]

Sky has updated its Sky+ app for iOS with on-demand listings, turning you iPad or iPhone into a remote control for managing film and boxset downloads direct to your Sky+HD box. The updated app now allows Sky customers to navigate through the Sky TV On Demand catalog, queuing up titles remotely while the set-top box itself is being used by others. Read The Full Story

Roku adds Sky NOW TV to UK streamers

, Nov 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

Roku users in the UK have another streaming media option to choose from, with the addition of Sky's NOW TV subscription service to the set-top boxes. Added to the Roku Channel Store today, the new NOW TV app streams content to the Roku boxes but also to existing iOS, Android, PC, and Mac devices; in the initial line-up there's Sky Movies content with the promise of up to 20 new premieres per month. Read The Full Story