Hot Off the Press Release: Vibe Joins Sky Go

Sky today announced it had added entertainment channel Vibe to its expanded Sky Go service — but no word yet on when Sky Go might go HD.

Despite HD additions like Vibe, Sky Go remains SD-only. “We hope for that to change in the future,” a Sky spokeswoman says — but there doesn’t seem to be a timetable for the transition.

Here’s the full press release:

SKY ADDS VIBE TO SKY GO LIVE CHANNEL LINE UP

Popular entertainment channel is now available to watch live across all Sky Go platforms

Packed with favourite crime shows, top British drama, inspirational reality series, and exclusive live events such as the Golden Globe Awards and Emmy Awards, Sky’s Vibe channel is now available to stream on Sky Go.

Sky Go allows Sky customers to access live TV, On Demand content and full-season Box Sets on desktop, laptop and devices based on the channels they subscribe to.  The addition of Vibe today takes the number of live TV channels accessible at any time up to 34.

“We are always looking for ways to offer our customers additional value and adding Vibe to our live TV offering is the latest in a number of improvements for Sky Go. It’s also perfect timing with our live and exclusive coverage of the 71^st Emmy Awards next month,” said Sky’s Director of Entertainment Content, Travis Dunbar.

Not only will Sky Starter and Entertainment customers be able to watch Vibe live on web or devices when away from their Sky box, but they will also be able to watch catch-up titles and box set shows, and make the most of their subscription using Download To Go to catch up on their favourites when offline.

Great new season premieres coming to Vibe in August include Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators, Age Gap Love, Born This Way, Inside The Ambulance and The Supervet.  And, in September Vibe is celebrating television’s biggest event with live and exclusive coverage of the 71^st Emmy Awards from 12 noon on Monday 23 September.

Sky Go Key Features:

• Watch 34 channels live, depending on your Sky subscription
• Hundreds of catch-up titles from more than 30 channels*
• ‘Download to Go’ allows you to download up to 25 titles at a time to your device to watch when you are offline, depending on your Sky subscription
• Bookmark up to 50 shows with ‘My Watchlist’
• Over 80 seasons of Box Set shows, depending on your Sky subscription
• Featured recommendations from Sky
• A handy seven-day programme guide
• Use Remote Record to record movies, episodes or full seasons of a TV series to your My Sky planner at home
• Set programme reminders to a device
• Keep content family-friendly with parental control settings
• The Sky Go App is available free in your device’s App store
• The Sky Go App is supported on select iOS and Android phones and tablets
• Available anywhere in New Zealand with an internet connection
• Customers can register to watch Sky Go on three devices per Sky account, and can watch on one device at a time
• More information is available on the Sky Go website www.skygo.co.nz

* Sometimes we don’t have the digital rights to show all of our content on Sky Go. Access is based on the customers’ Sky subscription.