Streaming: Sky Ticket Now with its own player

Sky has now also redesigned its streaming offer "Sky Ticket" and introduced its own playback software – which only exists for Mac and PC.

After watching television, Sky also renovated its Sky Ticket streaming service in Germany. In addition to redesigning the user interface, there is a profound change: customers who have used the offer in the browser must now install a reading software. The player offers Sky, however, only for Windows and MacOS, Linux users have come out with.

New Features

The reconditioned offer also brings some novelties: Sky Ticket now offers a "look ahead" feature that allows you to watch TV shows and movies on the device at the same time. where it was interrupted. There is also a personal shopping list on which customers can save their favorite content.

With Sky Ticket, entertainment packages can be booked monthly without having to enter into a futures contract. Sports fans also have the option of booking individual days or a week. The program is then available on PC, smartphone or tablet. For young smart TVs LG and Samsung, there is also an application. With Chromecast or a cable connection, you get the signal on other TVs. You can also use Sky Ticket on Playstation and Xbox, as well as on Apple TV and Sky TV.

Android available, iOS later

According to the manufacturer, the new Android application is already available, and the Sky TV box is also up to date.For the iOS app as well as the applications on smart TVs and the game consoles the update should be available in the coming weeks, says Sky. Soon, there will be a Sky Ticket Stick, which you can plug directly into the TV's HDMI port. Sky did not want to reveal more details on request.

The decision to replace the browser platform with a clean reader is not only welcomed by ticket users. In the customer forum and on social networks, many users express criticism of the measure. The company justifies the decision on demand by the protection of rights holders: "The new video player Sky Ticket guarantees the rights holders the highest possible protection of their content," said a spokesman of Heise Online .

(VBR)