Sky Launches “Sky Glass” Streaming TV
Sky has announced a new product today with “Sky Glass”, an integrated WiFi TV with all the hardware, software and content bundled together in one unit.
The new unit will allow you to get Sky TV over WiFi for the first time in the UK, with no satellite dish and no separate box. They are also selling it more like a mobile phone deal, so you can pay in one go or spread the cost with interest-free monthly payments. It is available from a starting point of £39 per month for a 43” Sky Glass TV with the Sky Ultimate TV package, and for the first time HD is included as standard. For £4 more a month you can increase the size of your TV to a 55”, or £8 more for a 65”. For those that enjoy watching Sky in multiple rooms in your house, the Whole Home pack puts Sky Glass inside any TV using the Sky Stream Puck for £10 a month.
Sky Glass TV Design & Tech
Sky partnered with Map Project Office, one of the world’s leading design agencies, to create the design. Sky Glass comes in a choice of three sizes (Small 43”, Medium 55” and Large 65”) and five rich colours. Choose from Ocean blue, Ceramic white, Racing green, Dusky pink, or Anthracite black, with matching remotes and customisable speaker fascias for extra personalisation. It has a mounting bracket cleverly integrated into the TV, or a sleek colour matched stand. With a single wire and just one plug, Sky Glass makes clutter a thing of the past, while the woven acoustic mesh used to optimise sound performance and millimetre-perfect perforations help Sky Glass sound as good as it looks.
With over a billion colours, a 4K Ultra HD Quantum Dot?screen delivers crystal-clear picture, while the 10-bit HDR screen supports HLG, HDR10 and Dolby Vision to produce vibrant, more intense colour. Whether you’re cheering on your team in the Premier League or getting stuck into the latest blockbuster, Sky Glass knows what you’re watching and optimises sound and picture for you, while Intelligent Zonal Technology works to bring you darker darks and brights that look brighter.
Transform your living room into a cinema, concert, or stadium with six powerful, integrated speakers in optimal positions to deliver edge to edge Dolby Atmos sound and a sub-woofer designed in for a rich, deep bass – all without buying a separate soundbar.
With far field voice and Glance Motion Technology, just say “Hello Sky” or walk past to bring the streaming TV to life. A new home page makes it easier to find, watch and play the TV you love. It brings all your favourite content from across Sky, BBC iPlayer, Netflix, Disney+, ITV Hub, All4, Spotify, Peloton, PlayWorks and more. Use your voice to find what you want in a flash and to turn on the TV, control the volume or switch to connected devices.
At the press of a single button, you can now create a personal playlist of your favourite shows, movies and more across apps and channels, live and on-demand. The new plus button on the remote adds to your Playlist for you to stream any time you want – all in one place. You never need to miss a show again with live Restart, you can jump straight back into anything that’s on now and available to watch from the start.
Sky Glass is the world’s first TV?to be certified as a CarbonNeutral product. Sustainably designed, it has low power features built-in such as auto-switch-off and auto-adjusting screen brightness helping it to be more energy-efficient. It is the only TV to come in recyclable packaging, free from single-use plastic and by using a TV with everything built-in, you reduce electricity consumption by up to 50%.
“Sky Glass is the streaming TV with Sky inside, providing the total integration of hardware, software and content,” commented Dana Strong, Group Chief Executive, Sky. “Built on over 30 years of understanding what our customers want, this is a TV that only Sky could make. We believe this is the smartest TV available, and that customers will love it.”
The new Sky Glass TV is available to buy in the UK from 18 October 2021 and will launch in Sky’s other European markets from 2022.
