[SatNews] Building on the success of its mobile TV service on iPhone, Sky today announced a Sky Mobile TV app for iPad is now available at the App Store. Sky Mobile TV is the UK’s most popular mobile TV service and offers a high-quality live TV viewing experience on the move, offering access to all Sky Sports channels and Sky News.
The new bespoke app has been created to take advantage of the increased screen size offered by the new device. Sky Mobile TV offers sports fans access to the Barclays Premier League, Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier League and Coca Cola Football League games as well as live coverage of international and domestic cricket, PGA golf from Europe and the US, Guinness Premiership Rugby, ATP tennis and a range of other sports. Sky News, the Royal Television Society‘s (RTS) News channel of the year, is also available through the package. Sky Mobile TV app for iPad is easy to use and allows users to browse the Sky Mobile TV electronic program guide at no charge to see what’s on over the next 24 hours. Subscription to Sky Mobile TV for iPad is currently £6 a month for existing Sky TV and Sky Player TV customers who take Sky Sports and £35 a month for all other customers (both Sky and non-Sky TV).
To celebrate launch of Sky Mobile TV on iPad, existing Sky TV and Sky Player TV customers who subscribe to the Sky Sports Pack will get three month’s free access and then pay £6 a month thereafter. And all other customers who do not take the Sky Sports Pack (both Sky TV and non Sky TV customers) will be able to sample the whole service completely free for one month. Sky Mobile TV app for iPad further expands the range of iPhone and iPod touch apps available from Sky which include Sky Mobile TV, Sky+ Remote Record, the RTS award-winning Sky News app, Sky Sports Football Score Centre and Sky Sports Cricket Score Centre. There have been more than 5 million downloads of Sky apps in under a year. The Sky Mobile TV for iPad is available now from https://www.itunes.com/appstore/.
