BSkyB has announced a deal with IP Vision to allow consumers to access Sky channels, including movies and sports, without a satellite dish – using the company's Fetch TV set-top box and the Sky Player service.
Set to launch early next year, the service will allow customers to receive 'some of Sky's most popular channels, including Sky Movies and Sky Sports' via a broadband connection.
There will be live content and on-demand Sky programming on the box, alongside the Freeview+ services already available on Fetch TV.
IP Vision's Fetch TV box is broadband-enabled and also gives customers access to BBC's iPlayer and Fetch TV's own video-on-demand service, complete with pay-per-view and subscription content.
Griff Parry, director of On Demand, BSkyB, says: "Offering Sky Player through the Fetch TV box gives UK consumers yet another way to experience Sky content, complementing the services already available on satellite, PC, games consoles and mobile."
The Sky Player service on Fetch TV is set to go live in early 2010.
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