Watch Live TV on Sky Player
Watch top TV channels live on your PC, Mac or Xbox 360 – with more channels coming soon. There's a choice of three picture quality levels to suit your broadband connection, so now you can watch TV from Sky wherever you are – at home, at work or even in a wi-fi hotspot.
What channels can I watch?
G.O.L.D.
The home of great comedy with classics guaranteed to get you laughing. With wall-to-wall classic comedy, G.O.L.D. features some of the country's best loved and enduring comic performers and series every single day. Go on laugh daily.
Sky Real Lives
Sky Real Lives channel 243 is a channel dedicated to you! The channel shows more real life programmes than any other TV channel, covering stories about triumph over adversity, living with a medical condition, addiction, weight issues, sex and relationships, baby and plastic surgery stories.
Sky Movies Screen 1
Sky Movies Screen 1 offers you a selection of the best films from Sky Movies Family, Comedy, Classics and Modern Greats.
Sky Movies Screen 2
Sky Movies Screen 2 offers you a selection of the best films from Sky Movies Drama, Indie, Action & Thriller and Sci Fi & Horror.
MTV ONE
MTV ONE gives thrill-seekers a VIP pass to hot live performances and ground-breaking TV programmes.
Sky Sports 1/2/3/Extra
Sky Sports brings you over 100 sporting events across 4 dedicated channels, with exclusive live coverage, including the Barclays Premier League and every England international cricket series.
Sky Sports News
Sky Sports News keeps you up-to-date with the latest sporting information 24 hours a day. Every Saturday of the football season, join Jeff Stelling and the team on Gillette Soccer Saturday for all the scores and scorers as they happen.
British EuroSport
Eurosport is the largest sports satellite network in Europe. As well as offering a variety of sports it has also won plaudits for its critically-acclaimed coverage of international events.
British EuroSport 2
British Eurosport 2 features live sports events, programming and news updates, and is considered the ‘new generation sports channel’, dedicated to team sports, alternative sports and entertainment including Basketball, Surfing, Handball Champions League and Australian Rules Football.
ESPN Classic
ESPN Classic is the unique 24/7 sports channel featuring the greatest games, stories, heroes and memories in the history of sport, with a mix of all-time classic highlights, matches, interviews, profiles and documentaries.
ESPN
The ESPN Channel will comprise of live FA Premier League matches and will also include live and "as live" matches from other national and international sports associations and major leagues, with surrounding studio shows with news, analysis and punditry.
Sky News
As the UK's first dedicated 24-hour news channel, Sky News has built a deserved reputation for being the first to break major stories. From the hard-hitting journalism of Adam Boulton to the lighter stories of 7Days, there's a broad range of programming for everyone.
National Geographic Channel
National Geographic Channel is a world leader in factual television, spanning a wide range of subjects including science, technology, real-life investigation, history and wildlife.
Nat Geo Wild
Nat Geo Wild provides a unique insight into the natural world, the environment and the amazing creatures that inhabit it.
Eden
A fascinating look at the past, present and future of our own planet, with authoritative guides and breathtaking animal and physical wonders – Eden promises a daily shot of jaw-dropping astonishment. One amazing world. One amazing channel.
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is the home of action-packed cartoons, animated adventures and laugh-out-loud toon comedy!
Boomerang
Boomerang is packed full of fabulous cartoon favourites and friendly new shows, it's the channel the whole family will come back to again and again.
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon is a high-octane mix of imaginative comedy and drama for kids, with shows they love.
Disney Channel
Disney Channel offers you the very best in kids entertainment with great live action shows, animated series and original movies made especially for kids.
Nick Jr
Nick Jr is where preschoolers are encouraged to ‘play-to-learn’. Social and thinking skills are nurtured.
Sky Arts 1
Sky Arts 1 is the UK's leading contemporary arts channel.
History
History takes viewers on a journey through the ages, connecting our modern world with its historic roots in a way that is absorbing, exciting, and often surprising.
Crime and Investigation
The only channel devoted to true crime; exploring the worlds of forensic investigation, criminal psychology and infamous criminals.
Who can watch?
Sky TV customers
If you subscribe to Sky Multiroom or Sky Broadband Unlimited, you can watch live TV on Sky Player at no additional charge. All other Sky TV customers can subscribe to watch live TV on Sky Player for only £5.00/€7.50 a month, with no need for additional Sky boxes or installation.
Non Sky TV customers
Now everyone can watch live TV on Sky Player without a dish. Our monthly subscription packs even include a selection of catch-up programmes to watch on demand for free. Minimum contract is just one month.
What you need to know
You can watch Sky Player live TV in your web browser on up to 4 computers. All you need is a recent PC or Intel-based Mac, with broadband from any provider. You'll need to install the Microsoft Silverlight 3.0 browser plug-in if you haven't got it already.
You can only watch Sky Movies Screen 1 and Screen 2 on your main registered computer or Xbox 360.
Not all programmes are available – parts of the schedule will be ‘blacked out’ until the rights are cleared and they are available to show online. Details of exactly which programmes are currently blacked out can be found in our Live TV FAQs
You can choose from three viewing quality levels – low, medium and high. The high setting gives a great viewing experience; you'll hardly notice the difference to the quality on your television.
Picture and sound quality will depend on your broadband connection speed, your computer hardware, and whatever else you are using your computer for at the time.
Only one computer or Xbox 360 per household can be used to view live TV channels on Sky Player at any one time. Viewers must be entitled subscribers or members of their household – abuse could result in the suspension of viewing rights.
You must be aged 18 or over to subscribe to the service, and a resident of the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man or Republic of Ireland.