Sky TV customers – watch live TV from Sky online
All Sky TV customers can watch Sky News live on Sky Player. Sky TV customers with Sky Multiroom or Sky Broadband Unlimited can watch up to 26 channels, including Sky Sports, live online. The live channels available for you to watch for free on Sky Player correspond to the channels that are part of your Sky TV subscription.
To get started, just take a few moments to create your Sky iD. It's free to register.
What you need to watch Live TV
If you're not already subscribed to Sky Multiroom or Sky Broadband Unlimited, you can now subscribe to Sky Player Multiroom and watch channels live online for only £5.00/ €7.50 per month. You can subscribe for as little as one month, and there's no need for additional set top boxes or installation fees.
For example, if you have Sky Sports Pack and Multiroom, you can begin watching Sky Sports 1 online now. If you have Knowledge Pack and Broadband Unlimited, National Geographic Channel is available to watch live online now.
What can I watch?
The live TV channels available to you on Sky Player correspond with the channels that are currently part of your Sky TV subscription. We'll be adding more channels as soon as we can.
WITH SPORTS PACK
WITH MOVIES PACK
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WITH VARIETY PACK
WITH CHILDREN'S PACK
WITH KNOWLEDGE PACK
WITH NEWS & EVENTS PACK
WITH STYLE & CULTURE PACK
WITH MUSIC PACK
With any Sky TV Pack
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WITH RELEVANT PREMIUM CHANNEL
* You do not require Multiroom or Broadband Unlimited to watch this channel
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.