Sky+ Video On Demand
  Sky+ and Sky HD subscribers will soon have the use of video-on-demand programming. Sky intend to have this feature fully up and running later this year.
Viewers with Sky Plus and Sky HD receivers should find this a huge benefit, as this will mean a choice of certain programmes available instantly and without any requirement to wait for the next programme viewing time that we’re currently used to with Box Office. It is unknown which programmes will be available on the new video-on-demand feature, but a safe guess would be some of the Sky Movies and Box Office channels.
Sky are yet to announce whether this will be a chargeable feature or use it as an extra added incentive to take up the Sky+ or Sky High Definition services.
Subscribers will still be able to record the same amount of programmes and carry on using the live pause function in the usual way, and the present useable allowance of disc space will remain unchanged. The Sky+ and Sky HD box has a pre-determined amount of hard disc space specifically set aside for future innovations like video-on-demand. Updates and programme downloads won’t disrupt standard viewing, or use the telephone connection, but will simply be over the air in a similar manner to usual software upgrades.
Another new feature that subscriber’s can look foward to is an adaptation of the remote record SMS facility, which should soon be accessable through any internet connection.