Sky’s Now TV Available via PlayStation 4

LONDON: The Sky streaming service Now TV has become available on the PlayStation 4 console, delivering shows such as Got to Dance and Silicon Valley, along with a host of movies and sports content.

The service offers instant access to the latest films from Sky Movies, action from all six Sky Sports channels and TV shows from ten pay-TV channels, including Sky 1, Sky Atlantic and Sky Living. Offerings include Geordie Shore, 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy and Nikita. Previous seasons of Ray Donovan and Scandal are also available. There are more than 800 movies available as well, including Captain Philips, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, Gravity and Thor: The Dark World. Sports fans can access the latest action from the Barclays Premier League, UEFA Super Cup, PGA Championship, U.S. Open and more. 

Now TV has been available on the PlayStation 3 console since May 2013. It is also offered through the Now TV Box, PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, Android smartphones and tablets, Xbox 360, YouView, LG Smart TVs, selected LG media devices, Roku boxes and Apple TV (Sky Sports Day Pass only).

Gidon Katz, the director of Now TV, said: “We’re excited to be able to unveil yet another fantastic way to watch NOW TV—offering the huge number of PS4 customers in the U.K. a contract-free and flexible way of watching great pay-TV content on their television.”

Fergal Gara, the VP and managing director for Sony Computer Entertainment UK, said: “PlayStation 4 has been a great success since we launched just over seven months ago, proving that the world’s most powerful console is also the best place to play. With the addition of the brilliant Now TV to the PlayStation entertainment proposition, PS4 keeps getting better.”