https://www.oxymoronical.com/blog/tag/tv/ Recent content in tv on Oxymoronical Hugo en-us Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:28:35 +0000 https://www.oxymoronical.com/blog/2008/10/sky-anytime-programmes-you-cant-watch-whenever-you-dont-want-to-watch-them/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:28:35 +0000 https://www.oxymoronical.com/blog/2008/10/sky-anytime-programmes-you-cant-watch-whenever-you-dont-want-to-watch-them/ <p>At my old house I used to have cable TV. Provided first by NTL who then got bought out by Virgin Media. In many ways they weren’t so good, however where Virgin excelled was in providing an excellent on-demand service. With the right TV package you could get instant access to the last 7 days highlights (or for some definition of) and entire series of popular programmes.</p> <p>Sky can’t quite match the kind of choice Virgin can give, they just don’t have the ability to stream data on demand to an individual home. Instead they have come up with a kind of a halfway house solution. So long as you have their PVR (Sky+) you can switch on the Anytime service. You sacrifice a bunch of space on the PVR but overnight it downloads and stores programming, leaving you with a choice of maybe 10 programmes or movies to watch whenever you like.</p>