Sky Player for Media Center launches today (officially)

I noticed that the Sky Player addin for Windows Media Center launched on Tuesday but apparently the official launch is today. On the Windows Media Center team blog they have the official announcement:

Watch TV from Sky Live and On-Demand with Windows 7

A new world of high quality television programming is now open to Windows Media Centre users in the United Kingdom as Sky Player on Windows 7 launches today. That’s more than 500 movies available anytime from SkyMovies and thousands of programmes from 24 channels – all delivered to your PC, on your schedule. There’s plenty of great live sporting action, including Barclay’s Premier League, UEFA Champion’s League football and loads more.

Windows 7 and Sky makes TV on your PC easy

Sky Player brings Windows 7 users a huge range of entertainment, literally thousands of hours of TV and movies on demand, including live sports, drama, documentaries, kids shows, culture and news. Search for shows using keywords, browse programme galleries or scroll through the familiar on screen guide. SkyPlayer in Windows 7 is compatible with any Media Center remote.

See it in action

• Click here for a video demonstration.

Already have Windows 7? You’re ready to go...

• If you already have Windows 7, click here to launch Sky Player now.

Upgrading to Windows 7? Check out this Special Offer!

To celebrate the launch of Sky Player on Windows 7, Sky and Microsoft are offering three months of Sky Player for the price of two with any Windows 7 purchase. Those who already have Windows 7 can subscribe to the offer via the Sky Player sign in page in Windows Media Centre.

Notes

• Sky Media Player is supported on the final release version of Windows 7.  Users running pre-release versions of Windows 7 such as Beta version and Release Candidate 1 version should upgrade to the final release of Windows 7 to access Sky Media Player on Windows 7.
• To watch Sky Player with Windows 7 you need an effective broadband connection of 2Mbit/s or more.

For more details or to sign up, visit www.microsoft.com/uk/skyplayer or http://skyplayer.sky.com/watch/windows-media-center/.