Sky launch #WatchonSky, watch and record TV shows from Twitter

Sky have an interesting new service for Sky customers on Twitter. They have embedded watch and record buttons in their tweets so if you see a #watchonsky tweet you can expand it and click Record to set up a recording on your Sky+ box or click Watch to use Sky Go and watch the TV show. It’s an interesting way of making Twitter interact with your Sky+ or Sky Go account. To get started you need your Sky+ box linked to your Sky iD and Sky Go apps set up on your mobile device.

Details from Sky:

Sky has started to trial #WatchOnSky, a brand new tool on Twitter that lets Sky customers watch or record TV shows, sporting events and movies by simply clicking icons contained within a Tweet.

Twitter users who see #WatchOnSky on Tweets from Sky can expand the Tweet and tap on an icon that directly links to Sky’s mobile TV service Sky Go to start watching the show. Alternatively they can tap the Sky+ ‘R’ to remotely set their Sky+HD box to record. The launch of #WatchOnSky marks the first time that a British broadcaster has created a service which lets users access live TV and set recordings via their Twitter timeline.

The new service builds on the popular Sky Go and Sky+ apps that give Sky TV customers more control of their TV viewing. The Sky+ app lets customers flick through hundreds of channels and record upcoming shows, as well as browse through thousands of hours of on demand TV and movies to download to their Sky+HD box. Sky Go lets customers watch up to 54 channels on their mobile devices – the widest selection of channels available on the move from any provider in the UK.