With cinemas closed and social distancing in force with most people stuck in their homes, Sky has announced that from April 6 it will begin making a range of movies available on its service through Sky Store, on the same day as the global premieres would have taken place.
The first of these premieres at home will be DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls World Tour on 6 April.
Before then, on Friday March 27, Sky is launching recently released cinema movies such as Emma, The Invisible Man and The Hunt on Sky Store.
New movies usually cost between £12-14 to Buy & Keep on Sky Store. For example, Frozen II costs £13.99 as an HD digital download. Customers can also pay £2 more to receive the movie on DVD when it is released, plus the digital download, in that format or £4 more for Blu-ray disc.
Sky Store does not require a subscription to Sky, although Sky subscribers can easily access the store via their Sky Q or other Sky box.
You can buy or rent movies and buy TV shows online at skystore.com, on your PC/Mac, NOW TV box, Roku box, LG Smart TV or on an Android mobile or tablet. If you have an iOS device, your movies and TV shows are automatically available in the Sky Store app to watch wherever you are – even if you’re offline.
You do need to sign up for a free Sky ID, and set up a payment wallet using a MasterCard or Visa debit/credit card.
Sky Go goes free, plus new channels
The broadcaster is also making Sky Go Extra available to all its customers for free, allowing homes access to Sky TV on three screens at the same time.
Sky is launching three new educational channels in the spring – Sky History, Sky Nature and Sky Documentaries.
YouTube Kids and Disney+ will also be available on Sky Q “in the coming weeks”.
Existing customers of Sky Sports can pause their sports subscription and not be charged a fee to do so or be held to any notice period – read how to pause Sky Sports.