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| Sky's top shows to go terrestrial | Sky's top shows to go terrestrial |
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| Sky is to make some of its most popular programmes, movies and sports available on digital terrestrial television. | Sky is to make some of its most popular programmes, movies and sports available on digital terrestrial television. |
| The four channels on the new service will offer a range of shows for a monthly subscription from this summer. | The four channels on the new service will offer a range of shows for a monthly subscription from this summer. |
| Viewers will receive them through a normal TV aerial, with a new set-top box, rather than satellite or cable. | |
| Sky Three, Sky News and Sky Sports News will disappear from digital terrestrial to make way. Media regulator Ofcom must approve the plans before they go ahead. | Sky Three, Sky News and Sky Sports News will disappear from digital terrestrial to make way. Media regulator Ofcom must approve the plans before they go ahead. |
| Content including live Premiership football and other big sporting events will be available on the new service, along with movies, news and entertainment. | |
| 'More choice' | |
| More information about which channels will be made available, pricing and the programmes on offer, will be available nearer the launch. | |
| "We look forward to bringing some of Sky's most popular content to digital terrestrial viewers," Sky's chief operating officer Mike Darcey said. | |
| "This will give families more choice and increase the availability of leading content and channel brands," he added. | |
| It is not the first time Sky has ventured into the digital terrestrial market - some content, including live Premiership games, was on digital terrestrial television (DTT) between 1998 and 2002. |