Your Sky Q box gets an upgrade that offers an easier way to watch TV free

23 April 2023 , 07:05

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Sky has just pushed out an update to its popular Sky Q devices that's aimed at boosting the free content available to customers.

Those with one of these set-top boxes under their tellies will now find the addition of a new STV Player app on the homepage. It now joins other services such Netflix, Apple TV+ and DIsney+ which are also all available at the touch of a button on the Q remote. The only difference is that STV Player - which offers hours of shows such as Escape Artist and Blood, Taggart and Brookside - is totally free to watch.

The app also includes exclusive content like Redemption and Six Four, which are available months ahead of their broadcast on linear television.

Although STV Player content already features throughout Sky Q’s user interface in all four nations of the UK - and has since January 2021 - today marks the first time the streamer’s dedicated app has been available too.

Everything that's featured on the app is free to watch plus users can launch things easily by simply saying “STV Player” into the Sky Q voice remote.

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Speaking about the update Richard Williams, Managing Director of Digital at STV, said: “In terms of viewer experience, the launch of the STV Player app on Sky Q is a real game-changer.

“Having our app available at Sky Q customers’ fingertips will give them more choice when browsing for STV content – a welcome asset in our ‘peak content’ era – and it’s also fantastic that Sky Q customers have easy access to all the same benefits on offer to other users of our app, such as STV Player VIP. It’s been great working closely with Sky to add STV Player to the platform prominently and secure this important next step in our long-term partnership.”

Along with that standard app launching on Sky Q, viewers can also access STV Player+.

This is £3.99 per month platform, offers ad-free content so things won't get spoiled by annoying sponsored messages.

If you want to give STV Player a go, you'll find it in the Apps section of Sky Q. Once launched you'll need to set up an account to watch the content.

Dave Snelling