[access-uk] Re: Sky launches app that lets your iPad control your TV

  • From: "Alistair" <alistair.kelly@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 21:17:18 +0100

    Hi tony, question is, will it be accessible through voiceover?if yes, then 
I’m right in there! Would be great!

Alistair 

From: tony scanlon 
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 4:44 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Subject: [access-uk] Sky launches app that lets your iPad control your TV

This may be of use to some on the list.
The entire item is at.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2188752/The-end-remote-control-Sky-launch-app-lets-iPad-control-TV.html

    Broadcaster lets users control their Sky+ box through an iPad
    Users can change channels without having to find the remote
    Will let users use Twitter and Facebook to share what they are watching
It turns an iPad into a giant Sky remote, letting users change channels, record 
programmes and even rewind shows.
HOW IT WORKS

The Sky+ box is connected to a home network via either a cable or wireless 
connection.

This allows the iPad, which must be connected to the same network, to 'see' the 
TV box and control it.

Alongside this, the update will also allow Sky customers to see what’s stored 
on their Sky+ planner and make changes without interrupting their TV viewing.

'A new design meanwhile makes it even easier for Sky customers to use the app 
to set recordings of their favourite shows over the following seven days, 
scrolling through the whole week in the TV Guide and selecting which shows they 
want to record, 
which they can do either by episode or entire series,' Sky said.

To access the full range of functionality through the revamped app, Sky TV 
customers need to have the new look Sky TV Guide on their
Sky+HD box, and to make sure their Sky+HD box is connected to the same
broadband network as their iPad.

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