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Microsoft & Sky attempt to relaunch on demand service

By Zeth - October 29, 2009 - 11:18 UTC - Be first to Comment!

Apparently it’s all your fault it broke… Yes you there, at the  back!

So Tuesday’s launch of the new Sky on deman portion of XBox Live kind of blew.  The service appeared for a short few hours and was then pulled unceremoniously by Microsoft.  Well looks like they are about to try yet again and here are a few words from both companies on the subject in a joint statement:-

“Sky Player on Xbox 360 launched on Tuesday 27th October and was met with phenomenal demand, with many tens of thousands of customers attempting to sign up within the first hour of launch.  Unfortunately due to the unprecedented levels of simultaneous demand, we did not have the capacity to satisfy all service requests and therefore temporarily suspended all access to the service.  Today, the rollout will be implemented in phases to ensure that consumers experience both a smooth sign-up process and high-quality experience. We apologise to all customers that have not been able to experience Sky Player on Xbox 360, we assure them that this is being rectified and we thank them for their patience.”

Let us know if you manage to get this going or if you were affected by the first attempt.

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