Microsoft and Sky have created a deal which will allow for Xbox 360 owners to get Sky Player on their 360. This will allow them to get shows and broadcasts from Sky strait to their TV's. More info at source. Right now this seems to be UK based, but there are plans to do something similar in the US.

When is Sky Player for Xbox 360 arriving and how much will it cost?

In the autumn – expect a big marketing push from both companies and to see plenty of Ant or Dec's girlfriend Georgie Thompson. On pricing, neither company is prepared to talk – the Sky Player service sees people with multi-room get access to the channels they subscribe to; people with one box have to pay a multi-room rate to add a single Sky Player account for live channels, and people without Sky will have to pay the equivalent of what they would to have a traditional Sky service.

How fast will my broadband connection have to be to be able to watch Sky player?

Xbox Live Product Unit Manager Jerry Johnson: "Right now the minimum requirements are minimum 1Mb connection with a suggestion of 2Mb to get an optimal experience of that. When we see the continued penetration of higher and higher connection then that may change.

"We are continuing to work with Sky to enhance that experience using the various technologies that are available."

Will the service be coming to countries other than the UK or Ireland?

Jerry Johnson: Microsoft are making a lot of announcements at E3 and other markets are very impressed with what we have done here in the UK as a world first." In other words – you can all but guarantee a US (non-Sky) version.

Slumpy monkey via techradar.com »