Sky Television has delayed the launch of its Neon subscription video on demand service because of "technical glitches". The internet TV service had been tipped to start in early or mid-December, although Sky hadn't announced a date.
Chief executive John Fellet said yesterday that the full launch had to be set back and he hoped it would be in late January, although no date has been set.
"These sort of technical issues always turn up at launch time - it happened with the early days of MySky. You cannot launch till all the glitches have been cleared," Fellet said.
Neon will run alongside the standard Sky services but will be aimed at non-Sky subscribers. Content will be available on PC, Mac selected iPhones and iPads, and will also be able to be streamed to televisions via Apple TV airplay or laptops.
The television show offerings will include early seasons of Game of Thrones, Girls, Fargo and True Blood as well as the New Zealand debuts of the American remake of Scandinavian crime thriller The Bridge and US war of independence spy drama Turn.
