According to the FT today, Sky has plans to launch their own Smart TVs:
Sky is preparing to launch its own smart televisions in one of the company’s boldest moves yet to win viewers in an intensifying battle with streaming services.
The UK-based broadcaster, which has 23 million customers in six European countries, could announce the deepening push into hardware as early as October, said people with knowledge of the plans.
Introducing smart TVs would be among the most significant strategic moves Sky has made since it was purchased for £30bn by US media group Comcast three years ago.
Comcast’s chief executive Brian Roberts was said to have been so impressed with Sky’s technology on a visit to the UK — when he heard favourable comments about it from a London taxi driver — that it encouraged him to bid for the company.
Sky said in a statement: “We constantly look at new technologies to bring our customers more of the content that they love. We don’t comment on product rumours.”
https://www.ft.com/content/eec0e585-dd2 ... 2afccb7269They did launch their own branded “soundbox” a few years ago (made by Devialet) which had good audio quality, albeit very bulky/chunky compared to other brands. Dunno how it sold. If I recall it was around £400, or much less for certain tiers of VIP customers.
Wouldn’t buy it myself. Presumably the OS would be SkyQ, running on a budget or mid range TV like TCL or Toshiba.