Go!View now live for UK and Ireland PSPs

Posted Jul 14, 2008 at 10:00PM by Mabie A. Listed in: News Tags: BBC, Europe, SCEE, Sony, Sony Pictures, UK
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Go!View has gone live in the UK and Republic of Ireland! For all you folks out there, you can now enjoy the video-on-demand service, thanks to Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) and Sky.

Now available for your enjoyment are TV, movies and sport content, to add to that all-around entertainment through your PlayStation Portable. Registering for the service will give you not only the access to all show favorite TV shows, movies or sports coverage, but will also get you a full month's subscription absolutely free.

Speaking of monthly subscriptions, you'll also get to have Comedy, Sport and Entertainment Packs, while selected movies and TV series can be transferred via the rental service on Go!View. Here's a price list for your reference:

  • 1 Subscription Pack - £5 (€7)
  • 2 Subscription Packs - £8 (€11)
  • 3 Subscription Packs - £10 (€14)
    • users can trial all three packs free for one month
  • Rental TV - from £1.50 (€2.00) per episode
  • Movies - £2.50 (€3.20) each
As for the goods you'll be getting, you can be sure they're topnotch as the distributors and broadcasters in on this gig are the following:
  • Disney-ABC-ESPN Television
  • BBC Worldwide
  • Sony Pictures Television International
  • NBC Universal International Television Distribution
  • National Geographic and Sky Sports
U.S. TV series like Lost and Desperate Housewives are also set to hit the service, as well as UK shows Doctor Who and Top Gear. For sports buffs out there, there's the FA Premier League Football action for you and many more.

Keep it posted here for more news and updates. In the meantime do enjoy your Go!View service!

 
 
 

Comments [refresh]

by kasmo7 - 2008-07-14 19:02
» omg

this is sweet thanks for the info!!

by sonofken - 2008-07-14 20:39
» sweet pile of ***** more like!!

there is nothing that you cant download and convert on this *****, as far as i can tell this is a complete rip off!!! have you seen how expensive it works out a month if you subscribe to lots of different packs????

by mr.x256 - 2008-07-14 20:47
» Cool

This looks like it will be good, hopefully there is some free content too. I'm wondering if this is anything like the Video Download Service for PS3, interface/ intergration.

Will this come to all regions ?(North America, Europe, and Asia)

by RJ - 2008-07-14 21:14
» -

Yea. No I'll skip this. Why would I want to pay for BBC shows when all good devices can run the iPlayer? But then why would I want to pay for anything that isn't the BBC?



I'll skip this, thanks. And it's much too expensive compared to having a proper Sky subscription.

by joseph10444 - 2008-07-14 23:51
» us please?

us please?

by ultimax - 2008-07-15 04:43
» Not sure but...

Proxy, anyone?

by zeecron - 2008-07-15 09:52
» Anybody say TV Tuner!

In my opinion this is lame since you have to be in a wifi spot to watch tv. Basicly it seems to me if im in an area where wifi is at im more then likely in a area where a regular tv is at. I will not buy this or pay some crappy monthly fee on garbage like this. If sony wants to port the TV Tuner to the US i would be more then happy to go pay 50 bucks or so for a TV tuner which would be very handy in a emergency where no power is around and also it would be awsome if they could add fm support for a psp TV Tuner!

by zeecron - 2008-07-15 10:02
» $$$$$$$$$$$$$$

There are so many addons sony could be making money off of in the US if they would get there heads out of there asses. I dont know why they waste time on things like this and i also dont understand why they make a psp update for something so stupid as a 1 new psp audio visualizer. In japan and UK it seems they are pushing this little handheld device to the max with TV Tuner, GPS and the Camera and instant messangers. For some reason in the US they expect us to buy a psp when theres really not much to expect from it. Most games for the psp really suck and gaming companys dont take much time to release games for psp and they dont take it very seriously. The main thing i have to say to sony is the only reason period that i bought a psp and im dead serious is cause of CFW and all the potential it has with 3rd party software. With what sony has to offer on a standard packaged psp in the US i would never have spent the 200 bucks for the slim. I hope they dont outsmart dax with future fm cause if they do i will never buy another psp and ill sell mine for dirt cheap cause its basicly pointless without cft!!!!!!!!!!

by mr.x256 - 2008-07-15 13:13
» -

It wasn't that far back that Sony said a TV Tuner for the US is posible and that they have plans to do so, I'm pretty sure there is a QJ article all about this(less than 3 months ago). Also the 4.00 fw has references to tv tuner called something like 1segUS-JP.prx and 1segJP-JP.prx so it look likely to happen! So this will or should also work in other countries too!

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