Sky is expanding the hugely popular Online Video section of its next generation home entertainment system, Sky Q.

Great new content from Tastemade, Comedy Central, VICE, Copa90, GINX eSports TV and Machinima will join a line-up which already includes the likes of Funny or Die, Red Bull, GoPro and Jamie Oliver's Food Tube, as well as James Corden's online sensation Carpool Karaoke.

Sky Q is a great new way to experience TV, with brilliant new features like the ability to record multiple shows at once, pause in one room and carry on in another and take your recordings with you. And it's set to get even better with even more features and the UK's most comprehensive Ultra HD service.

The short-form Online Video section is curated by Sky, and integrated into the intuitive Sky Q interface. Grouped by theme, it makes it quick and effortless for customers to find the best entertainment from the web. Categories currently available include:

Food and Drink - Delicious new content from Tastemade joins an already stellar line up, including Jamie Oliver's Food Tube and Kin Community, in providing the tastiest food and drink

Quick Laughs - Comedy Central will join the likes of Funny or Die and Honest Trailers in providing some of the sharpest comedy on the web

Entertainment - GINX eSports TV and Machinima will bring eSports and gaming onto the service for the first time, sitting alongside more general entertainment content from the likes of Screen Junkies, Vanity Fair and more

Sports - Ready for the new football season Copa90 adds its unique take on football culture to Online Video, to sit alongside Whistle Sports,VICE, RedBull and GoPro.

Style - Brush up in the style stakes with videos from Conde Nast, including Vogue, Vanity Fair and GQ

Other playlisted genres include Feel Good, Fitness, and the adrenaline fuelled Awesome.

Julia Barry, Sky's Director of On Demand and Online Video, commented: 'We know that more and more people, of all ages, are watching more online video. Since we introduced our Online Video service on Sky Q, it has been incredibly popular, and it's set to get even better. Now, whether customers are after quick laughs from Comedy Central, their football fix from Copa90, or the latest in gaming from Machinima, they can access it all from the world's best home entertainment system, Sky Q.'

In addition to the great new content coming soon, Sky Q customers can also now enjoy all the best clips from the The Late Late Show with James Corden, including the smash hit Carpool Karaoke, featuring superstars like Adele, Justin Bieber and Michelle Obama and watched by hundreds of millions of people around the world.

Online video from VICE has also recently joined the service, meaning Sky Q customers can watch content from VICE's globally popular digital channels including VICE.COM, VICE News, Motherboard and Munchies.

For more information

Euan Fordyce

euan.fordyce@sky.uk

Amy Holland

amy.holland@sky.uk

About Sky

Sky is Europe's leading entertainment company, serving 21 million customers across five countries: UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria and Italy. We offer the best and broadest range of content, deliver market-leading customer service and use innovative new technology to give customers a better TV experience, whenever and wherever they choose.

Sky has annual revenues of over £11 billion and is Europe's leading investor in television content with a combined programming budget of £4.9 billion. The group employs 30,000 people and is listed on the London Stock Exchange (SKY).

About Comedy Central

Comedy Central is a leading Pay TV General Entertainment channel and is part of Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN). A joint venture between VIMN (75%) and BSkyB (25%), Comedy Central airs on Sky, Virgin Media, TalkTalk, BT Vision, YouView, VUTV on Freeview and on UPC in the Republic of Ireland, as well as being a leading creator of programming and content across all media platforms.

Since launching in the UK in April 2009, Comedy Central's ratings have gone up 42% and share has grown by a phenomenal 69%. The channel broadcasts a mix of hit US acquisitions and original UK productions targeting a 16-34 year-old audience. Popular shows include Impractical Jokers, The Middle, South Park and Friends.

In 2015 Comedy Central aired its first two international commissions, Brotherhood and I Live With Models, and two new local commissions, Drunk History and Russell Howard's Stand Up Central, also debuted on the channel in the UK. In addition to the main Comedy Central channel are Comedy Central +1, Comedy Central Extra and Comedy Central Extra +1 providing audiences with more viewing opportunities and more fantastic content.

About Machinima

Machinima is the most notorious purveyor and cultivator of fandom and gamer culture. The FIRST! Many2Many programing service (M2M), we create, curate and celebrate the best fandom and gamer content across multiple video platforms. As one of the largest online video platforms in the world, Machinima programs to a community passionate about video games, animation, movies, TV, and the other endless forms of pop culture. With a focus on scripted, topical and gaming programing, and a talent network of thousands of programmers, Machinima reaches over 150M viewers each month.

About Tastemade

Tastemade is a digital media company focused on food, travel and lifestyle programming for the connected generation. We bring this to life on every screen from smartphones to connected

TV's for a global community of 100 million monthly active viewers.

About Ginx

Ginx TV Ltd. produces international video gaming TV channels which reach 37 million households around the world. The company also produces video gaming TV series for third party broadcasters.

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