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Sky Go allows customers of the UK satellite broadcaster to stream a range of live and on-demand video content via their computers, phones, tablets and Xbox 360s, as part of their Sky TV subscriptions. The service is offered at no extra cost to subscribers, who can register two devices to access content at home or on the move.

Sky Go Extra Package Xbox One

Your Sky account must have Sky Go Extra. This is included with the Sky Mobile, Sky Multiscreen, Sky Q experience, and Ultimate on Demand packages. Alternatively, it can be added to your account for.

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But users who have enjoyed the service on their Xbox 360s will soon find their access blocked, unless they are subscribed to the company's premium Sky Go Extra package, which will also let them register up to four devices and download content for offline viewing.

Customers who already subscribe to Sky Go Extra will not be affected by the changes, but other customers will have to pay an additional £5 per month for the Extra bundle to be able to be use Sky Go on the Xbox 360 from July 29. As one tech blogger noted today on Twitter, this may be a bitter pill to swallow for Xbox 360 users, given that Microsoft recently dropped its own Xbox Live Gold subscription requirements for using apps like Sky Go on its console.

To celebrate Microsoft removing the £30 per year fee to watch Sky Go on Xbox, Sky will now charge you £5 per MONTH for the pleasure.

— Anthony (@FreshPlastic) June 23, 2014

The move will also affect owners of the PlayStation 3 and 4, as Sky promised in May that it would launch Sky Go on those consoles later this summer. As with the Xbox 360, Sky subscribers wishing to access Sky Go content on the PS3 and PS4, once the company launches its apps for those devices, will also need to be signed up to the Extra package.

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Sky is changing streaming app Sky Go on console - and making it more expensive in the process.

In order to use the Sky Go app, currently available on Xbox 360 and due out on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 later this year, you'll need a Sky Go Extra subscription. This costs £5 a month.

Sky Go Extra Desktop

The change kicks in on 29th July, from when new customers will need a Sky Go Extra subscription. Sky told Eurogamer that in time existing customers will require Sky Go Extra to watch on their Xbox 360, although it said it will be making various introductory offers, one of which starts at £2.50 a month then goes up to £5, available.

Sky is currently writing to affected customers to update them.

Sky Go Extra gets you access to the streaming service on four devices and gives you the option to watch offline. If you're a Multiscreen (formerly Multiroom) customer this is included as part of your subscription.

A Sky spokesperson told Eurogamer:

'Sky Go and Sky Go Extra mean our customers can watch their favourite Sky content on a broad range of devices, wherever they are. We will be making some changes to the way in which console users access Sky Go, and we will be writing to any customers who this affects over the coming weeks to update them.'

Sky Go users have already expressed their anger at the decision.

CraigUKGamer, who was sent a letter about the switch by Sky, said he was annoyed and disgruntled by the move.

Sky Go Extra App

'I think it is absolutely disgusting that as an Xbox owner I feel I am being penalised for having this app and using it,' he wrote on the Sky forum.

'This also isn't the case if I wish to watch Sky Go on a mobile phone, a tablet or a computer... so why not the Xbox???? Anything to do with Microsoft changing their policy where you don't need Xbox Live Gold to access the various TV related apps???

'Behaviour like this, them changing how they do things, at the cost of the customer could easily lead me to cancelling my Sky account entirely in the future.'

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Sky said it had invested in Sky Go to add over 20 new channels, including ITV Encore and MTV, and it now totalled over 60 channels.