Sky Glass and Stream fall over twice in one week

A Sky Glass TV with a list of biographic films showing, with the film Tina highlighted
(Image credit: Sky)

Sky's streaming services have suffered two issues in a week. Last night, the Sky Help Team tweeted that some customers were unable to watch certain channels, while last week, hundreds of Sky Glass and Stream customers reported technical issues, with some unable to even turn on their Sky Glass TVs.

Last night's issue saw customers see a message that read, "To watch this, you need to upgrade your subscription," on certain channels. Sky's service status page has confirmed that "our engineers have resolved this". Sky's satellite TV, broadband and mobile services and TV apps were all unaffected.

Last week saw a similar issue render Sky's streaming services unusable. It started last Thursday night, and carried on into Friday morning, with hundreds of customers affected. Customers whose devices wouldn't switch on were told to restart them by following this guide.

While the issue seemed to predominantly affect Sky Glass, some users reported a similar problem with their Sky Stream pucks. Both devices use the same Entertainment OS operating system.

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Joe has been writing about tech for 20 years, first on staff at T3 magazine, then in a freelance capacity for Stuff, The Sunday Times Travel Magazine (now defunct), Men's Health, GQ, The Mirror, Trusted Reviews, TechRadar and many more. His specialities include all things mobile, headphones and speakers that he can't justifying spending money on.

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