Sky On Demand was a

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service exclusively available to

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subscribers in the

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. It was owned and operated by

Sky Cable Corporation Sky Cable Corporation, doing business as Sky, is a Telecommunications in the Philippines, Filipino telecommunications company based in Diliman, Quezon City. A subsidiary of the media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation, ABS-CBN, the company offe ...

, a subsidiary of

ABS-CBN ABS-CBN (an initialism of its two predecessors' names, Alto Broadcasting System and Chronicle Broadcasting Network) is a Television in the Philippines, Philippine Commercial broadcasting, commercial broadcast broadcast network, network tha ...

. It allowed users who were subscribed to either

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, Sky Broadband,

Sky Direct Sky Direct was a direct-broadcast satellite subscription television service in the Philippines owned and operated by Sky, a subsidiary of ABS-CBN. Sky Cable had been eyeing for a DBS service and considered on acquiring Dream Satellite TV from Ant ...

Postpaid or Sky Fiber to watched on demand contents from many pan-regional television channels such as

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, S+A as well as a wide array of foreign and local TV shows and movies from

Star Cinema ABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc. (doing business as Star Cinema or ABS-CBN Films) is a Philippines, Filipino film studio and film and television production company and film distributor headquartered in Quezon City. It is one of the major film ...

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, and

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. Users can access the contents of Sky On Demand through either the website interface, the Sky On Demand

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connected to Sky Broadband & Sky Fiber or through its mobile app available for

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and Android devices connected to any Internet Providers. The Sky On Demand mobile app can also be accessed through other internet service providers or through WiFi with reduced number of contents. The multi-screen capability of Sky On Demand allow subscribers to choose which gadget they prefer to watch the contents of Sky. Apart from the multi-screen capability, Sky On Demand had advanced features such as tailor-fit recommendations on what to watch and a resume capability of partially watched programs. The service also creates customized playlists for favorite episodes and movies, and for partially watched videos. On September 1, 2020, Sky On Demand ceased operations in several platforms along with iWant. The streaming service was replaced by

iWantTFC iWantTFC is a Filipino over-the-top content platform and production company owned and operated by ABS-CBN Digital Media, a division of ABS-CBN Corporation, formed in 2020 through the merger of two streaming services iWant and TFC Online. In ad ...

References

External links

Introducing SKY On DemandAbout SKY On Demand
{{VOD services Sky (cable company) Philippine entertainment websites Defunct video on demand services Video on demand services 2015 establishments in the Philippines Internet properties established in 2015 2020 disestablishments in the Philippines Internet properties disestablished in 2020 Assets owned by ABS-CBN Corporation