Sky Switzerland is a Swiss media company based in

Neuchâtel , neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier , twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (France), ...

, which supplies

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and

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accessible through the

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

History

In May 2017, Sky Deutschland purchased Swiss online-video service HollyStar and its owner Homedia. Now as Sky Switzerland, it subsequently launched Sky Sport Germany as an OTT service in Switzerland, followed by an OTT entertainment service known as Sky Show in 2018. In May 2017, Sky .

Sky Sport

In August 2017, Sky Deutschland announced it would launch Sky Sport in Switzerland as an OTT provider on 17 August 2017. Sky Sport channels are also available via

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-owned

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, previously only available on

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-owned provider

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. On 18 September 2018, it was announced that Sky Switzerland would enter a partnership with

-owned Mysports, which owns the rights to a number of domestic competitions including the ice hockey

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. Via an additional subscription, all MySports channels can be streamed on Sky Switzerland.

Sky Show

In March 2018, the provider launched ''Sky Show'' as a

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competitor, featuring dubbed and original language versions of popular Sky programming for a monthly subscription.

Channels

In addition to individual programmes, streams of the following channels are also available:

Sky Store

On 3 December 2018, Sky's

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service ''

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'' launched in Switzerland. Unlike ''Sky Show'', which is a subscription service, you can purchase individual series or episodes on ''Sky Store''.

References

External links

Sky SwitzerlandSky Show
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sky Switzerland Television in Switzerland Television in Liechtenstein Telecommunications in Switzerland Direct broadcast satellite services German-language television networks Sky Group