Sky Box Office

For another use, see Sky Box Office (New Zealand TV channel).

Sky Sports Box Office
Logo used since 2020
CountryUnited Kingdom
Broadcast area
  • United Kingdom
  • Ireland
Programming
Picture format2160p UHDTV
(downscaled to 1080i and 16:9 576i for the HDTV and SDTV feeds, respectively)
Ownership
OwnerSky Group (Comcast)
History
Launched16 March 1996; 28 years ago (16 March 1996)
Closed4 January 2017; 7 years ago (2017-01-04) (Cinema)[1]
Former namesSky Box Office (1996–2011)
Links
Websitesky.com/boxoffice

Sky Box Office is Sky's pay-per-view (PPV) system operated in the United Kingdom and Ireland. There were three branded divisions of Sky Box Office – Sky Cinema Box Office, Sky Sports Box Office and Sky 3D Box Office. Until 1 February 2011, the system ran under unified Sky Box Office branding. On 4 January 2017, all Sky Cinema Box Office channels ceased broadcasting, with only Sky Sports Box Office remaining available.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Closure of Cinema Box Office". skyepginfo.co.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2019.