Sky (Sky Broadband) has confirmed that they will, from today, be “phasing out” their old satellite-based Sky Q Triple Play packages, which means they’re “no longer available for purchase on Sky.com“. Existing customers will continue to be supported, but as expected, Sky’s focus is now firmly on their newest internet-based streaming products.
The move has been expected ever since Sky pivoted to launched Sky Glass (Sky integrated streaming TV set) and Sky Stream (streaming set-top-box) a few short years ago, which are standalone products that use your home broadband ISP and WiFi connection to stream Sky’s on-demand video content and live TV channels (i.e. without any need for a tedious satellite dish).
As for Sky Q-Lite, Sky seems to be indicating that they’ve now stopped communicating related products as part of their offer updates, although they don’t specifically say that it’s no longer available like their Sky Q Triple Play packages. But it’s probably only a matter of time until that changes.
None of this should come as much of a surprise, as this has clearly been Sky’s direction of travel for some time. However, it’s worth noting that Sky Glass and Sky Stream aren’t yet perfect and there have been some complaints about their shortcomings vs Sky Q, although Sky have been working hard over the past few years to improve the new platforms and tackle such gripes.