Sky’s Sky Go service which allows users to stream content based on their Sky subscription will from this week, for £5 per month, Sky will allow up to four users to download on-demand movies and TV, including exclusive content. Each download will last for a month, but you will be free to download as much as your device can hold.

Sky claims that more than a quarter of its 11 million subscribers use Sky Go already, and believes that Sky Go Extra is the first mobile TV subscription service in the UK and Ireland to offer Hollywood movies to download and watch offline. The WiFi-based platform is Sky’s attempt to capitalise on the success of its on-demand offering.

The Sky announcement will increase the pressure on services such as Netflix and Lovefilm, who do not have access to the same content that Sky secures exclusively from movie studios, as well as the programmes it makes itself.
Sky claims that it offers around 70 of the top 100 films, around six months after their cinema release, and that this is more than its rival subscription services combined.

Question is just how much can you really view on your portable device and would you be tempted.