Sky will download a new version of its electronic programme guide to Sky HD boxes this Autumn. The new guide, for which plans were first made public last November, has been in development for two years and is currently undergoing a field trial in the homes of 100 Sky employees. (The lucky ones get the new stuff a few weeks earlier than the rest of us mere mortals)

The new EPG is designed to build on the simple user interface currently used across all Sky boxes with optimisations designed to take advantage of the technological improvements made possible by the newer hardware in HD boxes and make the transition from linear viewing and planner-driven timeshifted viewing more seamless.

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