Sky+HD customers rises to 1.6 million

Sky has announced that the number of homes choosing Sky+HD has increased to 1.6 million across Ireland and the UK.

Up to 287,000 customers signed up to Sky+HD during this period - a three-fold increase on the same period of the previous year.

Mark Deering, Director, Sky Ireland said: "In what continues to be a tough economic environment, Sky continues to grow in Ireland."

In July of this year, Sky confirmed it would launch the Republic of Ireland’s first 3D service next year, offering a broad selection of 3D programming, including movies, entertainment and sport.

The service will be broadcast across Sky’s existing HD infrastructure and be available via the current generation of Sky+HD set-top boxes.