High Definition and Widescreen

Sport Highlights

From July 21st at midday Sports channels began transmitting in widescreen mode.(Any 4x3programmes will appear pillar-boxed).

Analogue customers will see 4x3 content in 'postage stamp' and widescreen programmes in 4:3 Letterbox.

A 4:3 TV showing 'Postage Stamp' effect	A 4:3 TV showing 4:3 Letterbox	16:9 TV showing 4:3 Pillarbox

UKTV, SKY Movies 1, SKY Movies 2 and SKY Movie Greats

From July 22nd 2008 these channels began transmitting in widescreen mode (Any 4x3 programmes will appear pillar-boxed).

Analogue customers will see 4x3 content in 'postage stamp' and widescreen programmes in 4:3 Letterbox.

SKY Sport and SKY Sport 2

From July 22nd 2008 these channels began transmitted in widescreen mode(Any 4x3 programmes will appear pillar-boxed).

Analogue customers will see 4x3 content
In 'postage stamp' and widescreen programmes in 4:3 Letterbox.

Analogue Customer will see these programmes as 4:3 Letterbox for widescreen programmes (as Sky Box Office Pay Per View movies are currently broadcast).
Non-widescreen programmes will be seen as 'Postage Stamp' (black border around the entire picture).

Digital Customers will see the same, depending on the setting set under 'Setting' > Aspect Ratio' on their digital set top box.

SKY will be broadcasting Sky Sport 1 and Sky Sport 2 as fulltime 16:9 with no aspect ratio switching between old content and new widescreen content.