Related news roundup - June 6

Link-worthy news from the past week from the world of TV, VoD, IPTV:

• Sky announced it’s Sky+ Anytime capabilities - true pull VoD over the internet - will be switched on in Q4, with staff trials currently underway.  Telegraph article.
• A deal between Sky & Virgin Media was announced, in which Sky will buy the latter’s TV channels including Virgin 1 (to be re-branded or closed), Living, Bravo & Challenge. Carriage of Sky 1 and Sky Arts on Virgin were also part of the deal, as was some on demand content from Sky.  Broadband TV News article here.
• PaidContent UK has it that YouTube is considering linking out to the VoD sites of broadcasters, in a similar way to the feature BBC iPlayer announced last week. The article notes it’s all very early days though.