Sky glass TV work over seas?

[TrevnTrudie]

We're moving to NZ next year, does anyone know if our sky glass TV work in NZ?

[Fothergill1]

Hi @TrevnTrudie I believe Sky is available in New Zealand but you would not be able to transfer your account.  You would have to open a new account with Sky NZ.

Lucky you moving to NZ 😀

[Mister_Dalek]

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@TrevnTrudie wrote:

We're moving to NZ next year, does anyone know if our sky glass TV work in NZ?

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No. Sky NZ is not under Comcast ownership and they do not offer the Sky Glass or Sky Stream hardware. 

Your Glass TV could be used as a large and very heavy monitor but it would make more sense to purchase a TV when you arrive in NZ, partly to save on shipping costs as the Glass TV units are heavy. 

[TimmyBGood]

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@Fothergill1 wrote:

Hi @TrevnTrudie I believe Sky is available in New Zealand but you would not be able to transfer your account.  

Sky Network Television Limited in New Zealand has a similar historic heritage to Sky UK as a Murdoch (Fox) company, but is not now associated in any way with Sky Group other than having some confusingly similar product names.

As @Mister_Dalek indicates I'd think a Glass television isn't likely to be worth shipping: it's not going to be able to connect to any server-side services at all so no apps are going to work, and it's not clear even the DTTV tuner will function.

[TimmyBGood]

Foxtel in Australia has a version of Glass (and Stream) :

https://www.choice.com.au/electronics-and-technology/home-entertainment/tvs-and-projectors/articles/... 

Of course the potential television market in New Zealand is considerably smaller.

[GD1]

@TrevnTrudie  Even if you took it to NZ and powered it on Sky servers would know it was outside the UK, there was a post recently from an Italian Expat who brought their Glass TV to he UK from Italy and found it won't operate due to a geolocation issue.