Sky launches Your Multiview, putting four live sports events on one TV screen for the new season

The feature, called Your Multiview, goes live on 21 August across Sky Glass, Sky Stream and Sky Q — deliberately timed for the opening weekend of the Premier League season. Viewers pick up to four live Sky Sports events and watch them side by side, spotlighting one to enlarge it, choosing which event's audio to hear, and flicking any of the four to full screen.

Sky says it is the first time customers have been able to build their own multi-event view on the main living room screen, rather than juggling apps, phones and second televisions.

At a glance

• Your Multiview lets viewers watch up to four live Sky Sports events simultaneously on one screen
• It launches on 21 August 2026 across Sky Glass, Sky Stream and Sky Q, with a version also coming to NOW
• Viewers can spotlight one event, choose which audio to hear, and switch any stream to full screen
• Coverage spans the Premier League, EFL, SPFL, WSL, F1, cricket, tennis, golf, NFL and rugby
• Sky Sports costs £22 a month as an add-on to its Essential or Ultimate TV packages

How it works

Your Multiview is built into the live TV experience rather than bolted on as a separate app. From Sky Sports coverage, viewers assemble a grid of up to four simultaneous events. A spotlight control changes the layout to favour one stream; audio follows whichever event the viewer selects rather than defaulting to the largest tile.

The obvious use case is football Saturdays — following matches across the Premier League, EFL, SPFL and WSL at once — but the feature spans Sky's whole portfolio, so a Sunday could mean an F1 race, a Test match, a golf leaderboard and tennis sharing one screen.

Part of a bigger season refresh

Multiview headlines a wider set of updates Sky is shipping for the 2026/27 season. A Sports Hub brings real-time scores, stats, tables and clips to Sky Glass, Stream and Q; a Clips section adds short-form video with autoplay scrolling; and a Live Sports Rail improves navigation to what is on now and next.

Sky's Real Time low-latency streams are also expanding to Sky Sports Football, Sky Sports+ and Sky Sports Premier League, although that upgrade requires a broadband connection of at least 40Mbps. NOW subscribers get their own version of Multiview along with a Key Plays highlight compilation feature, and the Sky Sports app gains Moments, a personalised feed of clips and analysis.

The competitive context

Carli Kerr, managing director of Sky TV and NOW, framed the pitch plainly: "Only on Sky can fans enjoy so much sport together on one screen and stay in control of what they watch."

The subtext is competition for sports viewing habits shaped by streaming services. Multiview-style features have existed on US platforms for years, and UK rights holders have been slower to bring them to the main television. With more Premier League matches on Sky than ever this season, the broadcaster is betting that presentation — not just rights — keeps subscribers loyal.

What it costs

Your Multiview itself carries no extra charge, but it requires Sky Sports, which is priced at £22 a month as an add-on to Sky's Essential TV (£15 a month) or Ultimate TV (£24 a month) packages. The feature works across Sky's current platforms — Glass, Stream and Q — so most existing sports subscribers get it without new hardware.

For households weighing the cost of a full sports package against streaming alternatives, the calculation now includes what the big screen can do that a phone cannot.

What happens next

The real test arrives immediately: the opening Premier League weekend will put Your Multiview in front of its largest possible audience within days of launch. Sky will be watching uptake closely as it decides how far to push the format — and if four screens at once becomes the default way to watch a football Saturday, the rest of the market will have little choice but to follow.