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Sky is celebrating its 20th birthday – with the satellite broadcaster looking back on a period that established it as one of Britain's most innovative television companies.

3D television in your home has moved a step closer to reality, with Sky showing off what it describes as its 'vision of the future'.

We were at Sky's Osterley headquarters to take a look at its latest trial technology – Sky+ 3D – which the company believes could be the future of television.

Exclusive Expect to see live Sky television programmes on your mobile phone soon, with Director of OnDemand Griff Parry admitting that the company is already taking a look at streaming to mobile phones.

Exclusive "We can't deliver it reliably," says VOD director

Exclusive Sky's Director of OnDemand, Griff Parry, has told TechRadar that the company is already looking to utilise people's games consoles to bring the best programmes to their televisions via the internet.

For those unlucky people who modified their Sky + unit to add that little bit more capacity, the latest firmware update could render their box useless.

Sky is launching a service that will allow people to pay for and watch its premium content online – even if you do not subscribe to its satellite service.

Exclusive Virgin Media has told TechRadar that it is still very much focused on bringing HD content to its viewers, despite not coming to an agreement to broadcast Sky's basic channels in high definition.