Sky Television have today informed NZPWI that the BOX goes Widescreen (16:9) on Tuesday, September 9.

Sky are currently in the process of arranging getting their WWE programming delivered in Widescreen format, but it may not be immediately available. There are a number of logistical issues SKY are currently working out - one of the main ones being that Sky share their WWE feed with Australia, which is currently airing in standard 4:3 format. If Australia can not receive the 16:9 feed, alternate arrangements need to be made between Sky and WWE which means there will be many other factors to take into consideration.

Sky are in contact with WWE and their Australian counterparts and hope to have an update on the 16:9 situation within the next week.

On a related note, Sky Box Office have no immediate plans to go widescreen on pay-per-view events. This is largely due to the additional bandwidth required for the broadcast. The good news is though, when they eventually do go widescreen (which is no time soon), they'll be going High Definition at the same time.