Poised to arrive later this year in up to 5m homes.
The Beeb recently secured its highest ever mobile viewing figures at Christmas, landing a 596 per cent rise on iPad viewing and a total of 1.94 billion programmes viewed across the entire service.
Now, the BBC is introducing its on-demand platform to Sky later this year, which will arrive in up to five million homes.
Of course, BBC iPlayer is already a fixture on rival digital platform Virgin Media and Sky will be hoping the new partnership will be able to be as successful.
Mark Thompson, director general, BBC, said: "Having the BBC and Sky work together to further build on the BBC iPlayer success story can only be fantastic news for audiences.
"Making BBC iPlayer available on all platforms is key to our commitment to universal access and this agreement takes us one step further towards that goal. I'm delighted to take this first step on a story of innovation for both organisations."
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Also pleased with the partnership, Jeremy Darroch, Sky's chief executive, said: "We are delighted that the addition of BBC iPlayer will allow Sky customers to enjoy the best of the BBC whenever they want."
Further evidence to support the trend with streaming videos on-demand comes following Netflix launching in the UK and Ireland, despite a crowded marketplace with rivals like LoveFilm and YouTube.
Sky itself also offers customers a Sky Go solution, which allows around two million customers to watch its content on mobile devices.
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