If you’re thinking of getting Freesat, and haven’t got a satellite dish, here’s an interesting loophole.
With Freesat, if you don’t have a dish, it’ll cost you £130 to get Freesat working (£50 for a basic box, and £80 for installation).
Sky Digital are offering something called “Pay Once, Watch Forever“, which offers over 200 channels, for just £75 including installation and a Sky Digibox. You also get four months of Sky’s pay-TV channels as a trial.
So, here’s what you do:
Get “Sky’s Pay Once, Watch Forever” – dish and box for £75 (versus £130). Watch the 200+ free channels plus the Sky subscription channels for 3 months, then tell Sky that you don’t want to subscribe after the trial.
You can still use the Sky box for the free-to-air channels. If you fancy moving to Freesat (for their HD service), then you’ve already got a dish installed suitable for Freesat, and a spare satellite receiver. You can only apply if you’ve not had a Sky contract before.
Until end of May 2008: There’s 10% off “Pay Once, Watch Forever” at Dixons using code SKY10 at the checkout. Click here.
Check terms and conditions of this offer. Sky Digibox must remain connected to landline for 12 months. They do ring the Digibox back to check. This implies that the Digibox must be connected 24/7 to the mains for 12 months too.