Cancel Sky TV: Why you need to do it NOW
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- If you're still paying for premium pay-TV such as Sky and Virgin Media via satellite or cable you're massively overpaying.
Switching can save you £100s of pounds, and you can still keep the exact same channels, plus get added flexibility of what you want to pay for and when.
In this video I've shared why you shouldn't be worried about ditching Sky, and how to watch the alternatives (such as NOW TV) on your TV.
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I pay for Sky TV and your clip does make sense. On checking the Now TV price after the 4 month offer it’s £25 - Entertainment, Movies, Now Boost (HD), is not a bad deal at all. But I managed to haggle the cost down after being with Sky for around 5 years. I have the above plus Netflix and I pay £26 per month which includes Ultra HD. So I feel I’m getting the better deal and you mentioned who watches recordings on Sky boxes - I never watch anything live due to my work commitments. But thank you again for your clip, I will be looking at your next videos 😁
Though you can't haggle with NOW in the same way you can with Sky there are always loads of offers and ways to pay less. So I'm currently paying £1 for Entertainment (for three months), £1 for Boost (for six months) and could pay £2.99 for movies (for two months) if I wanted it. Bargain! Here's more on NOW TV deals th-cam.com/video/3yShI457bsY/w-d-xo.html
I have been watching brilliant movies and docs on TH-cam for the last 5 years you don't need direct debits for that
NOW TV is pretty dumb charging for HD :/
@@sebaszwarc6028 so does Sky and BT
@@3582jj but Sky does not charge for HD in Germany and Italy.
This is good advice for people who want to keep their TV but also keep it at a low cost. I decided not to have a tv as I watch things on netflix when I feel like it, otherwise I'm always on TH-cam. People think I'm crazy when I tell them I have no tv 😅 but I'm the one saving a ton and only paying for a broadband connection and youtube premium
You're ahead of the game.
You can cancel your TV licence now as well in that case. I've just got rid of Sky because I stopped watching broadcast TV. I'll not be renewing my TV licence next year when it ends. I still have a TV but its used for Netflix, TH-cam Premium , Apple TV (comes with Prime)
@@Joe-lb8qn yeah. I never paid for a tv license in the first place as I never had a tv or watched live tv. Yeah, I would cancel it if I were you. Save yourself the money and time
I have a bunch of screens in my house and haven't had a live tv signal for about 10 years...I kinda miss being able to put on a 'live' channel but only for nostalgia's sake. Google Chromecast, FireTV, Roku/NowTV etc.. offer so much wihtout the hassle of 'good reception' etc... They usually have special offers as well where it costs next to nothing, and if you take advantage of 3/6 month special offers, when one expires there's usually another one on offer so it's like £1 a month for Now Entertainment
Hi Andy,
Interesting video! Many viewers of your video will be able to cope with the procedures necessary to switch from SKY to NOW. However, the less technical, and slower amongst us (I am 83 years old), would need a step by step guide to undertake this, particularly when a broadband service is involved. Also, is there a gap between cancelling SKY TV, and switching to NOW? To us older folks things are not so simple.
Sky own Nowtv, you should be ok its a small change
@@ArunSharma-bd8fw Many thanks for your helpful reply.
@@terrydavis1488 my parents are in their early to mid 70s and find it easy so you should be fine Sir 👍
Sky owns NoW , just as expensive! His headline is misleading
Bundle discounts undermine a lot of the savings suggested by cancelling your Sky service. I looked at just having Virgin Broadband and none of the other stuff, which, in a non-FTTP area, is the only way you can pay for a Broadband service without being stuck with Line Rental. With literally every other ISP, as they rely on Openreach, you're dependant on Line Rental in order to have Broadband.
Another problem is, if I'm looking at trying to manage the bills for my parents, they want something that is simple and easy to use. Sky makes this simple. If I start forcing them to use another service, they're going to struggle to use it and would then probably just prefer to pay Sky the premium to have a service they can understand and enjoy.
Another factor that affects this is what maximum line speed your Broadband supports. If you can't get Virgin and you're not in an FTTP-enabled area, you're at the mercy of how far you are from your cabinet. If you're more than 1km away from your cabinet, you'll be lucky to get 30Mbps. If you have more than one person trying to stream HD content, then it isn't going to be enough.
There's definitely something to be said for shopping savvy - do you live in an area that has FTTP or "Full Fibre"? Then you can get 900Mbps (if you want it) without having to pay whatever Virgin are asking for. Then you can happily subscribe to NOW and save money versus signing-up for Sky or Virgin.
Sky glass is absolutely terrible £1300 and sky ripped up my agreement as I’m Muslim and made me pay in one week they accused me of being an extremist because I changed my name , Cassius clay 🥊 changed his name , ignorant small minded bunch of bigots and for this much I could of got an OLED and for gaming it’s terrible , the volume control never worked right the software is terrible and the picture is bad and theHDR on the hdmi doesn’t work and the input lag is terrible it’s just so bad in every way except maybe the speakers and sound , oh and it developed light bleed after four weeks
Also wouldn’t help me even tho I’m disabled they sent paramedics to my house after wasting my whole Saturday rather than technical fault finding and helping me
Yep! I had Sky broadband, all the sky TV channels including the sports. The cost crept up to £170 a month. So I cancelled the lot, got Plusnet broadband and all the same stuff with NOW. I’m saving £100 a month!!!! Shocking! And actually the quality of my services is better!
Been with Sky for 4 years,they put my bill up to £140 last month, I usually haggle with them and get it back down to around £90 but I’ve just called them and cancelled it completely this time. The service just isn’t worth that amount of money. I use streaming services way more than I watch sky now days and if I need to watch any sport there are other ways to watch it. I think they’ve been greedy for far too long and I’m putting my money where my mouth is by leaving them.
Same here, VIP program is a joke they don't value you I didn't realise just how much mine went up until I saw bank statement, almost doubled! I don't think its reasonable to ring up every 18 months for a better deal, it should be automatic. Was offered £2 discount on new price (Indian call centre) I said I wanted to cancel, put through to UK they offered to keep it £2 above what I paid before price hike, when I asked about refund for 3 months of a serious price hike, they said they could only do one month? So, I've cancelled, no regrets to be honest adverts killed it for me, every ten minutes, repeats and general quality. I found myself watching BBC more and more just to get away from adverts
Trust me just get a fire stick and use IPTV £70 a year of almost every live tv channel including movies and series
@@MP-py1ei that’s what I’ve got. £70 a year is mega expensive though for IPTV.
@@BillHrpr really I didn't know that always assumed it was 70 because the service was the best. How much should iptv cost roughly
Why a £140
Been with them myself for 17yrs. Had it it my parents house before then since 1989. Cancelled today. Prices are beyond a joke
Well done!
One more factor to consider, if you're with Sky or VM etc, you probably have your broadband as part of a package. Ditch the TV and suddenly that discount disappears, wiping out much of the saving you suggest here.
Very true - I asked VM some while ago about just having broadband and landline and it worked out slightly more than the complete package!
I pay £21 a month for broadband with Vodafone. £95 a year for prime and £10.99 a month for netflix. No TV licence never looked back. Don't miss sky/virgin at all.
@@barrieainge4937 So change your broadband provider also. I'm getting 50Mb broadband for £18 a month. My TV is free.
@@Britbuild2012 who is your broadband provider? how is your tv free? (assuming that you're not talking about freeview)
After 3 years of sky Q with multi room I've finally decided to cancel the lot.
I'll miss the sport, but highlights are on youtube anyway, and we have netflix and prime for films and box sets.
Moving to streaming services will save me over £100 a month.
Gets loaded fire stick
@@cannonfodder6654 absolutely did.
Really good video. I have achieved excellent savings by switching from Sky Q to Sky stream.. this allows you to pick and choose other packages which can be altered on a monthly basis.
Congratulations sir on 10k subscribers sir. Keep up your hard work
Thank you, I will!
I recently bought a VBox which plugs into the freeview antenna on the roof and converts it to IPTV which I then plug that list into Kodi and use a recording add on that records to my network storage. For the paid channels I use an illegal provider but it was £20 a year so I pick those stream links out and add them onto the Kodi alongside my own freeview box.
Could you please let me know how to do this? Cant afford tv, got rid of sky, barely making ends meet. Id love to enjoy tv again :(
Recording is essential for us as we are often 20-60 mins behind the live programme after putting the kids to bed. They're not on the streaming platforms, e.g. iPlayer, at that point. And you can skip the ads, as you said.
You can get virtually every single film movie or program on one of the catch up services especially Amazon or TH-cam
@@elixier33 You really can't.
@@Jon-hb6gx yeah you really can. I don't know why you would think otherwise because there is always someone somewhere that's recorded something and stuck it somewhere like the Pirate Bay of something but I definitely found the I can get absolutely everything that's on TV later in the UK online somewhere legally unusually for free. There are so many ways of getting something that's been on TV. If you don't agree then tell me what you think are you personally can't find elsewhere x
I've had basic sky through a dish and broadband for 52.00 a month...contract finishes soon. Same bundle goes up to 63.00 month. I haggled and got super smart bb basic sky channels. Plus Netflix and Paramount+ PLUS Sky glass 43inches for 62.00 a month.. NO UPFRONT OR ONE OFF....im disabled live on my own so I have to do and get what I can manage myself. I'm happy
Been with sky for 8 years plus, and currently paying £95.50 per month, decided come november when my contract ends i am cancelling, but will be keeping the broadband.
This is so helpful and I'm going to do that right away. Thanks, thanks
I have recently cancelled my Sky TV. I have retained my broadband and phone line with them however I am saving approximately £50.00 per month. I was obviously offered a reduction of my monthly bill if I retained my Sky TV however I was adamant to cancel. I have an Apple TV box connected to my TV through which I intend on streaming iPlayer, ITV Hub, Channel 4, Channel 5, UKTV, Netflix, Disney+ as well as Apple TV+ to which I subscribe to. I've been considering doing this for some time now. There are very rare occasions where there is something on TV that I want to watch because invariably my wife & I sit there channel hopping looking for things to watch and quite often get bored with what's on offer. Yes, it's going to be a small learning curve, especially when ITV Hub plays adverts when you open a live TV channel but that's life. I'm also not fussed about recording TV, because often the programme/series is available on demand. As far as I'm concerned, I'm more than happy with my decision.
I got NOW in for the sports only as I can't be arsed with movies.
The movie channel has been so poor recently. It's not Sky's fault, but with no movies in the cinema for over a year there weren't the usual big releases coming through.
I record loads of stuff because so many programmes I watch clash. I use subtitles a lot and these aren't available of a lot of the catch up services. Searching through Netflix and Prime is a pain. So Sky functionality wins out.
You can get the record function via Freeview or Freesat for most channels. Though, not for Sky Atlantic, Max etc
It’s a great idea but you were on about breaking away from Sky Virgin BT but as you said if you are locked into a contract for 18 24mths weather you’re circumstances change tough your locked in my question is how do you get around that without paying astronomical termination fees or do you just have to put up with it until your contract ends?????
Sadly you’ll have to wait, though Sky and Virgin broadband (not tv) did have break clauses if they put prices up, though that’s just changed
Cancelled my Sky over a year ago and i was paying £85pm with no sports or movies. I think its scandalous in this era that they charge you to view your programs in HD!
Recieving tv through a satellite dish is very outdated now and streaming is king, ill never go back
Just another thought, what happens if you have no broadband? That is an additional £22/£27 a month?
But benefits you in other ways and is an essential in this day and age.
Plus NOW offer great broadband for £20 pp which includes line rental and that’s a bargain.
Having wifi installed will also mean you can use other devices (use less phone data also) and provide internet for guests and family.
I would recommend getting an Apple TV box if you like simplicity and choice on the TV. You can even download NOW, free view apps and all the big name providers that all have there own stick/box, but all on one box (Apple TV) with the luxury experience of using a simplistic Apple product.
With now boost THREE households share logins to watch at same time.boost was a god send
Sky's business model is stuck in the 1990's. They still believe in tying their customers into contracts, still believe in forcing their "basic package" onto customers. They still think that people would happily pay an overpriced subscription to watch hundreds of channels. Nowadays people only want to pay for the content that they want to watch this is why Netflix, Prime, Disney+ are popular as you only pay a small amount and they are not stuck with those for 18 months. Sooner or later when sky increase the price of subscription could become one price rise too many.
Whenever I've contacted Sky, I've said to them they'd get more customers if they did a 'pick n mix' package where we chose every single channel we wanted and paid for that and not a package where we only watched, say 5 out of 20 channels. Obviously they never went for it...
Sky charged my 89 year old father £10 monthly for the last 10 years of his life - It was for HD, their Engineer fitted the box to his non- HD compatible TV. That's nearly a £1,500 overcharge, even without all the other excessive increases.
See a lawyer
That's awful. I know it might be hard to deal with this if your father has passed, but it's worth putting a complaint in for the money and the interest on that balance
A letter or email to Ofcom will set the ball rolling👍👍
Andy makes some good points but he misses the point. Price is the main factor for a lot of people and those who are not tech savvy may learn something that they didn’t know from this video and perhaps save some money. But there are many that know all this and choose to pay Sky for the benefit of UHD (4K), HDR, Sky Q, Dolby Atmos, Sky Box Sets, Sky Go, and the ability to watch around the house on TV and iPad. I’m sorry it is not a “no brainer.” Sky Q is a premium service and priced accordingly. Some people ( like me) want and are prepared to pay for a premium service with all the benefits that go with that. It’s a bit like telling an person that owns an Aston Martin to buy a Ford Ka as it does the same thing. It doesn’t. If your sole objective is to watch TV as cheaply as possible then this advice will have some benefit but many of us are not motivated in this way. We would like something more and are prepared to pay for it.
That's totally true Derek. I paid over a grand for a projector, speakers and amp. It's amazing. And I was happy to pay for that because a) I saved up, and b) because it was important to me.
But a lot of people are just paying for Sky because that's what they do. They don't realise there is an easy to use and far cheaper option. So they don't need Atmos, 4K etc. In fact their TV probably can't even provide that quality. So for them, I still say, ditch Sky!
Good video but to be honest your not really ditching Sky. Your ditching the dish for the internet. Now is Sky and recently Sky have now matched the prices on its satellite platform.
I agree you are not tied to a contract but to be honest if you want the content in 4K which I do and most people probably have a 4K TV now can upgrade with a deal to Sky Q or Sky Glass to see it in Ultra HD. The beauty to record on Sky Q is still the best. I still like it that I can record the F1 Grand Prix on Sky Sports F1 Ultra HD and watch it later in it’s incredible picture.
My wife still likes linear television on having a dish to guarantee a TV signal than relying on the internet that could go down.
It’s a choice but with Sky Glass now available Now service is an option if you don’t want a dish and be tied to a contract. Some customers live a communal flat where you can’t have a dish installed.
More or less if you speak to Sky to cancel off the satellite contract they will offer you a deal that’s cheaper than the Now service.
@@JohnnyD90 Cheaper for how long before they put it up again? avoid contracts because you don't know what tomorrow brings.
@@Timsvideochannel1 Depends how much you haggle and you could get more for your money with everything but will likely put you back in a contract for 12 months of 18 months.
Or just ditch the dish lol. I agree with you, if you don't want to be locked in a contract than that's fair enough, and walk away.
There is one more thing though, I would miss the simplicity of the Sky Guide experience with Sky Q if I had to ditch the dish.
@@JohnnyD90 I've been screwed over three times in a row by Sky, never again will I enter a contract with anyone, I know from personal experience with Covid just how hard ones income can be hit. It's best to keep fixed commitments to a minimum, in these increasingly volatile times. I've seen too many people over-commit themselves with rented everything, OK in the good times, suicide when things go wrong. The menu with the Now Box is pretty easy to navigate.
What do you advise to use if I'm living in the Republic of Ireland, maybe a dodgy box would be best option do u think
I’m disabled and been stuck in bed for 12 month, and been using mostly free stuff, but have Amazon prime but cancelled that this year
I have B.T with NOW for the Sky Sport channels Broadband £28.51 TV Entertainment £47.02 so I can watch all the sky sport channels and all B.T sport channels - I can disable Sky monthly but don't because I enjoy F1.
Now TV used to be lower quality video resolution compared to SKY.
Only just seen this a good video with a lot to take in But we'll worth remembering it's up to us what action we take But I have learnt from it Thanks for posting
Thanks Peter!
I have a question. If *Gold* is a UK TV channel owned by BBC and ITV, why is it only available to watch with a Sky/Virgin Media premium package?
So it's owned by BBC Studios, which is a private company not funded by the licence fee. However, some of the profits from it do come back to programmes.
@@BeCleverWithYourCash & @richtea78
Thank you both for your feedback. Now I get it. I don't like it especially as around 90% of programming is repeats that, in turn, get repeated over and over again, but I do get it.
sounds great in theory, but if you live in a remote area of the UK/ Scotland then Freeview is nothing more than BBC, ITV & Channels 4 & 5. No other TV channels available.
I'm in Ireland. I went from Sky (they made it very difficult). Now have Freesat with 1Tb hard drive. Best move ever.
I record loads of programmes on a daily basis as most of the good stuff is aired around the same time.......I'd miss lots if I couldn't record
I just got my entire Sky package down, inc broadband, phone, Netflix and all channels. It went up to £123.50 from April so I rang and renegotiated them down to £68 - still not cheap but much better …
I was on dodgy ground though as, if I had of cancelled, I would not have been able to get anything through Freeview etc. Where I am situated, you can’t get any thing on Freeview boxes etc, before we got Sky, all we had the choice of was 5 channels and only two of those were watchable. I don’t know if I’ve done the right thing or not - wish I’d seen your programme yesterday …..
Well done! Massive savings
How often to record TV on my sky box "Every day I never watch live TV". In the day I watch 10 min at breakfast, 15 at dinner and 10 at tea time. Evenings I watch you tube. No programs match my schedule.
if you have a relatively recent smart TV (last 5 years or so?) - worth checkign what features they have. A lot will have DVR feature built in - you need to plug in a cheap USB HDD and then you can record from the inbuilt tuner.
Can you record one programme whist watching another?
@@LifeofFaiz depends on the TV. Sometimes yes but has to be on a different tuner so not easy to plan for
Good luck cancelling. I've cancelled several times and for months they've continued charging me. I've blocked the direct debit, but they will still keep trying to charge me, which means I will end up with bad credit for unpaid payments.
Great video and info and it got me thinking but...... The main reason I have sky is F1, golf and the championship football coverage which is usually on the sky red button for mid week games. Will all this be on Now TV?
I have had sky for 22 years my contact run out 20 years ago can cancel right now if I want
BT are offering there basic Freeview package plus Netflix for £8 a month
You won’t get sky movies or sky sport free, but I don’t have anyway, but I do have sky Atlantic that I love
Good video but to be honest your not really ditching Sky. Your ditching the dish for the internet. Now is Sky and recently Sky have now matched the prices on its satellite platform.
I agree you are not tied to a contract but to be honest if you want the content in 4K which I do and most people probably have a 4K TV now can upgrade with a deal to Sky Q or Sky Glass to see it in Ultra HD. The beauty to record on Sky Q is still the best. I still like it that I can record the F1 Grand Prix on Sky Sports F1 Ultra HD and watch it later in it’s incredible picture.
My wife still likes linear television on having a dish to guarantee a TV signal than relying on the internet that could go down.
It’s a choice but with Sky Glass now available Now service is an option if you don’t want a dish and be tied to a contract. Some customers live a communal flat where you can’t have a dish installed.
More or less if you speak to Sky to cancel off the satellite contract they will offer you a deal that’s cheaper than the Now service.
It's not just about the money for me. It's the usability of skyQ that I couldn't give up. I'm happy to pay for a good user experience
The user interface of SkyQ compared to the previous Sky+ version is dreadful. It's not intuitive at all - they definitely went backwards.
Ha, I should have watched this last week before re-signing up last week! Managed to get free upgrade boxes and bargain them down by about 35% anyway.
I can't believe how sucked in to TV people are, what happened to living, so from a TV licence and four channels people are paying +£60 for the same thing???, Mind boggling, get rid of the lot and start living.
MY friend told me he can get ITV 2,3, and 4 in HD using a Amazon Fire stick. This is something I miss because I am still using an old Humax Fox T20 set top box.
It has been upgraded with a 2TB SSD instead of the old 500Gb IDE hard drive.
I am only interested in Freeview and would like to know if it is compatible with my ancient Panasonic TV that only has HD because of the Humax Fox set top box.
Will an Amazon Fire stick be compatible ?
I have Netflix, Amazon, paramount and pay £15. I also have Pluto TV app and can get anything I want. With on demand why do you need to record?
Weve had a free sat box for ten years now. It's fine. Must have saved thousands
17 live channels? That's not very good is it. And you're still overpaying. What you want is IPTV. Half the price of Now TV, with all of the popular UK and US channels and more
You can't compare Now to Sky Q. It's like comparing a Fiesta and Mercedes. Having a satellite signal is much more reliable than being totally reliant on your broadband strength. The UI on Q is heaps better than Now. Streaming isn't the be all and end all you know. Sometimes it's nice to know you have something recorded on your hardrive ready to watch as and when.
True! But for the vast majority of channels you can get the recording box and better signal via Freeview or Freesat without the long contract and high fees. So we're only talking about a handful of channels really.
I think it comes down to how much more you're willing to pay for the extras via Q (and now Glass).
@@BeCleverWithYourCash a better signal with freeview and freesat? How are they better? And the UI with freesat and freeview is not even close to Q's is it? I admit it's premium content with a premium cost. But if you're going to fork out on an expensive TV and sound system you want your content to match that quality.
my husband has dementia and likes to watch the same films over and over again, they have been recorded from sky - would I be able to record movies on a different box to be able rewatch later ?
Hi. So you could get a Freeview recorder box and record anything that's on a Freeview channel (eg BBC, Film4 etc).
NOW has the option to watch on demand (via the internet) loads of films - but they can come and go. So it might be the film is on for years, it might just be there for months.
Haggle with sky and you can get better prices than this in my opinion. Also the lag on now tv on sports is an issue
also,i cancel the football package on Now when the season ends.saving more money over the summer months-can't do that if you're in a contract with sky
Hi Andy, What about prime? are you sponsored by NOW?
Got sky signature, £12 month, 18 months, just renewed another 18months at £15. That’s £3.46 a week, less than a pint.
I pay £43 a month, for the best bundle on virgin. I dont have a tv or a home phone, i only need broadband, but if i get 400mbs down, 60mbs up on its own, i would be paying £70 a month.
@7:24 does NOW TV have advents? So if you watch the golf you can’t fast forward through the ads as I can when I record it.
I’m looking atm. I want sky sports for F1. I can get Netflix, sky q, sky sports and decent broadband for £80. If I got them separately I’m paying £15 more
Thanks Andy, very, very helpful, 👌
Quick question, I would love to make the swap but I am blind so the only way I can access TV is through a skybox as it has a screen reader as I am unable to see the screen and audio description features. I also have a fire stick with a screen reader, where I can access all of the streaming services, however, the app is not accessible and watching live channels on streaming services does not have ordered description. Could you think of a solution
Good video sir good job.
Thanks
WELL WHY PAY A LOT OF MONEY FOR PROGS THAT HAVE ADVERTS AS WELL, ITS A MASSIVE RIPPOFF, I HAVE FREE ON ANDROID PLATFORMS THAT HAVE COMMERCIALS BUT YOU DONT PAY SUBS, SKY YOU DO BOTH
Sky wanted £48 for 24 month contract.
I got sky cinema £3 for 3 months now.
N bought a £229 free sat 4k box . More than pays for itself by Christmas. Just missing entertainment (extra £9.99)
I will never pay for NOW TV ever again! Sky is increasing and adding adverts on all tv shows/films on demand, and this will continue to increase... Of course you can pay the extra £5 for ad free version... but there are plenty of places to get your content without the expense nowadays.
I think many people have seen the light and the days of high subscription outlays are coming to an end.
@@ep1929 I think so too, the biggest problem is that too many studio's have decided to break away going their own way, Disney's success I think has helped this trend even more.
The biggest issue is that it will eventually be the death of paid online streaming as you said, simply because as more and more studio's do it. Less varied content on a platform and more cost to the consumer.
@@APRICEPRODUCTION Sky's main problem on their TV side is that it is way overpriced.
They also have a habit of charging a little bit extra for this and a little bit extra for that - it soon mounts up to a significant expense.
Let's take their new business adventure "Sky Glass" - this is basically a box with a TV, soundbar & now TV stick in it yet they are charging a fortune for it & after one year it's extra for the ability to fast forward through adverts.
Sky's programme offering these days isn't anything special and in some ways they have become a netflix / prime / Disney reseller.
The old cancelling trick can work for Boost too. Yes it's still an extra cost, but I managed to get it for a quid a month. More here th-cam.com/video/puaJEDuFwGQ/w-d-xo.html
I worked for sky customer services and bill reduction new sales tech support almost every department in 2 years
I have just done this I did not even have my phone connected no films nothing and it cost me 130 so I got fed up and now I eat ch some really good channels
Only issue I have with NOW is that their app on AppleTV is a mess. Really confusing layouts and one category is merging with another one. Don’t get me wrong search is there but it’s an “epilepsy feast” for the eyes
It's also not on the new Chromecast, though you can "cast" it
Still got 18months left with BT. CONTRACT SADLY
Cancelled my sky today they offered good deal for the first 18 month contract after the contract went up to £130 from £78 ish cancelled it might try bt tv service
i went from sky when it was £40 a month and moved to freesat costing £90 box but now i moved to even better
i have video to show you how to save even more money. all with no tv licence.
if you keep sky you need a tv licence so watching sky cost another £160 a year on top of what you pay.
You need tv license even with free view, and streaming, even if you don’t watch the BBC , it’s the law , i player you need tv licence , the only way round it is stream internet ,
@@terryclements8897 you don't need licence if you stream itv ch4 ch5 (catch-up - not live), netflix , prime etc
The BBC must be loosing serious money now as I know quite a few people who have ditched their licences.
I use the sky free to air box and do not pay. Have it connected to few rooms via eye I sky. Handy cheap
very good video advice and no looking to follow your advice.
Long talk ………but you have not mentioned what is the other solution.
when are they going to make it available on chromebook?
Just got rid of sky, they kept putting up price, getting firestick
i used to record tv shows all the time so i dont need see adverts . but sky turned off recording on my box , when they 1st turned it off i called them and they put the record function back on and its been on for years , but now they have stopped it again . I was looking on youtube how to get this record function to work again , so if u know or anyone please let me know how to do this . THANKS for who ever helps me with this .
Finally someone talking about streaming who is not American, I'm tiried of their nonsensical talking about disputes, markets, sport streaming issues etc. But you are missing the point. In Poland lot of people is on cable old deals. New deals is simply more expensive and being on old contract means you paying in fact lot less when there is inflation 7.8% prices for tv cannot go up. so there is no benefit of cancelling. People don't really need fibre, and currenly with new contract you cannot get old copper internet.
Hi Seba, it might be different in Poland, but in the UK there are lots of people caught on old contracts which are far more expensive than they should be paying.
@@BeCleverWithYourCash Fair point. I would add one thing to cons for Sky - it offers different service in different countries. In Germany you have IPTV Box along with Sky Q. In Uk you have Glass which is not available other countries. In Italy you have full fibre box with full SKy Q experience.
In Poland Sky is supposed to launch this year its streaming service, not sure if regular satellite service would be also available.
Been with Sky for 20 years and I've had enough. Contract ends in March and I'm itching to cancel. Hardly watch Sky TV channels anymore as it feels like for the most part I am paying a monthly subscription to watch nothing but adverts. Even more infuriating is having paid close to £5K over the years to then watch Sky TV adverts repeatedly telling me how great they are.
Here's an idea Sky. If we're paying you a decent amount of money every month, how about doing us the courtesy of not showing a single one of your ads.
It's so frustrating with the ads. They've added them to NOW TV too, and it's £5 a month to get rid of them!
I agree - I always record anything I want to watch so that I can fast forward the ads but even the fast forwarding takes ages so I dread to think how long the ads would last in real time. At least 10/15 minutes each time I would guess. Another gripe is the number of repeats. Honestly, I could recite the script of every Only Fools and Horses episodes because they've been on so often and for so long - years and years really. Considering how old David Jason looks now and how old he looks in some of those episodes from 1981 we're looking at episodes that are 40 YEARS OLD. Sometimes I record other programmes only to find that I've already seen them a few times before - Gogglebox for instance - and you can tell how old these programmes are by their content. Things that happened years ago. It's money for old rope for Sky so, when my contract comes to an end, so will Sky.
@@BeCleverWithYourCash 10 out of 10 to Sky for cheek! These days you have to pay NOT to have something. They've got to go,
Thank you for this video
My pleasure
Sky has the better box tho BY FAR but BT’s new pricing with Sky I agree is awesome
Hey Andy, do you have a demo of how you could potentially record programs on now tv using a recording device?
Sadly that’s not possible. But you can record Freeview channels via a pvr
Which is best to get to watch TV amazon fire stick or freesat box
I downloaded NOW Tv but it wants my Sky password to access it 😮
Hmmm - I usually watch recorded content, so I can skip over the ads.
It's the football especially the champions league on bt sport and documentaries that's got me trapped at £93 a month. Help
I don't have sports channel or sky channels even though there there.
I have a record sky box. Minimal WiFi.
And they have said in Oct goes up to £35 Nov up to £50.
Because the package i have no longer exists by 8oct.
I don't want all the fancy stuff.
I am on Virgin Media out of contact but want BT sports how can I get without having a box?
Been with Sky for more the 20 years they are arrogant with there pricing policies? Linear TV has come too the end of the road in my humble opinion? As service engineer in this industry. Under 45s stream and watch Netflix and Amazon Prime.
I agree phoning up Sky ever 18 months to get a better deal is hard work and in most cases they start jacking up the price after 6 months
Having 2000+ channels isn’t always good and most are repeats. The Freeview recorders have come along way in the last 2 years recording 4 channels and watching live the software is smooth as Sky? I am taking control and saving myself £1200. It seems loyalty doesn’t pay with Sky only new customers?
For those watching in 2022. Now fibre broadband is £21 month. Sky is £17 month.. you fail to mention this. Sky glass multi room is now £10 month not £15 month and the first puck is free. I will definitely be staying with Sky having moved from Now in addition customer service is non existent which is an important consideration for me
I’m not talking about broadband here, just TV. You don’t need Now broadband to get Now TV
@@BeCleverWithYourCash buy you need internet to watch Now TV while on Sky you need only satellite dish so your comparision is not fair
Most TVs for Arial TV only have 1 decoder.
Looking forward to sky glass pre ordered
I'm going to look into this soon. There's no 18-month contract, but you are buying a TV that you might not need! Will report back.
Can you tell me please how to get through to Virgin to cancel my package and keep my Broadband. They make it impossible to get through to cancel. Need help please from any one
There a reason why Sky is expensive. Its sold as a premium product. Your not just paying for the right to view those channels and programmes you are also paying for the production of new and exclusive content. Like Brassic as an example. I would not force people to cancel, yes there are options but telling people cancel now is not right way. Sky also provide good rewards and benefits the longer you are with them
That's partly true (and the argument I use defending the Licence Fee). But Sky is different in that it is a profit making business. Plus many people don't realise there are alternative ways to get the same channels
I've just cancelled mine. I was paying £70 a month for no good reason. I only watch Netflix, Amazon, & TH-cam. Barely watch tv! They're such a con!
It was good at one time when it will first started but times have changed.
I have had free sky tv for at lest over 15 +years. you don't get sky 1 sports etc but you get all free to air and some HD channels, I found the paragraph buried in the small print. After you have had sky fir at lest 2 years after that you get it free film 4, bbc , itv, dave, .....a good few. you can't record but if you pay £10 you can record them but why bother. iv had that deal between 15 to 18 years. the only problem you will have most of the programs and full of adds but you would have them anyway (that's where the recordings come in handy)
Could you do this one again? please
Now TV isn't as good. lets start with the obvious: 1. no recording (a deal breaker for some) 2. no Ultra HD 3. TV guide is now and next 4. same channels? nope not even close, same sky entertainment channels, same sky sports and cinema, but not much else! 5. in reality you need a smart TV or a Smart box/stick to access it so there are outlays. 6. Now TV is Standard Definition, unless you pay for Boost to increase it to HD and 60frames with surround sound. No atmos here...
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so yes he is right you do pay less but you actually get less for it...
Can you get UHD on now I have a sky package which includes UHD on sky and Netflix