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BT Sport On Sky - Rolling 31 Day Contract
I currently get BT Sport with widescreen via my EE mobile phone contract. But that contract ends soon, so I'm looking at alternative SIM-only deals. But I'd like to keep BT Sport and have Sky TV. It is available for £27/month on a 31-day rolling contract. How feasible is it to sign up, say, the day before a match I want to…
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Virgin Media hack myth or not
I have been with Virgin for ages now and am currently out of contract with them. This now rolling at £60 per month. I've been in touch and they can knock it down to £52. I know if I go to disconnect teams it will probably come down a bit more. New folk joining Virgin get what I have 108mb broadband and basic TV for less…
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Sky TV and Distance Selling
Trying to establish whether subscribing/signing up for Sky TV services via the Sky Q box is covered by Distance Selling regs. There's a 14 day cooling off period for contracts signed on-line, but does signing up (or more specifically, amending a contract) through a "technical portal" on a TV screen count as distance…
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TV Licence - Partially sighted and retrospective refund
Does anyone know if TV Licensing accept digital evidence, rather than physical photocopies? It seems antiquated evidence needs to be posted and also currently I'd rather not go into somewhere to use a photocopier to copy the evidence on behalf of my parents.
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Government petition to have a referendum on the TV licence
A Facebook group is now advocating a referendum on the TV licence. There is a petition on the government petition site calling for a referendum on the licence fee, if you want to add your name look up the number, 587212, on the petition site or search TV Licence. If it gets to 10,000 the government will respond to the…
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NOW TV ending kids service
I have the NOW TV £3.99 kids monthly subscription, and have done for years, mostly paid for with Tesco clubcard vouchers. Our children use it quite a lot. My wife and I are not interested in any pay-for TV, all the free services are fine. Netflix is more expensive and has less of the kids content they watch. Are there any…
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Leaving / Downgrading Sky - Advice Please
So my situation at the moment is that I'm paying £75.00 for the standard package with Sky Sports and the old Sky HD Box.No broadband included no Cinema package, no Sky Q. I called to try to cancel (before my phone cut off!), but after telling them I won't be watching sports during the summer, as the football season is…
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Sky increase
Just had a renewal through for my Sky package. It was an increase from £48 to £98. I followed the advise in the guide and was eventually offered the same package for £58. Fantastic £40 per month. Thanks Martin
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Followed Tv license rules
Hi I have followed all of MSE rules for not having a tv license, namely watching bbc on my phone and not plugging into a wall or watching it on my tv, along with not watching any live tv. I have had an email saying I have been watching bbc I player on my tv and because I have let them know I don’t need a tv license they…
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Sky TV Deals - Existing Customers
Hi All I have a full package with sky of tv, broadband and phone package ans my previous deal has just expired and jumped to £128 from £83. Having phoned sky about a new deal, they are telling me they can only take £19 off the bill and bring it down to £109 per month. The last time a got a deal from them they stripped…
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Cheapest way to get Sports TV for non Internet savvy gent
My friend has been looking into getting Now TV for the sports channels, mainly golf and cricket, but he only has limited Internet access, just 20gb per month through a mobile broadband deal with Three. This would mean he'd drain his Internet very quickly if he was watching sport on the telly. He only just started a 2 year…
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MSE News: Warning to Sky TV customers - it won't notify you when your contract's up
Sky customers should check now if they are overpaying for their TV package, after the firm admitted it hasn’t been sending out end-of-contract notifications.... Read the full story: 'Warning to Sky TV customers - it won't notify you when your contract's up, so check now if you can switch and save' If you haven’t…
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On demand TV licence fee. ❓
Is there a way to pay a " TV Licence" fee. For short periods of time. Only when family visit. For a period of 2 weeks, every 4 or 5 months ❓
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Best time to get a sports deal?
So I'm currently a Sky broadband and TV user with sky sports and my contract is coming to end soon. I currently pay £67/month. The current package available by BT is more appealing. I'm wondering whether to negotiate a contract that includes sports now or wait until closer to the new football season starts. Do Sky/BT…
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Options when there's no freeview signal
My sister has this dilemma (after moving into a new property) What are her options to receive a live TV signal?
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BT TV, BB, phone Package advice
Hi All, How much do people pay for a BT package. I currently pay £88.46/month for BB1 Fibre Phone line Anytime calls TV: BT Sport TV: Entertainment Plus 2GB phone package 12GB phone package Is this good when i try to negotiate a new deal and possibly add one more £6 mobile package and Now TV Sport. Thanks
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Champions League and Europa League finals question.
Am I right in thinking that last year both the Champions League final and Europa League final were free to view without needing a BT subscription? If that was the case, I'm unable to see anything similar on offer this year. Does anybody know if the games are going to be available on any free platforms this year, even if…
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TV License Second Home
Hi, We are fortunate enough to have a second home that is planned to be a retirement home but is currently rarely used. It isn’t used by anyone else. We are currently paying for two licences but only ever watch TV in one or the other, so I’m trying to understand what I can legally do to avoid paying a licence fee on the…
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TV options suggestions
Household had a Sky TV+Broadband account under my father's name under contract until July. He has died, and phoning bereavement team I was told it would be fine to keep the contract options in place and re-evaluate at that time. Then receiving a letter today I am asked to sign something agreeing to TV terms and conditions…
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Sky multi room
Hi all hope someone has a solution to this problem. I have just had sky q multi room installed and my daughter used to use sky go in her room via PS3 which is no longer available. I have connected the old sky hd box with card mini sky WiFi hub but not wires from the dish so it won’t connect obviously. so is there anything…
