Not allowed a Sky Dish - Options?

Bonking_Mad

Due to price increase, I'd like to change from Virgin to Sky.

Current package includes BB / Phone.

We live in a leashold property block of flats.

The freeholder has agreed to a communal satellite dish (SkY) sadly, not enough residents interested (most elderly)

Not allowed an individual one

TV interest on Virgin goes from channel 101 to channel 300, no sports / films.

Can anyone tell me, if I cancel Virgin, what options do I have getting the same channels elsewhere?

Colin_London

Bonking_Mad wrote: »

Due to price increase, I'd like to change from Virgin to Sky.

Current package includes BB / Phone.

We live in a leashold property block of flats.

The freeholder has agreed to a communal satellite dish (SkY) sadly, not enough residents interested (most elderly)

Not allowed an individual one

TV interest on Virgin goes from channel 101 to channel 300, no sports / films.

Can anyone tell me, if I cancel Virgin, what options do I have getting the same channels elsewhere?

Unfortunately if you can't install a dish then you don't have any other options to retain all those channels.

Your only alternative platform would be Freeview but that has only a small proportion of the channels on Virgin.

You can compare the channel lists here:
http://www.virginmedia.com/customers/pdf/virginmedia-presents-channel-guide.pdf

http://www.freeview.co.uk/var/freeview/storage/original/application/3f27f0c762a088b3a311cbc148fc5da1

You could get a Youview box from Talk Talk and watch some more channels over IPTV (in addition to the Freeview channels) by adding one of their TV Boosts:

https://sales.talktalk.co.uk/info/tv/tv-extras

EDIT: Full list of potential IPTV channels from Talk Talk via their Entertainment Extra Boost here: https://sales.talktalk.co.uk/prereg/basket/boosts/tv-boost/entertainment-extra?showButton=false&ajax=1

Bonking_Mad

Colin_London wrote: »

Unfortunately if you can't install a dish then you don't have any other options to retain all those channels

Pity

Didn't really want to many set top boxes.

Thanks for the info / links.

Del_Astra

What about on the ground? I know Sky can install on the ground if you are not allowed to have it on the building.

Bonking_Mad

Del_Astra wrote: »

What about on the ground? I know Sky can install on the ground if you are not allowed to have it on the building.

That may involve cable running up the exterier brick wall to our flat, which the Freeholder wouldn't be happy with.

Moneymaker

Have you a SSE facing balcony or window?

scotsbob

http://www.ddelec.com/digiglobe.htm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2023359/Having-satellite-dish-human-right-says-European-court.html

Bonking_Mad

Moneymaker wrote: »

Have you a SSE facing balcony or window?

Not sure about SSE, we have a balcony which catches the sun morning to mid afternoon, bedroom window catches the sun in the afternoon.

Bonking_Mad

scotsbob wrote: »

http://www.ddelec.com/digiglobe.htm

So pleased I posted this topic :T

scotsbob wrote: »

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2023359/Having-satellite-dish-human-right-says-European-court.html

Thanks for this :j I'll be taking it up with the managing agents :eek:

Jen_Jen1985

I have sky and I am in a block of flats with no dish, I get all the channels through the regular ariel socket but the only disadvantage I have is I can only record channels I am watching. i.e I can't watch one channel and record another, but that doesn't really bother me with all the +1 channels.

macman

Jen_Jen1985 wrote: »

I have sky and I am in a block of flats with no dish, I get all the channels through the regular ariel socket but the only disadvantage I have is I can only record channels I am watching. i.e I can't watch one channel and record another, but that doesn't really bother me with all the +1 channels.

If you don't have a dish, you are not getting Sky. There must be a communal dish on your block, with a single feed, hence no full PVR functions.