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TV package after discharge

FrankProp
FrankProp Posts: 14 Forumite
in Bankruptcy & living with it
The 12 month period until discharge is over in a couple of months – is it likely that I could still get a TV package ? I am on a Virgin TV package and want to change but don’t want to cancel until I’m sure I can get a different package. Grateful for comments. Thank you.

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  • nomoneytoday
    nomoneytoday Posts: 4,871 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    What's wrong with FREEview?
  • lilybankrupt
    lilybankrupt Posts: 166 Forumite
    nomoneytoday wrote: »
    What's wrong with FREEview?


    Nothing, unless the OP is like me and lives in a flat with no TV aerial, meaning the only way to get TV is via cable. Also a basic TV package is very cheap when combined with broadband / phone.
  • FrankProp
    FrankProp Posts: 14 Forumite
    Hi - Can you recommend a "..basic TV package which is very cheap when combined with broadband/phone..." Regards.
  • lilybankrupt
    lilybankrupt Posts: 166 Forumite
    Sorry I'm with Virgin lol. I just remember asking them the price of just having broadband and phone and it was only a few pounds less than with TV on top. Not that the total is cheap sadly :-/
  • Mummy_george
    Mummy_george Posts: 88 Forumite
    look into bt vision
  • Darren87
    Darren87 Posts: 8 Forumite
    There's freeview... but people often forget Freesat! cost me £60 to get a dish installed on 2nd floor. great free option. I have mine plugged into a HD dual tuner on my pc so I can watch, record and stream live tv to my phone or other device anywhere. Great on my lunch breaks :D doesn't cost me a penny either :P.
  • TheGardener
    TheGardener Posts: 3,303 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Unfortunately, freeview doesn't come with a landline and internet package...
  • egrescrimp
    egrescrimp Posts: 573 Forumite
    edited 10 March 2015 at 10:18PM
    what about NOWTV as an option? You can pick up one of their boxes for £10 or £20 with a 3 month entertainment pass (Argos do a 6 month one for £35).

    Just as an update to this in case you want Internet and tv from the same company, you can order nowtv with unlimited broadband, nowtv entertainment and sky movies for £15 per month plus line rental direct from sky http://www.sky.com/shop/nowbundle/
  • wharty
    wharty Posts: 426 Forumite
    I was discharged in June last year and was with Sky. I changed over to BT yesterday and although they said they do a credit check as part of the online process, they never said anything about my bankruptcy.

    I paid the £50 fee and everything is going through fine.

    I have done zero credit file clean up too.

    Just try and see what happens.
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