Buy Sky and get a free Sky+ box and £50 M&S Voucher

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Ben Hargreaves

If you have been thinking about buying a Sky bundlefor some time but have never made a decision, there is no better time to purchase a Sky package than in the month of February!

The Sky+ HD box allows you to watch all of Sky's high definition channels without needing any other equipment.

The Sky+ HD box is free when you sign up to Sky in February

If you sign up before the 23rd February, not only will you get a free Sky+ HD set top box and free install but Sky will also give you a £50 M&S voucher just for signing up online!

With Sky not only do you get the UK’s most comprehensive range of channels including Sky1, and Sky Atlantic, but you can also get the widest range of high definition channels including Sky Movies and Sky Sports in full HD glory!

Signing up to a Sky bundle also gives you the great phone service SkyTalk which gives you cheap calls to UK local and national landlines, and with SkyTalk Anytime you can even make free International phone calls to countries such as the US, Australia, and Canada.

Finally, no Sky bundle would be complete without broadband, and with Sky, not only can you get great speeds of up to 20Mb with an ‘N’ class router, but according to Ofcom’s 2011 customer satisfaction report, “Sky Broadband customers enjoy unbeatable overall satisfaction compared with BT, Virgin Media and Talk Talk”.  If you purchase Sky Broadband Unlimited, you’ll even get 6 months free!

As if that wasn’t enough if you sign up before the 23rd February to a TV, Broadband and Phone deal from Sky, you can also get a free £50 M&S Voucher!

Compare television packages from Sky using our Digital TV Selector comparison service or call our impartial experts for free on 0800 840 4942 today to sign up to the deal of your choice!

TV

Broadband

Phone

Monthly Cost

Set Up Fee and your offers
Sky TV Entertainment Bundle
- 40 Entertainment channels including Sky1, Sky Living and Sky Atlantic		 Sky Broadband Everyday Lite
- up to 20Mb speeds
- 2GB usage allowance		 SkyTalk Freetime
- Free evening and weekend calls to UK local and national landlines

£20 per month

(Plus £12.25 line rental payable to Sky)

FREE Set Up

FREE Sky+ Box

Get £50 of M&S Vouchers for free!

Buy a Sky Deal from Sky.com or call 0800 840 4942
Sky TV Entertainment Extra
- Over 90 Entertainment channels including Sky1, Sky Living, Sky Atlantic and the Discovery Channel		 Sky Broadband Unlimited
- up to 20Mb speeds
- Unlimited usage allowance		 SkyTalk Freetime
- Free evening and weekend calls to UK local and national landlines

£25 for 6 months, then £32.50 per month

(Plus £12.25 line rental payable to Sky)

FREE Set Up

FREE Sky+ Box

6 months half price broadand

Get £50 of M&S Vouchers for free!

  Buy a Sky Deal from Sky.com

or call 0800 840 4942
Sky TV Entertainment and Sports Pack
- 40 Entertainment channels, including Sky1, and Sky Atlantic
- Five Dedicated Sports channels from Sky Sports		 Sky Broadband Everyday Lite
- up to 20Mb speeds
- 2GB usage allowance		 SkyTalk Freetime
- Free evening and weekend calls to UK local and national landlines

£40 per month

(Plus £12.25 line rental payable to Sky)

FREE Set Up

FREE Sky+ Box

Get £50 of M&S Vouchers for free!

  Buy a Sky Deal from Sky.comor call 0800 840 4942
Sky TV Entertainment with Movies and HD pack
- 40 Entertainment channels including Sky1, and Sky Atlantic and 17 HD channels
- 12 Movies channels in high definition		 Sky Broadband Everyday Lite
- up to 20Mb speeds
- 2GB usage allowance		 SkyTalk Freetime
- Free evening and weekend calls to UK local and national landlines

£46.24 per month

(Plus £12.25 line rental payable to Sky)

FREE Set Up

FREE Sky+ Box

Get £50 of M&S Vouchers for free!

 Buy a Sky Deal from Sky.comor call 0800 840 4942

 

 

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Virgin Media sign up to Thinkbox

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Jane Stott

Cable televisionoperator Virgin Media has joined commercial TV marketing body Thinkbox alongside the European broadcaster RTL Group as its first associate members.

Thinkbox is the commercial TV body that the cable television operator Virgin Media has signed up to

Virgin Media and RTL Group are the first Thinkbox associate members

As part of their membership, both companies will be involved with “consultation and involvement” across Thinkbox’s working groups.

Thinkbox currently represents 90% of the commercial TV industry through its shareholders and partner channels, and the body highlights the benefits of advertising on television in its various forms from standard adverts and video on demand to product placement within programs.

Whilst both Virgin Media and RTL Group have joined as associate members, full shareholder status has been reserved for TV broadcasters and sales representatives such as Sky Media, Channel 4, ITV, and UKTV.

Tess Alps of Thinkbox was pleased to see both Virgin Media and RTL Group join saying “We’re also grateful for the acknowledgement of the work we are doing and their desire to help us do more to explain the commercial opportunities in TV’s rapidly developing future, be that TV on-demand, addressable advertising or product placement,”

“We look forward to working with them and our shareholders to continue helping advertisers enjoy the unparalleled success that TV advertising, in all its forms, brings.”

Whilst Virgin Media’s Mark Brandon added “Virgin Media is pleased to become an associate member of Thinkbox.

“The TV advertising value chain is evolving fast, with next-generation TV platforms such as Virgin Media playing an increasingly prominent role in this evolution.”

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Sky takes on Lovefilm and Netflix with new web TV service

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Ben Hargreaves

Satellite television provider Sky is to launch a brand new service which will allow users to watch Sky content over the internet in an attempt to target users that do not have a subscription with the pay TVcompany.

The new web TV service from Sky will show a large amount of movies content which will help Sky to compete with Amazon Lovefilm, and Netflix

The new service from Sky will feature hundreds of movies from Sky

The new service will launch in the first half of 2012 and as yet does not have a name, but the digital television provider has said that it will feature Sky content and several films from its range of content on the Sky Movies channel.

It is thought that the new service will take on the likes of other streaming services such as those on offer from Netflix, and Amazon’s Lovefilm, and will also be available to anyone that has a broadband connection regardless of whether or not it is provided by Sky.

It is thought that after the launch customers will also be able to start watching sports content from the Sky Sports channel in addition to the standard content and movies which are from Sky Movies, and the new service will have no minimum term contract making it even more attractive to those who have decided against taking out a full subscription with Sky.

The new service will also be available on a range of different devices including laptops, tablet PC’s, desktop PC’s, Mac’s and smartphones from the likes of Apple, LG, Nokia, and Samsung.  It is not intended that the new service will replace the video on demand service Sky Go with the service still available to Sky subscribers.

Chief executive of Sky Jeremy Darroch said “This exciting new service will offer some of Sky’s most popular content through a wide range of broadband connected devices,”

“Alongside the continued growth of our satellite platform, this will be a new way for us to reach out to consumers who love great content, but may not want the full Sky service. Bringing a distinctive, new choice to the marketplace will help us meet the needs and demands of an ever wider range of consumers.”

“This new product launch will build on our early leadership in multi-platform distribution. It will allow us to make our expertise and investment in content and technology work even harder, extending our options for continued growth.”

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Sky Go set to launch on Android

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Jane Stott

Sky Go, the multiplatform television service from Sky is to launch on Android devices the satellite television broadcaster has confirmed.

Sky Go is the multiplatform video on demand service from Sky. Virgin Media and BT Vision are also able to offer video on demand services so you should compare Sky to Virgin Media and BT Vision when searching for the best deals

Sky Go will be available for download from Android marketplace in February.

Having been available to Apple users since July 2011, the Sky Go application will open up a wide range of Sky content to Android users including the brand new Sky Sports F1 channel.  Android users will be able to obtain the new app from the Android marketplace from February.

The amount of content available to users depends on their Sky television subscription with access to content from a range of Sky’s popular digital television channels including Sky 1, Sky News, Sky Living and Sky Arts, and from the 31st January, Sky subscribers will also be able to access content from Sky Atlantic.

In addition to this subscribers to the movies channels from Sky can also access all 11 of Sky’s movies channels through Sky Go, and similarly all of the Sky Sports channels and ESPN can also be watched through Sky Go.

Customers that have a Sky television subscription are able to register up to two different Sky Go devices, and this can range from smartphones, PC’s, tablets, and Mac’s.  Customers without a Sky digital television subscription can also sign up to Sky Go for a monthly subscription fee.

Sky Go currently has around 2.5m users, and head of Sky Go, Holly Knill said “Sky Go is all about helping more people watch the TV they love wherever and whenever it suits them, so I’m delighted to announce the roll-out of Sky Go to Android,”

“We know how much Android users have been looking forward to the launch of Sky Go on Android smartphones, and we’ve done everything we can to make sure that our bespoke design is worth waiting for.”

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Sky reports profits in latest figures

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Ben Hargreaves

Sky has reported a strong profit from the second half of 2011 after a good sales period for its digital television, broadband and phone services.

Sky is a popular digital television service provider, but you may also be able to get cheaper digital television services from providers such as Virgin Media and BT Vision

3m people now take a triple play bundle from Sky

In the six months leading up to December 2011, the pay TV provider reported a pre-tax profit of £601m which was an increase of 16% over the same period in 2010.  Sky also reported that they had sold 772,000 products over the period though it is believed that only 100,000 of these products were sold to new subscribers.

ARPU (Average Rate Per User) has also increased by £8 up to £544 when compared to the same period in 2010, but the number of customers leaving their subscription services with Sky was 9.6%.

The adjusted revenue at Sky was £3.36bn in the second half of 2011, which represents an increase of 6% on the previous year whilst net profit increased to £441m up 8.4%.

There was also good news for the Sky Go mobile and multiplatform television service, which now has 2.5m users, in total Sky now has 10.471m customers, and approximately 3m of the customer base has a triple play bundle (TV, broadband, and phone) service from Sky.

Sky chief executive Jeremy Darroch said “It has been a strong first half with progress on all fronts. While these are tough times for many consumers, our customers are staying loyal and more households continue to join us,”

“From broadband to high definition, people are choosing Sky for a wider range of products than ever, underlining the transformation of our business over the last few years.”

He added “Our approach to growth is working well. We’re adding more value to the Sky subscription by investing where it matters most to customers, with more great entertainment and ground-breaking innovation like Sky Go,”

“This will be an outstanding year on screen, including more original British productions and a new channel dedicated to Formula One, and we have exciting products in the pipeline that will create more ways to access our content and more reasons to join and stay with us.”

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Sky Sports agrees new cricket deal

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Jane Stott

Sky Sports, the sports channel from digital television providerSky has today announced that it will be showing at least four more years of live international cricket after agreeing a deal with the English and Wales cricket board.

All of England's test matches will be available on Sky Sports under the new deal with the ECB. Sky Sports is available on Sky, Virgin Media, BT Vision and Top UP TV, so make sure you compare digital television services to find the cheapest way to watch Sky Sports

The new deal also gives Sky the option to extend for two years up till 2019.

Sky Sports is available on most of the digital television service providers services including Virgin Media, BT Vision and Top Up TV, and under the new deal, Sky Sports subscribers with Sky will also be able to watch the action on the move through their mobile television application Sky Go.

The new agreement will run until 2017, and will incorporate England’s next Ashes series in 2015 and the home series against India, Pakistan and South Africa.

Sky Sports will also show coverage of England one day internationals and several of the T20 tournaments, alongside the domestic county fixtures of which Sky Sports will televise 60 games.

Barney Francis of Sky Sports said “This is good news for cricket and good news for viewers. Our viewers will enjoy a breadth of live coverage, at domestic and international level, and the ECB extends a partnership that has proved good for the game,”

“Cricket is flourishing in England and Wales, with increased participation, record attendances and success for England’s men and women. Through extending our partnership, the ECB can invest on and off the pitch and the game can continue to grow.”

Whilst Giles Clarke of the ECB said “Sky Sports has raised the bar for all live television broadcasters with its innovative, informed and comprehensive coverage of cricket and we are very pleased to renew this agreement for a further four years.”

“No-one should be in any doubt that our partnership with Sky has been of immense benefit to the wider game. World-class support structures for our successful England teams, major ground improvements at county level, a flourishing coach education programme and a 5% increase in participation at our ‘Focus’ clubs are all by-products of this relationship.”

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All Sky+ HD customers to get Sky Anytime+

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Jane Stott

Digital television provider Sky has today announced that it will be opening up its Sky Anytime+ service to all Sky+ HDcustomers regardless of whether they subscribe to Sky Broadband services from Sky.

Sky Anytime+ is the video on demand service which is exclusive to Sky customer. However you will be able to watch Sky Anytime+ with any broadband connection and a Sky+ HD set top box

Sky Anytime+ will now be open to a potential subscriber base of 5m users.

After its launch in 2010, the video on demand service Sky Anytime+ was only available to Sky customers that had a Sky+ HD set top box, and one of the Sky Broadband services from Sky.  Video on demand content was then ‘pushed’ to the Sky+ HD box depending on the users selections.

Today Sky has announced that it will open up access to Sky Anytime+ regardless of the customers internet service provider, meaning that it is now potentially available to an estimated 5m Sky subscribers.

Currently Sky Anytime+ is watched by 1.2m Sky subscribers according to the satellite television provider, and new users should be able to start accessing the IPTV service from Easter 2012 as Sky begins to relax its broadband rules.

It is believed the decision to make Sky Broadband non-compulsory to Sky Anytime+ has been driven by Sky’s announcement that it is to make streaming services BBC iPlayer and ITV Player available on its video on demand platform.

Part of the negotiations between Sky and the BBC are said to have focused around BBC iPlayer being made available to more subscribers other than just those who had Sky Broadband services from Sky.  This move from the BBC is mainly because the BBC is committed to making BBC iPlayer available to as many homes as possible.

Sky’s chief executive Jeremy Darroch said “Sky Anytime+ will go from strength to strength in 2012 and we are delighted that the addition of the BBC iPlayer and ITV Player will allow customers to also enjoy the best of terrestrial TV, whenever they want.”

“We’re also delighted to be able to widen access to the service so that millions more Sky customers can enjoy the added flexibility it offers.”

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Sign up to BT Vision with BT’s Winter Deals

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Ben Hargreaves

BT currently have some fabulous winter deals running on their triple play bundles at the moment, which means that you can get a great TV, broadband and phone service for just £4 for the first 4 months!

At the moment, BT Vision is featuring a great amount of movies such as The Inbetweeners, Bridesmaids and The Hangover Part 2.  You can summon up all of these movies at your convenience without leaving the living room.

If movies aren’t really your thing you can also get a range of other content ranging from great TV and catch up TV programs such as The Big Bang Theory, and Geordie Shores.  There is even a range of programs for kids, which you can get on demand, with BT Vision featuring Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Spongebob Squarepants, and Ben 10.


With BT Vision you can also subscribe to the great sports channels Sky Sports and ESPN so you can watch all of the great Barclays Premier League action live on your TV.

If you are interested in just broadband and phone from BT, then be sure to check out our great broadband and phone deals, and if you sign up before the 17th February you can even get a free £50 Dabs voucher.

Checkout the great winter deals from BT below

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Package

Monthly Cost

Set up fee and your offers

  
BT TV Essentials, Broadband & Anytime Calls

- BT Vision TV Essentials

- BT Home Hub & Vision Box

- Free WiFi minutes

- up to 20Mb speed with a 10GB usage allowance

- Anytime UK calls

£4 for 4 months, £20 thereafter

(plus line rental from £10 per month)

FREE connection

£40 activation free

  Buy now from BT.com
BT TV Unlimited, Broadband & Anytime Calls

- BT Vision TV Unlimited

- BT Home Hub & Vision Box

- Free WiFi minutes

- up to 20Mb speed with a 10GB usage allowance

- Anytime UK calls

£12.50 for 4 months, £28.50 thereafter

(plus line rental from £10 per month)

FREE connection

£40 activation free

 

  Buy now from BT.com

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BBC iPlayer and ITV Player launch on Sky

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Ben Hargreaves

Sky has significantly strengthened its video on demand proposition following deals to offer both BBC iPlayer and ITV Player to its satellite television subscriber base.

ITV Player is an IPTV service from ITV which will be launching on Sky Anytime+ which is a VOD service on Sky. BBC iPlayer will also launch on Sky, but BBC iPlayer is also available on Virgin Media and BT Vision digital television services

ITV Player should be available from today on the Sky Anytime+ service.

The new services will appear as an extension to the Sky Anytime+ service which was launched in 2011, and utilises an internet broadband connection in order to provide content to users.

ITV Player will be the first service to launch today, and various popular ITV programs will be available on the Sky Anytime+ menu along with a dedicated ITV Player section allowing users to access IPTV content from ITV Player.

BBC iPlayer will launch later in the year on Sky Anytime+ and will allow viewers to catch up on content such as Top Gear, and Sherlock via the iPlayer service.

The move to incorporate BBC iPlayer into the Sky Anytime+ service follows extensive negotiations with the BBC as the two organisations could not agree a process of syndication of on-demand content.

BBC’s syndication policy meant that BBC could only offer content via its iPlayer platform, and Sky was reluctant to make BBC content available through Sky Anytime+ whilst bypassing BBC iPlayer.

Sky has since agreed to launch the standalone iPlayer service, and the new arrangement means that the BBC will control its appearance on the satellite provider’s service.

Chief Executive of Sky, Jeremy Darroch said “Sky Anytime+ will go from strength to strength in 2012 and we are delighted that the addition of the BBC iPlayer and ITV Player will allow customers to also enjoy the best of terrestrial TV, whenever they want. We’re also delighted to be able to widen access to the service so that millions more Sky customers can enjoy the added flexibility it offers.”

Whilst director general of the BBC Mark Thompson said “Having the BBC and Sky work together to further build on the BBC iPlayer success story can only be fantastic news for audiences.

“Making BBC iPlayer available on all platforms is key to our commitment to universal access and this agreement takes us one step further towards that goal. I’m delighted to take this first step on a story of innovation for both organisations.”

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Get a £50 DABS voucher with BT’s Winter Deals

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Jane Stott

BT currently have some fabulous winter deals running on their broadband and phone bundles, but if you sign up before the 17thFebruary you can get a free £50 Dabs voucher to spend as you please at the electronics retailer DABS.com.

BT's winter deals give you great value BT Broadband and phone calls with four months free

Sign up to a BT Winter deal and you can get a £50 Dabs voucher for free!

As part of the BT winter deals you get the great BT Broadband service which gives you speeds of up to 20Mb and the fantastic ‘N’ class BT Home Hub complete with free security features to help keep your PC protected against various viruses and other online attacks!

If you sign up to certain packages with BT you can even get 4 months absolutely free for your broadband and calls package.

You can also get free calls to UK local and national landlines within the UK for free at anytime, or during the evenings and weekends, and BT also has some of the cheapest line rental prices in the UK with line rental saver meaning that for a one off fee of £120 you can pay for your line rental a year in advance (meaning that it works out to cost just £10 per month for line rental from BT).

As if the winter deals were not enough from BT, if you sign up today through Digital TV Selector, you can get a £50 Dabs voucher absolutely free!

Checkout the great winter deals from BT below

Compare bundles from BT Broadband using our comparison service at Digital TV Selector or call our team of experts on 0800 800 4942 today!

Package

Monthly Cost

Set up fee and your offers

  
 Broadband & Anytime Calls
- BT Home Hub
- Free WiFi minutes
- Up to 20Mb speed with a 10GB usage allowance
- Anytime UK calls

Free for 4 months, £16 thereafter

(plus line rental from £10 per month)

FREE connection

Get a £50 Dabs voucher

  Buy from BT.com

or call 0800 840 4942 to sign up
Broadband with Evening & Weekend Calls
- BT Home Hub
- Free WiFi minutes
- Up to 20Mb speed with a 10GB usage allowance
- Evening and Weekend UK calls

£7 for 3 months, £14 thereafter

(plus line rental from £10 per month)

FREE connection

Get a £50 Dabs voucher

  Buy from BT.com

or call 0800 840 4942 to sign up


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