Freeview on a Sky box
30 August 2005, 06:11 PM
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Freeview on a Sky box
My dad called today to tell me he's cancelled his Sky subscription purely because theres not enough good material on to justify £40 a month.
He intends to switch to freeview and I had intended to get him a Freeview box but I seem to remember somebody telling me once you had cancelled sky (he's been with them a few years) the box and dish are your property and can then be used to receive freeview.
Is this true or rubbish?
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David
He intends to switch to freeview and I had intended to get him a Freeview box but I seem to remember somebody telling me once you had cancelled sky (he's been with them a few years) the box and dish are your property and can then be used to receive freeview.
Is this true or rubbish?
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30 August 2005, 06:30 PM
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When I switched to NTL earlier this year I got to keep my exisiting Sky dish and box, without having todo anything I get various things like ITV2, Men & Motors, CBeebies for the kids, few news channels etc I'm not sure it is all the freeview channels but it's ok for free...
30 August 2005, 06:48 PM
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Its rubbish Im afraid; not all of the Freeview channels are available on Sky..... He should be able to receive the five terrestrial channels though, using his existing card.
30 August 2005, 06:55 PM
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I did the same a while back and mainly use the freeview box. You will get more than just the terrestrial channels, like the quiz channels and errr babestation I think its called 
from the sky box.
from the sky box.
30 August 2005, 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by wayne9t9
I did the same a while back and mainly use the freeview box. You will get more than just the terrestrial channels, like the quiz channels and errr babestation I think its called from the sky box.
from the sky box.
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31 August 2005, 08:52 PM
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£20 for a SKY freeview card from www.freesatfromsky.co.uk
not bollocks as mentioned above, got one myself
not bollocks as mentioned above, got one myself
31 August 2005, 10:24 PM
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You'll get all the FTA channels (bbc1-4, itv1-3, M&M xtreme 419, bbc news) without doing anything else after the cancellation of the contract - got it myself
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You can get the terrestrial and FTA channel cards again now (after the BBC went FTA and withdrew funding). My point was that he couldnt get 'Freeview' through a Sky dish....., also that a new card wasnt required to receive the above channels if he still had his original viewing card.
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