Does anyone have Sky Free to Air?Is it any good?I've cancelled my Sky viewing,as I can't afford the bills,and

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it seems to be nothing but repeats on so many channels,and i've got fed up with sky & cant afford this luxury anyway so have just given my 30day notice of cancelation.Its all a lot of hype,Sky is'nt as good as all the ads say it is,so has anyone else out there just got the Sky Free-To-Air channels?surely i wont be the only one downgrading.Sky can be so expensive especially if you upgrade to movies and sport.Even the movies arent much good and are often repeats all the time.Has anyone got fed up of Sky and have cancelled,and just have their free channels or will i be the only person doing this.I don't know what Virgin is like in comparison,but i couldnt afford them either,bet they are expensive too.

Answer 1

There are some truths in the other answers. If you cancel your subscription you will reciecve FTA; I hacve included a list of these channels.

If you keep the card, then as extra you will get C4, C5 ans Sky 3. As they will still be acticve on the card ecven though you are not paying a subscription.

C4 and 5 are NOT free, so keep the card in.

• BBC1

• BBC2

• BBC THREE

• BBC FOUR

• ITV1

• ITV2

• ITV3

• ITV4

• Audi Channel

• AVAGO

• BEN

• BEN TV 2

• Big Game TV

• Bonanza

• Channel M

• Five Life

• Five US

• FRIENDLY TV

• Game Network

• Get Lucky TV

• Hollywood TV

• Information TV

• Jackpot TV

• L!ve TV

• Life One

• Life Showcase

• Life TV

• Live 2

• LONDON TV

• Majestic TV

• MKTV

• O’Seasproperty

• OBE

• Open Access

• Open Access 2

• Performance

• Poker Channel

• Real Estate TV

• Real Estate + 1

• Reality TV

• Reality TV +1

• Simply TV

• Smart Live

• Solent

• S4C Digidol

• S4C 2

• Travel Channel

• Travel Ch 2

• TTV2

• Turn On TV

• Wedding TV

• Wine TV

• Yooplay TV

• You TV

• You TV2

Movies

• Bad Movies

• Eat Cinema

• Film4

• HorrorChannel

• Matinee Movies

• True Movies

Sports



• Golf Channel

• TWC

• Xleague.tv

Music



• B4

• B4U Music

• Bubble Hits

• Channel U

• Chartshow TV

• Classic FM TV

• Fizz

• MusFlashTV

• Musicians Chnl

• R Music tv

• The Vault

• Zee Music

Special Interest

• 2ShopTV

• AAG

• Aapna Channel

• Al Jazeera Eng

• Apna Bazaar

• ARY Oneworld

• ARY QTV

• ATN Global

• Baby Channel

• Bangla TV

• Best Direct

• Best Direct+

• Bid TV

• Broadband UK

• CFC TV

• Channel 'S'

• Channel S NTV

• Chat Box

• ChoicesUK TV

• Christmas Shop

• Create & Craft

• Cyprus Direct

• Dating Channel

• DAYSTAR

• DD-India

• DM digital

• DM Gold

• Dove Vision TV

• EeZee

• EWTN

• Fashion Tv

• g*y Date TV

• g*y Network

• Gems.tv

• Gems.tv 2

• GEO TV

• GOD 2

• GOD Channel

• Golf Pro-Shop

• Horse and Country

• iBuy TV

• iBuy tv 2

• Ideal World

• INI

• Islam Channel

• Living in Spain

• Look4Love TV

• Loveworld TV

• Lucky Star

• Majestic TV

• MATV NAtional

• Max

• Max TV

• Men and Motors

• mta-muslim.tv

• Myphone.tv

• Passion TV

• PCNE Chinese

• Playboy One

• Pitch TV

• Poker Channel

• Price Crash 2

• price-drop.tv

• PTV Global

• Quiz Nation

• Quiz TV

• QVC

• Raj TV

• Record TV

• Revelation

• Sahara One

• Shop on TV

• Shop Vector

• Simply Ideas

• Simply Shop

• Speedaucion TV

• Superstore TV

• Star Bazaar

• Stop + Shop

• TBN Europe

• Teachers' TV

• Tel Sell

• Teletext hols

• Thane Direct

• Thomas Cook

• Thomson TV

• TTV

• TV SHOP

• TV Warehouse

• TVW Select

• UCB TV

• Vector 24/7

• Vegas 24/7

• Vitality

• We Deliver TV

• Wonderful

• Word Network

• YES

• Your TV

News and Docs



• Sky News

• BBC NEWS 24

• BBC Parliament

• CCTV-9

• CNN

• Community Chnl

• DD-News

• EuroNews

• France 24

Kids

• CBBC Channel

• CBeebies

• CITV

• POP

• Tiny POP

• Tiny POP +1

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Answer 2

I am also fed up with the frequency of repeats but I think you mean freeview which unless you subscribe to Sky needs a receiver box £20 upwards. If your TV is very new it may have this built in

You also need an appropriate aerial

But you need to make sure it will work where you are as the signal is easily blocked and not all regions are covered

Try asking your neighbours as one of them maybe using it then check where their aerial is pointed to see if you can receive the signal

Try Maplin Electronics for the box and advice

Answer 3

correct sky has became a repeat show

i cancelled my subscription 2 years ago

Ive 2 old viewing cards 1 will let me watch more channels

than the other card .

plus you need a card inserted to receive most free 2 air channels.

its maybe pot luck how many you will receive yourself

Answer 4

It's all a matter of personal taste. If you don't rate Sky, then you are unlikely to want to pay for other options.If you take your Sky card out, you can see what channels are free. Many people have cancelled subscriptions, and kept the box for free channels.

Answer 5

You will just get the free channels.