Sky Sports for free?
 

I've been a virgin TV subscriber for several years, but have only occasionally paid for Sky sports, the last time was 7 months ago. I have just noticed that I can access all the Sky sports channels in SD, despite not being currently being subscribed. I can't get them in HD though. Is this standard now?

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From email I received on Wed.

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Thanks for that nomadking. Have you got the channels in HD though?

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No. I assume that would come if I had Sky Movies and the HD premium. I used to, but not at the moment.

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We got the email today, but just checked and not been update, just rebooted the box and no Sky Sports.

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I wonder if those of us who pay for Sky Sports will be refunded? :rolleyes:

I won't hold my breath

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Have you checked the SD channels?
You obviously won't be one of the "chosen ones", so it won't matter.

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Yes they all greyed out and when I select it, it say subscribe or cancel.
Both of our Tivo boxes are the same.

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I disagree that it doesn't matter. Yes it's understandable that Virgin try to attract new customers to different packages with incentives like this. However there is never a bonus for existing long term customers that are forking out £100+ per month such as your sky sports free for a month. Norm seems to be 2 or 3 price rises a year without any extra content for existing customers.

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I have just been upgraded to Sky sports for 6 weeks also.What i want to know is,do we have to inform them to cancel after 6 weeks or will it stop automatically?

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Trublue, have you got in HD?

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From the email.

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No,SD only.



nomadking

Thanks,I read the email twice,but just didn't see it.

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I've got them as well but no email informing me

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Got it before the E mail SD only

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Well that's better then having a wet kipper thrown in your face old boy.;)

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Free Sky Sports and Den says everything is hunky dory with subscriber numbers for premiums.:D:D:D

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Your powers of sagacity , enlightenment and foresight are the stuff of lore MM.;):D

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It could be a Sky driven promotion, they are the ones who would benefit from increased Sky Sports subscriptions which must surely be the thought behind this promotion.

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Of course it's a Sky driven promotion that's my point , desperate times call for desperate measures.

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But is it desperate times??.

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I think Sky are desperate to hold on to subscribers at all costs.

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I have also been hand picked for this offer. The plus side is this should stop my weekly calls trying to get ne to take Sky Sports.

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Ok desperate times is probably OTT but clearly premium subs are now far more difficult to attract. Both family members and friends have all said they constantly have Sky Sports and Sky Cinema half price offers now even offering up to 9/12 months.

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Its certainly a very competitive marketplace and that is no bad thing for us consumers.

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I think all these offers are out there because they are desperate!

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As I say desperate may be a little OTT from me and discounting isn't something exclusive to Sky I've been rung probably 4 times since leaving BT likewise many on here who've left VM claim to have received healthy discounts to stay from a callback.

As Den says it's a competitive market making it more challenging for all the traditional pay providers.

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So who would Sky Sports be competing with, over the Sky Sports channels? Won't cost Sky that much to give it out for free for a period of time as they already "own" the content.

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The point being made is that the whole thing is now getting too expensive for many , the entry price for Sky Sports requires you to also have a base TV package unless you are happy with Now TV.

Sky Sports isn't the only player in town now BT has a pretty decent offering sure it has less key sporting rights than Sky but then it can be had included with your package on both VM and the BT TV platform.

If what I'm trying to say is incorrect and everything with Sky Sports subscriptions is hunky dory explain why Sky are having to offer so many freebies and half price discounts for periods of 9 and 12 months something they've never had to do before.

I'm not suggesting Sky can't afford to discount but they clearly have to now to tempt people to subscribe.

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Sorry thought you were referring to VM subs. I agree with you, Sky's cash cow isn't so reliable as a revenue stream any more.

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I just received the email this evening but it is still greyed out even in SD, I will switch off and reboot and see if this does the trick.
I wonder if the powers that be can see from my Tivo box that I watch Sky Sports News a lot. Also about a year ago I had SS for 30 days over Christmas and New Year.
Anyway Thanks, I just hope this is a free lunch full stop.:D

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Give Faults a call.

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Received the email today, Sky sports free for six weeks. Only in SD.
Won't be subscribing through.

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Got the email today and Watching SKY sports, quick questions what was the criteria of choosing certain customers for this promotion?

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Any official word from Virgin yet? No Sky here on the HD XL package and been a customer since the old NTL days.

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spider
Thanks for the heads up, I am still greyed out, if no SS in the morning I will ring faults.

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I'm gobsmacked by this offer from Virgin, really am, so in effect people like me and thousands of others who pay through the nose for the sports pack, are basically subsidising others who don't have it, and Virgin are dressing this up as a sweetener to entice new customers into taking the Sky sports pack, unbelievable!

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How do you know it's not a Sky offer?

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For the record I had SKY for years with VM before I dropped it because of cost. I recently had multiple offers from Now TV for their sports pack so I think it is completely a marketing drive from SKY themselves through VM!

I suppose they are giving this offer to customers who are on the highest bundle that does not include SKY Sports!

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If it's any consolation, I'm unlikely to make use of this offer. For example me and my boys will be taking in some delightful Scottish Cup action this weekend, watching Stenhousemuir get pumped at McDiarmid.

But whoever has been the brains behind this offer (let's be honest it'll be Sky) really should have thought about their existing customers as well. They are maybe relying a bit too much on people retaining Sky Sports without stopping to think about it.

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Not sure it's that, I'm only on the Mix bundle. But I have subscribed to Sky Sports in the past (we're talking about maybe 4 years or so ago) so perhaps this is a drive to win back previous subscribers.

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Mine was greyed out too, so I did this (from VM Help site: Missing Channels)...

Press Home on your remote
Select Help & Settings
Select Help
Select TV Care from the top bar
Select Missing channels
Select Refresh my channel list to check for missing channels, and to get your TiVo box automatically updated if they are missing.

...and they showed up.

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Interesting read

https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/art...its-grip-on-tv

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:clap:

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Indeed it is, if anybody thinks I am going to pay thirty odd quid a month plus the HD charge for sky sports they are barking, sky sports is simply pricing itself out of the market on VM at around £450 a year just for the sport including HD.:shocked::shocked:

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According to Denphone its got plenty of scope to increase.:erm::shocked::shocked:

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I wouldn't take any notice of what he says.

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:shocked::shocked::shocked: decrease surely as sky lose rights to BT.;)

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Agree I refuse to pay for HD sports and films,been with Virgin since the
Blueyonder days and get sweet FA from them and don't want a dish

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Sit down and have a cup of tea Richard as it very good at de-stressing one l find.

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Have you got any proof that it won't MM?;)

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I need it after the stirring up that you do on here on the quiet.

Do you have anything of interest to share with us about Sky Sports?

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Flicking round the channels last night and noticed that I have the free Sky Sports promotion but I havnt had an email. If it wasnt for this thread,I would have known nothing about it.

Although I find it hard to watch anything in SD these days so I probably won't be watching it much.

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Could be worse, could be Forest on it :p:

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Any official word from VM yet?

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Not yet

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Yeah,and we normally loose when we are on Sky which will probably happen against Villa in a couple of weeks time on Sky.

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It seems that some have had the email but not the channels, whilst others have had the channels but not the email.

Organising something to do with a brewery springs to mind :dunce:

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Not only did I get the email, I got a reminder one 9 days later.

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Yes i have had a reminder email after 5 days, yes im forgetful but not that forgetful lol

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No email, no channels, not missing much anyway.

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Hope those who do have the channels double check when its ended or they will be charged everything VM do needs a engineer or a phone call to fix theres no automated anything on there service lol.

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Wrong.

The channels will just be inaccessible once the 6 months is up, Virgin won't just automatically charge all their customers for Sky Sports.

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Shouldn't get billed as it doesn't even appear as a free item on the bill. It isn't on my most recent bill from yesterday.

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And I havnt asked for it or even had an email about it

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Still no email even though I've had the channels since the 1st weekend this offer started

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When did the offer start Gavin?

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15th Jan is when they appeared on my box

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Perhaps some people have opted out of being updated by email from VM so VM are not allowed to inform them of this offer

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Just recieved the email and I believe the promotion ends next week!

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Keeo getting E mails telling I have this. Message to whom ever is sending tem

I DON`T WANT IT !!!!!!;)

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Ive only watched it once. The SD is terrible. Its like going back to watching tv in the 70's. I suppose Ive been spoilt over the years watching tv in HD and 4K.

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Got the email today and it's not the end of watching Sky Sports if you don't want it to, I clicked on the promotional link and now have it for a year at half price!

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Only in SD or do you have to pay extra for the HD version?

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Only SD unfortunately, but it is still half price!

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Thinking of getting the half price sky sports offer but does anyone know if taking it ties you into your Virgin contract for another 12 months? I believe you can cancel sky sports with 30 days notice. Just don't want to be locked into my Virgin contract for another 12 months.

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As a broad rule of thumb... premium channels can all be cancelled anytime with 30days notice.

However - if you get premium channels bundled into your package to get a discounted price, then cancelling any part of that package does run the risk of losing any or all discounts.

VM-staffers on here can probably confirm better..

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Not being VM staff myself l think you are probably right as we have our premium channels at a discount price bundled into our package and the contract stipulates 12 months at the very least or you are quite likely of losing those discounts if one is thinking of cancelling within a bundled premium channel package.