{"id":673,"date":"2005-11-28T20:33:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-28T20:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markwilson.me.uk\/blog\/2005\/11\/free-to-air-digital-tv-from-sky.htm"},"modified":"2007-05-31T23:01:41","modified_gmt":"2007-05-31T22:01:41","slug":"free-to-air-digital-tv-from-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2005\/11\/free-to-air-digital-tv-from-sky.htm","title":{"rendered":"Free to air digital TV from Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--113321445386835995-->In common with a fair proportion of the UK population, I can&#8217;t receive digital terrestrial television (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.freeview.co.uk\/\">Freeview<\/a>) without investing in an aerial upgrade (as well buying a set-top box) &#8211; or at least that&#8217;s the way it seemed until I found that there is another, less well known, method to get free digital TV in the UK.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/other\/satelliteTV.htm\">Toffa told me about getting free-to-air digital TV from Sky<\/a>, who offer a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sky.com\/freesat\/\">freesat<\/a> viewing card, plus digibox and dish for \u00c2\u00a3150 (or, from deep within their questions and answers page, it seems that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freesatfromsky.com\/?pID=6\">if you already have digital satellite equipment, all that is needed to get access to the free channels available on the digital satellite platform is a freesat viewing card which costs just \u00c2\u00a320<\/a> &#8211; although though some dealers are sell these cards online for significantly more money). After a bit more research, I found that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uk-satellite-tv.co.uk\/skycardsinfo_64999.html\">many of the free digital channels are available from Sky without any viewing card<\/a> &#8211; all that is needed is a Sky digibox and a dish.<\/p>\n<p>When we moved into our house, we inherited a Sky minidish which had been installed by the previous occupants. It&#8217;s been unused for the last 3-and-a-bit years but after spending a few quid on a nice slim digibox (I bought a second-hand Sony VTX-S760U and Sky remote control on <a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/710-5232-2978-22\/1?aid=8132995&amp;pid=1875354\" target=\"_top\">eBay<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tqlkg.com\/image-1875354-8132995\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/>) I can now get <a href=\"http:\/\/static.sky.com\/images\/ordersky\/freetoair\/free_to_air.html\">78 free to air TV channels (plus radio) for free<\/a> and if I do buy a viewing card, then I can add Sky Three, Channel 4 and Five to this list.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/free-to-air.gif?w=700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Some of the popular free-to-air digital TV channels\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So there you go, if you are one of the 27% of UK citizens who can&#8217;t receive Freeview, the chances are that you can still get free-to-air digital TV from Sky (who quote 98% coverage) without a monthly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sky.com\/\">Sky<\/a> subscription.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In common with a fair proportion of the UK population, I can&#8217;t receive digital terrestrial television (Freeview) without investing in an aerial upgrade (as well buying a set-top box) &#8211; 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