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Sky.com/NewFeatures – New Sky+ Now Even Better
[Update: 14th Feb 2013] Sky+ (www.sky.com/newfeatures) is now even better with new features like 7 day Catch Up TV now FREE with Sky’s £21.50 a month Starter TV package – known as Sky’s Awesome Foursome deal.
New customers joining Sky TV online for £21.50 a month can now get the following:
Sky TV – Enjoy over 40 Entertainment channels (at home or via Sky Go) like Sky 1 and Sky Atlantic, plus exclusive shows not available on Freeview like Sky Art and MTV.
The Sky+ Box – Stay in control by pausing, rewinding and recording live TV. Customers can also use Series Link to automatically record a whole series and use the Sky+ app to record from their iPhone, iPad or selected Android device.
New 7 Day Catch Up TV – There’s now no need to huddle around a laptop to watch last night’s TV. Customers can now watch last week’s TV programmes on their TV using the Sky Player, ITV Player, Demand 5 and the BBC iPlayer which is launching soon.
Box Sets On Demand – Entire series boxsets are now available on demand at no extra monthly cost until March 2013. Customers can watch what they want, when they want to at the touch of a button.
Sky Broadband & Weekend Calls – Enjoy Sky Broadband Lite speeds with a 2GB monthly download cap or upgrade to Sky Broadband Unlimited for an extra £10 a month and take advantage of no download usage limits or speed reductions at peak times of the day.
Sky phone line rental costing £14.50 a month is required from month one, while a £25 M&S voucher is available to those new customers who place their Sky TV order online.
Once customers receive their Sky+box, they need to connect it to their Sky Broadband router in order to enjoy the new Sky+ features like 7 day Catch Up TV and On Demand series box sets.
Interested readers can find out further information and order online at the www.sky.com/newfeatures website.
BT.com/Smile – BT Smile Deal With Free Broadband
BT’s Smile Deal (www.BT.com/Smile) has launched giving new customers the opportunity to enjoy BT Broadband and Calls free of charge for the first 6 months.
Generating a yearly saving of £78, the Smile Deal provides BT Broadband speeds up to 16Mb together with unlimited evening and weekend UK landlines calls, plus discounted international calls.
A 10GB monthly download allowance comes with the broadband, as does BT’s next generation Home Hub wireless router.
Unlimited Wi-Fi minutes at BT’s four million Wi-Fi hotspots across the country are also included together with security features like BT Family Protection.
BT phone line rental equal to £10.75 a month from month one is required, while the BT Vision Essential TV package, providing 75 Freeview channels and Catch Up TV can be added for an additional £4 a month. A free 500GB BT Vision+ box worth £199 is also included.
Readers can find out further information on BT’s Smile Deal at the www.BT.com/smile website. Note, BT are also giving away a free £25 Sainsbury’s shopping voucher for all orders that are made online.
Sky.com/SkyPlus – Sky+ Box With Free Catch Up TV
Sky (www.sky.com/skyplus) has added a free 7 day Catch Up TV service plus a huge library of TV On Demand, including whole series box sets, to the Sky+ and Sky+ HD box.
Sky+ users simply need to connect their Sky+ box to their broadband router to catch up on some of the best TV from the last 7 days from their subscribed Sky TV channels, plus the BBC iPlayer, the ITV Player, 4oD and Demand 5.
With On Demand (the new name for Sky Anytime+), users can choose from a vast library of TV shows including full series box sets and watch them when they want to.
The new Catch Up TV and On Demand features are available at no extra monthly cost to existing Sky TV subscribers and new Sky customers taking Sky TV from £21.50 a month.
Popular Sky+ box features like pausing live TV, rewinding those all-important moments and recording two shows at once, even while watching a third, are still available.
It’s worth noting that as On Demand downloads count towards broadband usage caps, both existing and new Sky customers may be better off taking Sky’s Unlimited Broadband package.
Sky Broadband Unlimited has no monthly download usage allowances or limits and its speed is not slowed down at peak times. The package is currently half price for 12 months for existing Sky customers (followed by £7.50 a month) and £10 a month for new customers.
New customers switching to Sky can currently order Sky TV, the Sky+ box, Sky Go and Sky Broadband Lite with weekend calls for just £21.50 a month – with a £25 M&S voucher also included for those orders placed online.
The Sky TV package features over 40 TV channels including the likes of Sky LIVING, Sky1 and Sky Atlantic, while there’s also hundred of free to air channels like the main Freeview channels to enjoy.
Sky Broadband Lite only has a 2GB monthly download usage allowance, so upgrading to Sky Broadband Unlimited (for an additional £10 a month) is something to seriously consider.
Interested readers can find out more and order online at the www.sky.com/skyplus website.
TalkTalk.co.uk/besttv – TalkTalk TV Free YouView Box
[Updated: 17th April 2013] TalkTalk (talktalk.co.uk/besttv) is offering a free YouView box worth £299 to new customers and existing TalkTalk Essential customers who switch to its £15.50 a month unlimited TV, Broadband & Phone package, known as TalkTalk Plus TV.
Existing TalkTalk Plus Phone & Broadband customers can also get the YouView box for free and will not have to pay any additional TV subscription.
BT.com/buyYouView – Free BT YouView Box Worth £299
BT (bt.com/buyYouView) is offering a free YouView TV box worth £299 and a free £50 Sainsbury’s voucher to new customers ordering online either BT Broadband or BT Infinity with a BT YouView TV package.
The deal means new customers can get a free YouView box by ordering online BT’s new Totally Unlimited Broadband, Weekend Calls and YouView TV Essential Pack which costs just £5 per month for the first 6 months (£21p/m after), plus BT line rental from £11.75 a month.
O2 iPhone 5 SIM Only Deals – O2 Nano-SIM £10.50
SIM free/unlocked iPhone 5 owners can now get an O2 nano-SIM from just £10.50 a month following the launch of O2’s iPhone 5 SIM only deals (O2 Simplicity for iPhone 5).
Available to order online at the O2.co.uk website, the nano-SIM only deals come on either a 1 month or 12 month contract, with the 12 month contract deals featuring various discounts on the monthly price.
