Freesat installation loophole

If you're thinking of getting Freesat, and haven't got a satellite dish, here's an interesting loophole.


With Freesat, if you don't have a dish, it'll cost you £130 to get Freesat working (£50 for a basic box, and £80 for installation).

Sky Digital is offering something called "Pay Once, Watch Forever", which offers over 200 channels, for just £75 including installation and a Sky Digibox. You also get four months of Sky's pay-TV channels as a trial.

So, here's what you do:

Get "Sky's Pay Once, Watch Forever" - dish and box for £75 (versus £130). Watch the 200+ free channels plus the Sky subscription channels for 3 months, then tell Sky that you don't want to subscribe after the trial.

You can still use the Sky box for the free-to-air channels. If you fancy moving to Freesat (for their HD service), then you've already got a dish installed suitable for Freesat, and a spare satellite receiver. You can only apply if you've not had a Sky contract before.