SKY has brought back one of its cheapest TV offers mere weeks after hiking prices.
The average Sky customer was hit with an additional 6.7% increase to their bill at the start of the month.
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It came amid wider price rises across TV, broadband and mobile to strike wallets in April.
But Sky’s latest deal offers a way to avoid the changes and go for the company’s streamed TV alternative at the old price.
Sky Stream is a tiny plug-in device which beams channels into your home via Wi-Fi instead of satellite.
The service was launched in October 2022, following the release of Sky Glass which packs all the same features within the TV itself.
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Sky Stream is a good replacement for those who don’t want a dish on the side of their house – or aren’t allowed because their landlord restricts them.
The standard service comes with Sky Entertainment, featuring 150 channels.
But users also get Netflix and Discovery+ thrown in at no extra cost.
The offer is available for £19 a month on an 18 month contract.
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Sky is also running discounts for premium add-ons like sport and cinema.
Customers can add Sky Sports for £20 a month instead of £28.
Sky Glass was the UK’s first internet-based TV launched in 2021
And TNT Sports is available for £26 per month, saving £4 compared to the usual cost of £30.
Meanwhile, Sky Cinema is £8 a month, instead of £13.
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Don’t forget, Sky also has a limited free option for Sky Stream.
New customers can take out a free one month trial of the service to get a flavour of it.
Just be sure to cancel before the month is up if you don’t wish to be charged.
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Sky Stream vs Sky Q – How do they compare?
Analysis by Jamie Harris, Senior Technology and Science Reporter at The Sun
The most obvious difference between Sky Stream and Sky Q is how they’re delivered.
Sky Q uses the traditional satellite dish for live TV and broadband for on demand shows.
Whereas Sky Stream relies entirely on the internet to do both live TV and on demand.
The interfaces look pretty much identical.
Sky Q tends to have more channels, mostly because Sky Stream does away with standard definition channels (where there’s a HD one available) and +1 channels.
One major difference is recording.
On Sky Q you can record anything you like directly onto your box that will stay there forever.
On Sky Stream you can’t technically record – you can add a show to your playlist and a recording is kept in the cloud, so you always need to be online to watch it.
They will also expire after a certain amount of time too.
Read more about the difference between Sky Q and Sky Stream here.
