Sky is the undisputed leader in the UK satellite market, offering a staggering choice of over 700 TV and radio channels covering entertainment, news, sport, movies, music and far more besides, on subscriptions starting from £16.50 a month.
As an accredited Sky installer, MDTV can take the hassle out of subscribing to Sky or upgrading to Sky Plus, Sky+ HD or Sky Multi-room. Our friendly, helpful and knowledgeable customer services team will be happy to discuss the options available to you and book an appointment for one of our experienced engineers to deliver and install your new Sky box and demonstrate its working for you.
Just call 0845 230 0028 or email customer@mdtv.co.uk.
Services
Sky Digital
This is the most basic and inexpensive service offered by Sky. A single feed from our communal system to the Sky Digital box will enable you to watch whichever programme packages you choose to subscribe to in crystal clear digital quality. Sky’s interactive on-screen TV guide covers all channels for the next week, and enables you to set reminders so you never miss your favourite programmes. Parental controls enable you to decide which channels your kids will be able to watch and when, and you can send emails, play games and shop through the Sky Active service. Sky boxes must be connected to a telephone line for initial activation and to use the Sky Active services, so it is helpful to have a telephone socket in the same room as your television.
Sky+
Sky+ (Sky Plus) offers all the features of standard Sky Digital, and adds built-in recording facilities. You can set programmes to record up to a week in advance, instruct the box to automatically record every episode of your favourite series, and even pause, rewind and replay live television, or fast-forward through the adverts in shows you have recorded. Sky+ boxes are designed to work with two satellite feeds; if your home only has one satellite outlet at present you may need to arrange for our engineers to install an extra feed at the same time as your Sky+ box. This enables you to record programmes from two different channels at the same time or watch one channel while recording another. Check whether your outlet plate (the socket on the wall you plug your TV aerial into) has one or two satellite outlets (these look like short, wide screw-threads sticking out from the plate, with a narrow hole in the middle, and are usually labelled Sat, Sat 1 or Sat 2).
Sky+ HD
For an extra £9.75 a month subscription, Sky’s premium services offers all the features of Sky+, together with Europe’s widest choice of high definition programmes across 33 channels and double the recording capacity of a standard Sky+ box. Lovers of sport, movies and nature documentaries in particular will be blown away by the incredibly sharp, bright images, with picture detail levels up to 4 times those of normal TV. As with Sky+, Sky+ HD is designed to work with two satellite feeds, so if your home has only one outlet at present you should arrange for our engineers to install a second at the same time as setting up your box. High definition services also require a high definition capable television for viewing.
Multi-room
For an additional 9.75 a month subscription, plus the cost of a second Sky Digital, Sky+ or Sky+ HD box, you can watch Sky in another room of your house independently of your first set. Football in one room and soaps in another? Not a problem. You could even have boxes installed and connected to televisions in three or more rooms. Please note that each additional box will require either one (Sky Digital) or two (Sky+ or Sky+HD) extra points to be installed in the room in question.
Magic Eye
For a lower-cost solution to enable you to watch Sky in more than one room, why not consider a “Magic Eye” set-up? Our engineers will run a high quality cable via a safe and discreet route to connect your kitchen or bedroom TV to the Sky box in your living room and supply a “Magic Eye” device fitted to the secondary TV set, enabling you to change channel with the Sky remote while watching either set.
Packages and Subscriptions
Sky offer a wide range of channel packages to suit everyone’s interests and budget. For full details of the channels and prices on offer, why not visit their website?
Sky offer a wide range of channel packages to suit everyone’s interests and budget. For full details of the channels and prices on offer, why not visit their website?
In addition to the programmes available from Sky, you can separately subscribe to and receive through your Sky box a variety of other channels and packages from other suppliers. The links below will take you to the websites of the suppliers in question, or you can call them directly on the numbers to the right.
Setanta Sports 0871 200 62 03
SET Asia 0870 7669 248
Zee Punjabi 0870 600 2888
Sky Broadband and Sky Talk
You can also get phone and internet services from Sky alongside your TV subscription. If you require Sky Talk, Sky Broadband or both, our customer service team will make all the necessary arrangements when you order your new Sky box.