High quality broadband and amazing savings
Far from simply being a digital television provider, during the past few years Sky has diversified its product range. Sky broadband is one of the new services to emerge from this period of diversification – available to customers as part of a Sky bundle. Read on below to discover more about some of the fantastic offers that are available.
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Free Sky Broadband with Sky TV
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Key features
- A choice of broadband products to suit your internet needs
- Choose from 2MB, 8MB and 16MB connection speeds
- Free Wireless Broadband Box
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Pro's
- Great selection of packages
- Base package is free for Sky TV subscribers
- Free 12 month McAfee Internet Security Suite to subscription
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Con's
- Monthly usage restrictions of 2GB on Base package
- Only available to Sky TV subscribers
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Pricing
- No monthly subscription with 2Mb Base package,
- Max package is £10 a month for 16Mb connection
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‘Nobody does breaking news like Sky.’ (Guardian Unlimited Blog, 2007)
Sky News was the United Kingdom’s first dedicated 24-hour television news channel and it has sculpted for itself a fine reputation as the quickest responding broadcaster to breaking news stories. Receiving critical praise in the wake of a number of significant international events, such as the attacks of September 11th in the United States and the subsequent trail and hanging of Saddam Hussain, Sky has been awarded with the title of ‘News Broadcaster of the Year’ on various occasions.
Presented from state-of-the-art headquarters in West London, the network of Sky News offices around the world in formidable and comprehensive. Sky employ more than 500 staff worldwide, with foreign bureaus based in Beijing, Brussels, Jerusalem, Johannesburg, Moscow and Washington DC. Well known and expertly trained journalists augment the quality of the broadcast, with well known figures such as Adam Boulton, Eamon Holmes, Robert Nisbet and Alex Rossi a prominent part of its service.
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Quality, tradition and trust
For almost a century the BBC has stood as the pillar of British broadcasting. The BBC is trusted, objective organization with its News coverage being one of its flagship services. With an annual budget of £350 million, the BBC News team consists of a team of 3,500 staff, 2000 of whom are journalists.
Broadcast from the BBC Television Centre in West London, the broadcasting corporation is also comprised of 44 news gathering bureaus around the world. Working for the BBC is seen to be the pinnacle of many journalists’ careers, and notable members of staff include the World Affairs Editor John Simpson, George Alagiah, Huw Edwards, Evan Davies and Brian Hanrahan.
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Other Digital News Channels
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Diversity, perspective and accessibility
In addition to BBC News and Sky News, there are other sources of information available to digital television viewers. The variety of channels allows people to garner different points of view and gain a wider perspective and interpretation of international events.
Chief amongst other news channels are Fox News, CNN, Al Jazeera and ITV News who all combine to bring quality news from different parts of the world. When you have your digital television system installed, you can be confident that whenever you want to watch a news bulletin, then there is something waiting right there for you.
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