Sky TV Packages

What does Sky offer me?

The service provided by Sky is wide and varied. Much of what you will be able to receive depends upon the Sky Box that you choose. The Sky ethic dictates that what each customer receives should be highly personal to their interests and hobbies, therefore the Sky box you select will come with its own range of dedicated equipment to suit your needs.

The boxes

The standard Sky box acts as an entry pass into the world of digital television, giving you access to a range of popular television channels. The second Sky box that is available is named the Sky+. Selecting this gives you an added element of personalisation – allowing you to digitally record and store your favourite programmes. This makes it a great choice for those who have hectic lives and want to watch at their convenience.

Television in high-definition

The final Sky box is for broadcasting purists, the Sky+ HD box. HD stands for ‘High Definition’ and this is exactly what this cutting edge technology affords the viewer. On Sky+ HD, the picture quality is four times sharper than in standard-definition television, allowing you to see films with a previously unknown level of realism. Twelve programmes are dedicated to Sky’s HD system, featuring spectacular documentaries, thrilling films and world-class live sporting events

Sky Bundles

Aside from their digital television packages, Sky also offers broadband Internet and Sky Talk telephone services. These packages fuse and intertwine with each other, allowing you to take full advantage of their features. Opting for one of these Sky bundles can be a wise and economic move, enabling you to cover all of your household media requirements for one small monthly amount.

Sky offer an unprecedented level of personalisation, having designed six varied channel packs that aim to cater to the needs of different customers.

Variety Pack: This selection gives you access to a wide range of programmes and designed to suit the needs of the family. You can enjoy both cutting-edge and classic drama, sci-fi, reality shows and much more.

Featured channels: Sky One, Dave, Bravo, UKTV Gold and many more.

News & Events Pack: Are you interested in current affairs? Do you like to keep up with the latest political stories and scandals? Are you a sport junkie, who enjoys everything from the Cup Final to Queen’s Tennis Tournament? Well, if the answer to one or more of these is yes, then this may just be the Sky Pack to interest you. This is the Sky Pack to keep you on your toes!.

Featured channels: Sky News, Star News, Fox News, British Eurosport, CNBC Europe, Extreme Sports

Knowledge Pack This is the Pack for those of you with the will to learn more. Whether it be historical documentaries, wildlife features or real life crime stories you are interested in, there is a array of different channels waiting for you to discover them with this Sky package. The perfect place for a spot of pub-quiz practice.

Featured channels: Animal Planet, Discovery Channel, the History Channel, Crime and Investigation Network

Music Pack: Here is the place to massage your ear drums or practice the air guitar. It is almost thirty years since the launch of MTV with the erstwhile hit, Video Killed the Radio Star, and now the number of channels has mushroomed and choice abounds. This Sky Pack runs through every conceivable music genre, from rock and pop to urban and R n’ B. So, get your best shoes on and get ready for a digital dance.

Featured channels: VH1, Kiss, MTV Base, MTV Hits, Smash Hits, MTV Dance

Kids Pack: The dream of children and parents alike. Guaranteed safe and fun entertainment is designed to keep children amused for hours on end, so parents can hope to reclaim those lost Saturday mornings. This Sky Pack features twelve age-specific channels that are so much fun that you might end up getting hooked yourself.

Featured channels: Baby First, Cartoon Network, Disney Channel, Playhouse Disney, Nickelodeon

Style and Culture Pack: This Pack is designed for people who are interested in discovering worlds beyond their own. Deftly following the latest fashions, styles, subcultures and artistic movements – you’ll soon realise that there is much to be learnt and gained from the Style and Culture Pack.

Featured channels:Discovery Home and Health, Sky Arts, The Africa Channel, Diva TV, Star Plus

"I'm a Sky subscriber because I want access to all the greatest channels. In addition to lots of channels and quality programming, I really enjoy the onscreen menu which gives me up to date info on shows and movies..."

"This is probably the best UK offering at present. I really like the idea of entertainment packs, as by selecting my packs I got the channels I knew I wanted plus a few new favourites. As Sky is by satellite, you are almost guaranteed to get good reception regardless of where you live, and the Sky people where happy to do the installation over the weekend."

Football funnies

Humour can appear in many different forms, ranging from razor sharp wit to slapstick comedy, but there is little that is more guaranteed to get a laugh than the sight of someone unintentionally looking very silly indeed. From businessmen walking into lampposts or drunkards falling over, as a nation we Brits usually enjoy a little chuckle from afar – and in this video you can enjoy some of the silliest mistakes to have been committed on a football field. Here, Carlsberg have pulled together disastrous goalkeeping, spooned shots, awkward collisions and hopelessly spurned opportunities in front of goal. Each of these share a wonderful, humorous quality.

Moments like these are the scourge of a professional footballer’s life. They may enjoy worldwide celebrity and inflated wages, but when things go wrong – they often do so in front of an audience of thousands.

This video is taken from the Carling ‘Part of the Game’ series, which aims to look at football from a number of different perspectives. Football is a sport which encompasses passion, skill, elegance, style – and in this case – humour. One player that is well worth looking out for during this video is the mop-headed Columbian midfielder Carlos Valderrama, who gets a little more than he is expecting whilst waiting for a corner to be taken.