Sky has updated their website today and have started providing high definition set top boxes as standard to all new and existing customers upgrading to Sky+.
From today, new or existing customers upgrading to Sky+ will receive an HD box as the standard offering.
The prices will are as follows:
New Customers
Free Sky+HD box and Free Installation when you take the HD Pack at £10 per month.
or
£49 for the Sky+HD box with £30 installation without the HD Pack.
Existing Customers
Adding a multiroom box, Free Sky+HD box and £60 installation when you take the HD Pack at £10 per month.
or
Adding a multiroom box, £99 for the Sky+HD box with £60 installation without the HD Pack.
or
Upgrading an existing box, £199 for the Sky+HD box with £60 installation with or without the HD Pack.
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28 January 2010
Service
Sky now provide HD boxes as standard
28 January 2010
General
Sky+HD households now over 2 million
Sky have today announced their financial results for the six months up to the end of December.
The results show another powerful increase in the number of customers subscribing to the Sky+ HD service.
An impressive 482,000 households joined the Sky+ HD service during the quarter, more than double the number of additional subscribers for the same period last year, which took the total number of Sky+HD subscribers up to 2,082,000.
The results show another powerful increase in the number of customers subscribing to the Sky+ HD service.
An impressive 482,000 households joined the Sky+ HD service during the quarter, more than double the number of additional subscribers for the same period last year, which took the total number of Sky+HD subscribers up to 2,082,000.
24 November 2009
Service
Amstrad Sky+HD users get HD EPG
Sky+HD customers with Amstrad boxes have begun to receive the new HD EPG.
The update started in March 2009 for Thomson Sky+HD boxes, with Pace and Samsung also getting the update in recent months.
When the update to all amstrad boxes are complete, all Sky+ HD boxes will have received the update.
The update started in March 2009 for Thomson Sky+HD boxes, with Pace and Samsung also getting the update in recent months.
When the update to all amstrad boxes are complete, all Sky+ HD boxes will have received the update.
23 October 2009
General
Impressive 3rd Quarter results from Sky
Sky has reported impressive results for the 3rd quarter of this year with 94,000 new customers joining, taking the total number of subscribers to 9.536 million, including strong growth of its high definition service.
Sky reported that their Sky+ HD service had an additional 287,000 customers joining or upgrading - a three-fold increase from 2008 results, increasing to a total of 1.6m customers.
Sky also reported an increase of 100,000 customers signing up for their broadband and 132,000 signing up for their telephone service.
The number of customers choosing to take all three services (TV, Broadband and Telephone) from Sky also increased by 12% to an impressive 17% of its customers.
Source: Sky Corporate
Sky reported that their Sky+ HD service had an additional 287,000 customers joining or upgrading - a three-fold increase from 2008 results, increasing to a total of 1.6m customers.
Sky also reported an increase of 100,000 customers signing up for their broadband and 132,000 signing up for their telephone service.
The number of customers choosing to take all three services (TV, Broadband and Telephone) from Sky also increased by 12% to an impressive 17% of its customers.
Source: Sky Corporate
21 October 2009
Service
More Samsung boxes get HD EPG
Sky have this morning began to update another batch of Samsung Sky+ HD boxes to the new HD EPG.
It has been nearly two months since the last batch received the HD EPG, with no news on when the next batch would get it.
However, yesterday, owners of Samsung boxes with version number 973005 reported receiving an email from Sky to let them know that the new HD EPG would soon be arriving.
This morning, owners of this version number are reporting that their boxes have been updated with the new HD EPG.
It has been nearly two months since the last batch received the HD EPG, with no news on when the next batch would get it.
However, yesterday, owners of Samsung boxes with version number 973005 reported receiving an email from Sky to let them know that the new HD EPG would soon be arriving.
This morning, owners of this version number are reporting that their boxes have been updated with the new HD EPG.