Anyone seen that Sky deal that comes with Netflix, Disney, and HBO? I have questions

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pullingsneakies@reddit

I have it and I enjoy it, but that's just the TV package not the broadband, they're charged separately.

Netflix isn't bad, ads are minimal, occasional 2 minutes but that's rare and I've gone through 6 40 minute episodes without a single advert just now.

Can't say for Disney just yet because I haven't accepted it because I have a deal running.

Hbo, I had to pay £5 to take the ads away but that was also so it unlocked all the movies (newer ones like superman) it includes kids shows and stuff too so pretty decent price IMO.

I have discovery+ included which I like having for naked and afraid.

Sky itself isn't awful but need to pay for ad skipping, which is a button needed to press or they'll play, but some stuff doesn't have ads throughout the show.

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Technical_Front_8046@reddit

Personally, prefer Virgin over sky. Have had both. And I hate ads.

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Pale_Slide_3463@reddit

Don’t do anything with sky, I’m so shocked and annoying people in this country still give that greedy horrible overpriced company their money still.

You can get Netflix, Amazon (plus American tv company subscriptions which you can cancel anytime) nowtv, Disney, whatever you want without paying for sky and cancelling whenever you wish.

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No_Technology3293@reddit

I get your point mostly; but just to clarify NowTV is sky just under a different banner. All owned by the same people

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I haven't watched much HBO yet but can comment on disney. The ads are at the start of every episode and then about every 20 minutes? I'm watching a lot of scrubs and high potential and I think scrubs (roughly 22 minutes long) doesn't have a mid episode ad break while high potential (44 mins) does. For the mid episode breaks they happen at a natural break point not mid sentence.

The ads are a few blocks of 30 second ads. Think maybe 2 minutes total. Definitely shorter than traditional TV ad breaks.

The most annoying thing is the repetition. I could probably recite the this is us ad now because it's played so many times.

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StormySally@reddit

I get HBO free with one of my packages (can’t remember which but has ads), I pay £4 a month for Disney (2 screens I think) but was previously paying £8.99 or whatever it was to Disney +. Netflix I pay about the same as I was paying Netflix. Remember if you ever want to cancel Disney + you need to do it via marketplace on your box, because I had such a performance before and both sky call centre people and Disney + were telling me it wasn’t them

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SubstantialHyena2597@reddit

It’s a really good set of things, you just have to be willing to pay it. If you’re interested in film and TV then it’s definitely worth it

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epicmindwarp@reddit

> Isn't that illegal or something? Feels dodgy af?

Are you new to subscriptions? It's something that all companies do - they're called mid-contract price rises. Ofcom has given some strict rules around how to implement these, but, doesn't apply in the same way to Sky TV.
I haven't felt the need to upgrade from ad-free - and I hate ads. They're not too long, and don't break up the experience, like YouTube does. YouTube ads are disgusting.

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