Broadband TV Packages
Broadband and digital TV are generally much better value when ordered together – here’s how it adds up.
Sky Digital
The basic Sky TV package is £20 per month this consists of the following –
- The Sky Entertainment Pack
- Sky ‘Broadband Everyday Lite’ – 20MB broadband with a 2GB usage limit
- Sky Talk, the landline service with included evening and weekend calls
Telephone line rental is £12.25 a month from Sky – you must take this to get Sky Talk.
Packages then increase as you upgrade to Entertainment Extra or premium content like Sky Sports and Sky Movies – find out more about the content and channels on our Sky TV packages page. The top Sky package is Sky+HD with Sky World, which includes Entertainment Extra and both the Sports and the Movies packs too.
Virgin Media
The basic Virgin broadband TV package costs £20 a month and is made up of the following Virgin Media services –
- M+ TV – over 65 channels
- Option to add the revolutionary TiVo Box for an extra monthly fee – more details here on the Virgin TiVo page
- Broadband L – up to 10Mb speed with unlimited usage subject to fair usage policy
- Phone M – unlimited weekend calls to UK landlines and Virgin Mobile numbers
Telephone line rental is £13.90 a month.
You can then build your own bundle choosing from the TV sizes M+, L (over 100 channels) and XL (160 channels), the phone sizes M (weekend calls), L (evening and weekend calls) and XL (anytime calls) and the broadband sizes L (up to 10Mb), XL (up to 30Mb) and XXL (up to 50Mb). Depending on where you live there is also a super-fast 100Mb broadband service available – check your postcode here.
BT Vision
TV Essential, Broadband and Anytime Calls is the starter BT Vision triple package at £20 a month. This package consists of -
- Free Vision+ Box
- BT Vision on demand and catch-up from the TV pack and the TV Replay pack, plus other content on a pay-as-you-go basis
- Broadband up to 20Mb download speed with 40GB usage
- Free weekend calls to UK landlines including 0845 and 0870 numbers
Telephone line rental is £13.90 a month but you can take advantage of the Line Rental Saver, where you pay line rental for the whole year in one card payment of £120, equivalent to £10 a month.
BT Vision is a Freeview-based service which enables you to pause, rewind and record Freeview channels with the Vision+ Box and add extra content on a Pay As You Go basis. This includes programmes from the Kids, Music, Sport and Film packs.
Digital TV Packages
- Sky+ HD Starter
- Sky+ HD with Sky Movies
- Sky+ HD with Sky World
- Sky+ HD with Sky Sports
- Virgin TV L + Phone M
- Virgin Media TiVo Starter Bundle
- Premiere Collection
- Top Up TV Favourites
- Top Up TV Complete Sports Pack
- BT Vision Gold Pack
- TV Essential + Broadband and Anytime Calls
- TV Unlimited + Broadband + Anytime Calls
Sky TV Starter Deal
Only £20 a month
Sky+ TV, broadband and calls £20 a month. Free Sky+ Box and set-up, up to 2GB broadband usage and included evening and weekend calls.
Virgin Value Bundle
£20 a month
This bundle has size ‘M+’ TV, that’s 65 channels, TiVo, On Demand & Catch-Up, 10Mb Broadband plus Phone with unlimited weekend calls! £20 a month plus line rental.
BT Vision Starter Deal
£17 a month
£25 Sainsburys Gift Card > Free Vision+ Box > 16Mb Broadband – 10GB usage > Freeview, Catch-Up & Pay per View > Anytime calls > Online only offer
Top Up TV Favourites
£11.99 a month
Library of popular TV – over 700 shows to choose from each month including Life on Mars, Little Britain, Lost and many more. Top Up box from £39.99 – £20 set-up.