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Sky - Best pricing available

pjhaahl — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 12:22:42 GMT

Hi all,

I'm cancelling my Sky contract as I'm now end of contract and the price rises over the last couple of years have been crazy, particularly since much of the content that once would have been part of the packages has moved over to streaming apps.

I tried to negotiate the prices down, but got nowhere so I thought it would be interesting to compare pricing with others to see if we can definitively establish what a good deal looks like so here goes. Can anyone top the following

Sky Signature - £25.00

Ultimate TV Pack - £5.50

Netflix Premium - £9.49

Sky Kids - £4.00

Sky Sports Complete Inc Sky Sports - £9.00

Sky Cinema - £14.00

Sky HD - £4.00

Sky 3D - £0.00

Sky Go Extra - £0.00

Ultra HD - £1.00

Total Bill - £73.00

This package was £59.50 when I signed up two years ago and was due to become £77.99 post contract end.

I was annoyed not only because of the percentage increase, but because it is not the whole story in that I'm also now paying £15.00 for apps to access content at UHD quality that would once have been on Si-Fi / Sky Atlantic / Sky Cinema.

The way I see it is that a nearly £35.00 (52%) increase over a two year period to access broadly the same content is an unreasonable ask. I believe Sky could do better. Do you have a deal that proves it?

Re: Sky - Best pricing available

Me134 — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 12:28:04 GMT

@pjhaahl wrote:
Hi all,

I'm cancelling my Sky contract as I'm now end of contract and the price rises over the last couple of years have been crazy, particularly since much of the content that once would have been part of the packages has moved over to streaming apps.

I tried to negotiate the prices down, but got nowhere so I thought it would be interesting to compare pricing with others to see if we can definitively establish what a good deal looks like so here goes. Can anyone top the following

Sky Signature - £25.00
Ultimate TV Pack - £5.50
Netflix Premium - £9.49
Sky Kids - £4.00
Sky Sports Complete Inc Sky Sports - £9.00
Sky Cinema - £14.00
Sky HD - £4.00
Sky 3D - £0.00
Sky Go Extra - £0.00
Ultra HD - £1.00
Total Bill - £73.00

This package was £59.50 when I signed up two years ago and was due to become £77.99 post contract end.

I was annoyed not only because of the percentage increase, but because it is not the whole story in that I'm also now paying £15.00 for apps to access content at UHD quality that would once have been on Si-Fi / Sky Atlantic / Sky Cinema.

The way I see it is that a nearly £35.00 (52%) increase over a two year period to access broadly the same content is an unreasonable ask. I believe Sky could do better. Do you have a deal that proves it?

Not allowed on here I'm afraid, try the MSE website.

The percentage increases are worked out on the basic price and not your discounted prices, it's obviously your choice whether to take the higher tiers or not, the same would apply standalone. Content is constantly moving platforms and that won't change regardless of who you're with.

Re: Sky - Best pricing available

PandJ2020 — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 12:53:31 GMT

£73 is less than I pay. But ymmv.

Same but with no kids but with multi screen.

Re: Sky - Best pricing available

TimmyBGood — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 13:19:03 GMT

@pjhaahl wrote:

I believe Sky could do better.

Why would Comcast Corporation stockholders choose to accept reduced return on investment?

Their Sky Group division hasn't been profitable for half the time they've owned it, on top of the 8.6 billion dollar write-down in 2022 on the original purchase price.

Re: Sky - Best pricing available

best+of+the+best — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 13:17:34 GMT

@pjhaahl wrote:
Hi all,

I'm cancelling my Sky contract as I'm now end of contract and the price rises over the last couple of years have been crazy, particularly since much of the content that once would have been part of the packages has moved over to streaming apps.

I tried to negotiate the prices down, but got nowhere so I thought it would be interesting to compare pricing with others to see if we can definitively establish what a good deal looks like so here goes. Can anyone top the following

Sky Signature - £25.00
Ultimate TV Pack - £5.50
Netflix Premium - £9.49
Sky Kids - £4.00
Sky Sports Complete Inc Sky Sports - £9.00
Sky Cinema - £14.00
Sky HD - £4.00
Sky 3D - £0.00
Sky Go Extra - £0.00
Ultra HD - £1.00
Total Bill - £73.00

This package was £59.50 when I signed up two years ago and was due to become £77.99 post contract end.

I was annoyed not only because of the percentage increase, but because it is not the whole story in that I'm also now paying £15.00 for apps to access content at UHD quality that would once have been on Si-Fi / Sky Atlantic / Sky Cinema.

The way I see it is that a nearly £35.00 (52%) increase over a two year period to access broadly the same content is an unreasonable ask. I believe Sky could do better. Do you have a deal that proves it?

Which apps are costing £15.00 to access UHD content @pjhaahl

Re: Sky - Best pricing available

mr.tickle — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 13:19:30 GMT

Sorry couldn't resist:

@pjhaahl wrote:
Sky 3D - £0.00

That's an excellent bargain price for a gimmick which was thankfully closed down and put out of its misery over a decade ago. It doesn't exist. It shouldn't be listed on any bills. Those 3D TVs were limited to HD and haven't been sold for many years. Like those "bendy" TVs, another fad.

😂

Re: Sky - Best pricing available

TimmyBGood — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 13:42:12 GMT

@mr.tickle wrote:

Those 3D TVs were limited to HD and haven't been sold for many years.

I believe 2017 was the last year any manufacturer released a 3D television set, but, for what it's worth, many models of projector have retained that functionality (largely because it's really cheap to implement on such hardware)

Re: Sky - Best pricing available

pjhaahl — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 13:58:19 GMT

@best+of+the+best wrote:

Which apps are costing £15.00 to access UHD content @pjhaahl

Paramount+ and Disney+ via marketplace

Re: Sky - Best pricing available

pjhaahl — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 14:00:05 GMT

@mr.tickle wrote:

Sorry couldn't resist:
@pjhaahl wrote:
Sky 3D - £0.00
That's an excellent bargain price for a gimmick which was thankfully closed down and put out of its misery over a decade ago. It doesn't exist. It shouldn't be listed on any bills. Those 3D TVs were limited to HD and haven't been sold for many years. Like those "bendy" TVs, another fad.
😂

It still appears on mine. It seems thankfully that £0.00 must be the base price since I didnt get two lots of RPI uplift on it

Re: Sky - Best pricing available

pjhaahl — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 14:36:10 GMT

@TimmyBGood wrote:
@pjhaahl wrote:
I believe Sky could do better.
Why would Comcast Corporation stockholders choose to accept reduced return on investment?

Their Sky Group division hasn't been profitable for half the time they've owned it, on top of the 8.6 billion dollar write-down in 2022 on the original purchase price.

In view of how hard up you suggest the business is, one would think they'd be eager to take whatever they can get.

Since I've had the same Sky Q box for getting on 10 years, and the cost of the provision of services to me on an ongoing basis is likely next to nothing at this point bearing in mind they are going to be paying for the content they show and renting satellite space to carry their channels irrespective of whether I'm a customer or not, getting £720 a year out of me rather than £0 for the next couple of years would be a much more attractive proposition for their shareholders.

As a Comcast shareholder myself, I'd certainly say I'd prefer they were collecting what they can from people like me rather than watching us walk away by being stubborn over £20 a month.

Re: Sky - Best pricing available

Me134 — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 14:43:59 GMT

@pjhaahl wrote:
@TimmyBGood wrote:
@pjhaahl wrote:
I believe Sky could do better.
Why would Comcast Corporation stockholders choose to accept reduced return on investment?

Their Sky Group division hasn't been profitable for half the time they've owned it, on top of the 8.6 billion dollar write-down in 2022 on the original purchase price.
In view of how hard up you suggest the business is, one would think they'd be eager to take whatever they can get.

Since I've had the same Sky Q box for getting on 10 years, and the cost of the provision of services to me on an ongoing basis is likely next to nothing at this point bearing in mind they are going to be paying for the content they show and renting satellite space to carry their channels irrespective of whether I'm a customer or not, getting £720 a year out of me rather than £0 for the next couple of years would be a much more attractive proposition for their shareholders.

As a Comcast shareholder myself, I'd certainly say I'd prefer they were collecting what they can from people like me rather than watching us walk away by being stubborn over £20 a month.

Using that convoluted thinking, shouldn't we all get it for free?

Re: Sky - Best pricing available

mr.tickle — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:13:54 GMT

@pjhaahl wrote:
It still appears on mine. It seems thankfully that £0.00 must be the base price since I didnt get two lots of RPI uplift on it

Yes, of course, that's why I posted. It's on the bill but doesn't exist as a channel. From @TimmyBGood 's post above, in theory you could have a projector and watch some "on demand" Sky 3D content (limited to HD and SDR of course).

Re: Sky - Best pricing available

pjhaahl — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 17:53:33 GMT

@Me134 wrote:
@pjhaahl wrote:
@TimmyBGood wrote:
@pjhaahl wrote:
I believe Sky could do better.
Why would Comcast Corporation stockholders choose to accept reduced return on investment?

Their Sky Group division hasn't been profitable for half the time they've owned it, on top of the 8.6 billion dollar write-down in 2022 on the original purchase price.
In view of how hard up you suggest the business is, one would think they'd be eager to take whatever they can get.

Since I've had the same Sky Q box for getting on 10 years, and the cost of the provision of services to me on an ongoing basis is likely next to nothing at this point bearing in mind they are going to be paying for the content they show and renting satellite space to carry their channels irrespective of whether I'm a customer or not, getting £720 a year out of me rather than £0 for the next couple of years would be a much more attractive proposition for their shareholders.

As a Comcast shareholder myself, I'd certainly say I'd prefer they were collecting what they can from people like me rather than watching us walk away by being stubborn over £20 a month.

Using that convoluted thinking, shouldn't we all get it for free?

Reductio ad absurdum one might say.

Re: Sky - Best pricing available

best+of+the+best — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 19:03:23 GMT

@best+of+the+best wrote:
@pjhaahl wrote:
Hi all,

I'm cancelling my Sky contract as I'm now end of contract and the price rises over the last couple of years have been crazy, particularly since much of the content that once would have been part of the packages has moved over to streaming apps.

I tried to negotiate the prices down, but got nowhere so I thought it would be interesting to compare pricing with others to see if we can definitively establish what a good deal looks like so here goes. Can anyone top the following

Sky Signature - £25.00
Ultimate TV Pack - £5.50
Netflix Premium - £9.49
Sky Kids - £4.00
Sky Sports Complete Inc Sky Sports - £9.00
Sky Cinema - £14.00
Sky HD - £4.00
Sky 3D - £0.00
Sky Go Extra - £0.00
Ultra HD - £1.00
Total Bill - £73.00

This package was £59.50 when I signed up two years ago and was due to become £77.99 post contract end.

I was annoyed not only because of the percentage increase, but because it is not the whole story in that I'm also now paying £15.00 for apps to access content at UHD quality that would once have been on Si-Fi / Sky Atlantic / Sky Cinema.

The way I see it is that a nearly £35.00 (52%) increase over a two year period to access broadly the same content is an unreasonable ask. I believe Sky could do better. Do you have a deal that proves it?

Which apps are costing £15.00 to access UHD content @pjhaahl

I certainly wouldn't pay £14.00 for Sky Cinema to get Paramount included Netflix is costing you £14.99/£15.99 if you add the UHD but that also gives you 4k Sports and Cinema and other Sky Channels in UHD

Disney + Premium is cheaper going direct for 6 months alot cheaper than the £14.00 for Sky Cinema

I used the free VIP Paramount offer so I'm not tied into Sky Cinema

I don't have Sky Q or Sky Stream my Sky TV Subscription is watched via Sky Go either on my phone or computer attached to a non 4k tv just mainly for F1 and the Footie

I don't have Sky Kids or Sky Cinema but I do have Multiscreen I'm paying just a little bit less than £73.00

Plenty of Sky Deals out there google is your friend.

Re: Sky - Best pricing available

Timelord2018 — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 19:12:59 GMT

@best+of+the+best wrote:
@best+of+the+best wrote:
@pjhaahl wrote:
Hi all,

I'm cancelling my Sky contract as I'm now end of contract and the price rises over the last couple of years have been crazy, particularly since much of the content that once would have been part of the packages has moved over to streaming apps.

I tried to negotiate the prices down, but got nowhere so I thought it would be interesting to compare pricing with others to see if we can definitively establish what a good deal looks like so here goes. Can anyone top the following

Sky Signature - £25.00
Ultimate TV Pack - £5.50
Netflix Premium - £9.49
Sky Kids - £4.00
Sky Sports Complete Inc Sky Sports - £9.00
Sky Cinema - £14.00
Sky HD - £4.00
Sky 3D - £0.00
Sky Go Extra - £0.00
Ultra HD - £1.00
Total Bill - £73.00

This package was £59.50 when I signed up two years ago and was due to become £77.99 post contract end.

I was annoyed not only because of the percentage increase, but because it is not the whole story in that I'm also now paying £15.00 for apps to access content at UHD quality that would once have been on Si-Fi / Sky Atlantic / Sky Cinema.

The way I see it is that a nearly £35.00 (52%) increase over a two year period to access broadly the same content is an unreasonable ask. I believe Sky could do better. Do you have a deal that proves it?

Which apps are costing £15.00 to access UHD content @pjhaahl

Netflix is costing you £14.99/£15.99 if you add the UHD but that also gives you 4k Sports and Cinema and other Sky Channels in UHD

Didn't that end for new contracts from December 2023.

Re: Sky - Best pricing available

pjhaahl — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 19:51:48 GMT

I certainly wouldn't pay £14.00 for Sky Cinema to get Paramount included Netflix is costing you £14.99/£15.99 if you add the UHD but that also gives you 4k Sports and Cinema and other Sky Channels in UHD
Disney + Premium is cheaper going direct for 6 months alot cheaper than the £14.00 for Sky Cinema
I used the free VIP Paramount offer so I'm not tied into Sky Cinema
I don't have Sky Q or Sky Stream my Sky TV Subscription is watched via Sky Go either on my phone or computer attached to a non 4k tv just mainly for F1 and the Footie
I don't have Sky Kids or Sky Cinema but I do have Multiscreen I'm paying just a little bit less than £73.00
Plenty of Sky Deals out there google is your friend.

To be fair its an absolute minefield with the way bundling is these days.

If they'd have negotiated the price down a bit I'd have just renewed for another 24 months purely out of convenience but now yes, I'll probably be going down the route of being more selective about what I sign up to. I think i will likely sack off any TV service other than freeview, and then use the pause option to rotate between streaming platforms so I've only got one or two running in any given month.

A few people on other forums have shared screenshots of retention offers they've had recently. It seems Signature at £20, Kids at £2, HD at £0 and Cinema at £9 are pretty common pricepoints so why the agent I spoke to couldn't do something like that for me I don't know.

Now I know that they've given others better deals than they were willing to offer me it has somewhat hardened my position and any doubts I had about giving notice to cancel rather than backing down and accepting the new pricing has kinda evaporated.

Re: Sky - Best pricing available

best+of+the+best — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 20:58:44 GMT

@pjhaahl wrote:

I certainly wouldn't pay £14.00 for Sky Cinema to get Paramount included Netflix is costing you £14.99/£15.99 if you add the UHD but that also gives you 4k Sports and Cinema and other Sky Channels in UHD
Disney + Premium is cheaper going direct for 6 months alot cheaper than the £14.00 for Sky Cinema
I used the free VIP Paramount offer so I'm not tied into Sky Cinema
I don't have Sky Q or Sky Stream my Sky TV Subscription is watched via Sky Go either on my phone or computer attached to a non 4k tv just mainly for F1 and the Footie
I don't have Sky Kids or Sky Cinema but I do have Multiscreen I'm paying just a little bit less than £73.00
Plenty of Sky Deals out there google is your friend.
To be fair its an absolute minefield with the way bundling is these days.

If they'd have negotiated the price down a bit I'd have just renewed for another 24 months purely out of convenience but now yes, I'll probably be going down the route of being more selective about what I sign up to. I think i will likely sack off any TV service other than freeview, and then use the pause option to rotate between streaming platforms so I've only got one or two running in any given month.

A few people on other forums have shared screenshots of retention offers they've had recently. It seems Signature at £20, Kids at £2, HD at £0 and Cinema at £9 are pretty common pricepoints so why the agent I spoke to couldn't do something like that for me I don't know.

Now I know that they've given others better deals than they were willing to offer me it has somewhat hardened my position and any doubts I had about giving notice to cancel rather than backing down and accepting the new pricing has kinda evaporated.

Fair comment @pjhaahl sometimes we give up at the first hurdle nothing stopping you from trying again if you have the screenshots quote the prices from there and see if they can match it if they can't walk away. There is always Sky Stream deals for new customers if you haven't tried Sky Stream before or even Now TV

Re: Sky - Best pricing available

stereohaven — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 21:17:33 GMT

The Father in Law shared his Sky Q "re-contract offer" with me this week, a quite frankly obscene £192!

That does include broadband (a fine for them 150Mbps, but incredibly overpriced at £44 then 'Broadband Boost' on top), no multiroom, no UHD, no Cinema, no kids, standard Netflix etc. but Sky and TNT Sports.

My parents have been presented an offer to recontract Sky Q at £163, yet they have the same package + Multiscreen and Unlimited calls with 100Mbps Broadband (their broadband and calls offer is £36).

There simply isn't "best pricing" with Sky, there is what is available at the time and only you can decide if it is worth it.

Judging by the parental conversations I've had recently and taking into account the above "deals", Sky are about to lose another 2 customers who have been so for 20+ years.

They won't move to live TV streaming and both have rued the inability these days to just pick up the phone and "talk to those lovely people in Scotland" if they needed help. I doubt they are alone.

Re: Sky - Best pricing available

mr.tickle — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 21:55:13 GMT

@stereohaven wrote:
They won't move to live TV streaming and both have rued the inability these days to just pick up the phone and "talk to those lovely people in Scotland" if they needed help. I doubt they are alone.

I feel the same, and I'm probably a lot younger than your parents!

Re: Sky - Best pricing available

pjhaahl — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:01:31 GMT

Comical update on my renewal / cancellation.

After giving notice last week, I got a call from the retentions team asking why I cancelled and if there is anything they could do. I said it was purely about the price increases.

After a few moments of furious typing the agent said good news, If you renew for another 24 months I can get your price down to £92!

I said "That doesn't make sense. My current bill is £73.99 and it was about to go to £78.99 on a rolling contract because I'm losing a £5 in contract discount on Sky signature."

The agent said, "Yes but now I'm giving you new customer discounted pricing for 24 months."

I laughed