Do I need to connect to a dish for my sky tv subscription to work?

[Ernest40]

My TV is a Samsung smart tv, do I need to connect to a dish before my sky subscription will work?

[cookiemonsteruk]

@Ernest40 

What sky tv box do you have. Sky +hd, sky q, sky stream or sky glass

[Daniel0210]

@Ernest40 

Sky Q and Sky+ boxes need to be connected to a satellite dish, not a smart TV.

[TimmyBGood]

@Ernest40 

Sky television subscription requires Sky hardware.

Sky+, Sky+ HD and Sky Q are satellite television systems and use a satellite dish feed to a Sky box

Sky Glass & Sky stream don't use a dish, but are received on a Sky-brand television set or a Sky 'puck' respectively.

The only Sky service landing directly on a smart television would be Sky Store for movie rental/purchase.

[TimmyBGood]

@Ernest40 

Note that a smart television cannot receive Sky television directly even if it is equipped with a satellite tuner.