Moved from Sky Signature to Essentials

[Davy+G+M]

I moved from Sky Signature to Sky Essentials to save money.

I have now lost access to Discovery + , Sky Alantic etc is this correct. 

I tried to use the chat line but it's currently not working.

[PandJ2020]

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@Davy+G+M wrote:

I moved from Sky Signature to Sky Essentials to save money.

I have now lost access to Discovery + , Sky Alantic etc is this correct. 

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Yes, that's correct.  Q Essentials is basically Free-to-Air channels.

[nigea99 · Accepted solution]

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@Davy+G+M wrote:

I moved from Sky Signature to Sky Essentials to save money.

I have now lost access to Discovery + , Sky Alantic etc is this correct. 

I tried to use the chat line but it's currently not working.

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hi @Davy+G+M 

Unfortunately there seems to be great confusion over TV Essentials  now on SKY Q due to the fact that SKY have inadvisedly used Esential in two slightly different products on 2 different platforms 

TV Essentials on SKY Q only allows access to the Free To Air (FTA) channels (including  the abaility to record) - it does not include SKY Atlantic.

I also suspect it doesn't include Discovery +  but I haven't looked in detail

The newer product Essential TV available on SKY Stream includes SKY Atlantic & Netflix as well but this is not available on SKY Q

[TimmyBGood]

@Davy+G+M 

Many online sources, including the Google AI response, are horribly confused by the really silly choice of  name for the new streaming product from Sky and its overlap with a much older satellite television option that has no subscription channels or bundled apps.

TV Essentials on Sky Q:

https://www.sky.com/help/articles/tv-essentials 

Essential TV on Sky Glass and Sky Stream: 

https://www.skygroup.sky/en-gb/article/sky-launches-essential-tv-bringing-together-sky-netflix-and-d...