TV Essentials Sky Atlantic

[Grace1973]

Hi there, my bill is so high and as I live on my own, it seems crazy. Does anyone know if you still get Sky Atlantic if you drop to TV Essentials on a Sky Q box? All info online seems to suggest yes, but guy from sky I spoke to on the phone said you don't. I'm wondering if this is true before I make decision. Thanks 

[PandJ2020]

No.  You only get 'free to air' channels.

You need Signature for Sky Atlantic.

[nigea99 · Accepted solution]

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@Grace1973 wrote:

Would you tell me can you get Sky Atlantic on TV essentials with sky Q? Thanks 

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hi @Grace1973 

No, unfortunately not - you only get the 'Free to Air' channels via the SKY Q essentials - SKY Atlantic is not Free To Air

SKY Q essentials is not the same as the recently  announced similarly named  package only available on Glass/Stream called Essential TV

It is unfortunate that SKY have reused the essential name for a package that is dfifferent 

[Ellie_TV]

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@Grace1973 wrote:

Hi there, my bill is so high and as I live on my own, it seems crazy. Does anyone know if you still get Sky Atlantic if you drop to TV Essentials on a Sky Q box? All info online seems to suggest yes, but guy from sky I spoke to on the phone said you don't. I'm wondering if this is true before I make decision. Thanks 

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TV Essentials on Sky Q does NOT include Sky Atlantic. You only get access to the free-to-air channels with this package on Sky Q.

Sky have recently introduced a Sky Essential package for Sky Stream which DOES include Sky Atlantic but this is a very different type of service to Sky Q and is fully streamed so relies entirely on broadband rather than a satellite dish. 

[Grace1973]

Thanks for taking the time to reply, really appreciated! 

[Grace1973]

Thanks, very much appreciated! 

[Grace1973]

Thanks, really appreciated! 

[lettice]

As mentioned above.

It only offers free to air channels.

The full list of available channels can be found in link below. That  site is updated regularly.

For Sky Q  essentials package, available channels are listed as the Free-to-air and Sky Q Lite (TV Essentials) 

Link here

[Grace1973]

Thanks for taking the time to respond! Appreciated 👍🏻 

[TimmyBGood]

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@Grace1973 wrote:

 All info online seems to suggest yes, but guy from sky I spoke to on the phone said you don't. 

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Unfortunately 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.

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

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

[Dermot224]

I have Sky Essentials on stream but

can only acceas Sky News on Sky Go.  Anyone else with same problem.

[PandJ2020]

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@Dermot224 wrote:

I have Sky Essentials on stream but

can only acceas Sky News on Sky Go.  Anyone else with same problem.

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Do you have HD sub?

[Dermot224]

Sky stream does nit require hd sub

[PandJ2020]

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@Dermot224 wrote:

Sky stream does nit require hd sub

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Ok, but you did post in the Sky Q forum...  (Try posting in the Stream forum https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Stream/bd-p/sky-stream)

Sky Go seems more 'relaxed' on what channels will be displayed, i.e. it will show a HD channel without a sub on Q.