What’s included in sky essentials package

[Di46]

I have cut my package down to sky essential only. I was under the impression I still got sky Atlantic etc but there appears to be lots I don't get now such as u and gold which I believe is available on Norma free view TV. Is this correct?

TIA

[nigea99 · Accepted solution]

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@Di46 wrote:

I have cut my package down to sky essential only. I was under the impression I still got sky Atlantic etc but there appears to be lots I don't get now such as u and gold which I believe is available on Norma free view TV. Is this correct?

TIA

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hi @Di46 

Unfortunately there is confusion due to SKY also have a similar but different product on SKY Glass / Stream

Only Essential TV, the SKY Glass/Stream Product, includes SKY Atlantic & Netflix

On SKY Q you only get the Free To Air channels  - U&Gold & U& Alibi are not FTA although other U&  channels such as Dave, W & Drama are FTA   

[xenon81]

There are two packages with similar names that cause a lot of confusion.

Sky Essential TV which includes Sky Atlantic is only available on Sky Glass/Stream.

Sky TV Essentials is available on Sky Q but does not include Atlantic, just the standard free channels. 

U&Gold isn't a free channel on any platform and so isn't included in either of the above. 

[Angel_Aka]

Sky stopped selling Sky Q Essentials last year. Those still on the package may find that Sky have changed the name to 'TV Access' on their billing, to try and avoid further confusion.