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Discussion topic: Moving abroad (Switzerland) can I take SKY with me?

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This message was authored by Michael4411 This message was authored by: Michael4411

Moving abroad (Switzerland) can I take SKY with me?

Hello

 

I am moving to Switzerland, can I take my sky box abroad and continue using it?

Is there an email address to contact SKY about this and get assistance? Or  a phone number?

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This message was authored by Mark39 This message was authored by: Mark39

Re: Moving abroad (Switzerland) can I take SKY with me?

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I'm afraid not.

 

However, Sky are represened in Switzerland, I believe, so you could contact them to establish what services they have and how to sign up.

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Re: Moving abroad (Switzerland) can I take SKY with me?

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@Michael4411 

No. Your contract is for UK / ROI use only, as is the T's and C's regarding the viewing card useage which is just at the account address. 


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Re: Moving abroad (Switzerland) can I take SKY with me?

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@Michael4411 

 

It's not possible to transfer a Sky UK television subscription to another country. Sky is a regulated media provider in Switzerland, but naturally the content served will be in German, French or Italian.  Any satellite dish in Switzerland (assuming it can see over a mountain) is likely to be pointing at Astra 19.2 for European broadcast reception, rather than 28.2 which serves the UK and RoI.

 

Note that Sky Stream is geo-blocked and won't work even where internet is available.

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Re: Moving abroad (Switzerland) can I take SKY with me?

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@Michael4411  The good news is there is a legitimate Swiss Pay TV provider where you do get a selection of FTA satellite channels from the UK, but as @TimmyBGood indicates pay channels will be in either German, Italian and French as those are the 3 languages spoken across Switzerland.

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@GD1 wrote:

@Michael4411  The good news is there is a legitimate Swiss Pay TV provider where you do get a selection of FTA satellite channels from the UK


https://www.swisscom.ch/en/residential/tv-subscription.html 

 

Interestingly expensive, like the rest of the country...

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@TimmyBGood wrote:

@GD1 wrote:

@Michael4411  The good news is there is a legitimate Swiss Pay TV provider where you do get a selection of FTA satellite channels from the UK


https://www.swisscom.ch/en/residential/tv-subscription.html 

 

Interestingly expensive, like the rest of the country...


Of course 😁

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