13 Feb 2025 11:40 AM
13 Feb 2025 12:04 PM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out more
@peasant wrote:
can someone from SKY explain
This is a customer helps customer forum so you will get no response here from Sky I'm afraid.
13 Feb 2025 12:04 PM - last edited: 13 Feb 2025 12:05 PM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out more@peasant You're posting this in a customer help customer community which is a domestic customer community, this sounds like a commercial type setup so no one here will be able to help.
Nor will Sky respond directly to this kind of post.
You also need to contact Sky Business not the domestic side. https://skyforbusiness.sky.com/sb/portal/business/uk/terms_and_conditions/contact_us if you want answers
13 Feb 2025 01:37 PM
@peasant wrote:As Signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant, can someone from SKY explain why they are quoting around a thousand pounds to have sky in the resident's lounge of a veteran's care home?Hardly fair or are they just paying lip service to the covenants' aims and ambitions?They should not be able to levy this fee to any care home let alone our veterans. #sky
It's simple, as this is not a private residence and being broadcast to the public/community (i.e. care home residents), this is classed as a commercial premise like a pub, hotel bar, club, gym, etc. Commerical premises pay a lot more than private residents.
Remember, it's against Sky's terms and conditions to use a residential subscription on a commerical premises, and you may face excessive fines as a result.
If you're unwilling to pay Sky, there are other options.
You can get:
These are not permittied in the likes of pubs, hotel bars, clubs, gyms, etc., but are allowed in care homes.
Remember:
You will need a TV licence for each communal TV.
The following apps and similar apps cannot be used in a commerical settings, whether paid or free:
13 Feb 2025 01:58 PM
What prevents YouTube being used in a commercial setting? Or even iPlayer, assuming the business has a TV licence?
13 Feb 2025 02:33 PM - last edited: 13 Feb 2025 02:36 PM
@xenon81 wrote:What prevents YouTube being used in a commercial setting? Or even iPlayer, assuming the business has a TV licence?
They are for private use (i.e. residential) only and not to be broadcast to a commercial settings, such as a care home, pub, hotel bar, club, gym, etc.. It breaks the terms and conditions.
Examples:
YouTube:
Section 4.1 - Personal Use Only:
Section 5.4 - Content Availability:
BBC iPlayer:
Section 2.2 - Personal Use:
TV Licence Requirement:
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