sky (company)

Sky UK Limited (formerly British Sky Broadcasting and BSkyB) is a telecommunications company which serves the United Kingdom. Sky provides television and broadband internet services and fixed line telephone services to consumers and businesses in the United Kingdom. It is the UK's largest pay-TV broadcaster with 11 million customers as of 2015. It was the UK's most popular digital TV service until it was overtaken by Freeview in April 2007. Its corporate headquarters are based in Isleworth.
Formed in November 1990 by the equal merger of Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting, BSkyB became the UK's largest digital subscription television company. Following BSkyB's 2014 acquisition of Sky Italia and a majority 90.04% interest in Sky Deutschland in November 2014, its holding company British Sky Broadcasting Group plc changed its name to Sky plc. The United Kingdom operations also changed the company name from British Sky Broadcasting Limited to Sky UK Limited, still trading as Sky.
Sky UK Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sky plc, with its current company directors being Andrew Griffith and Christopher Taylor. Griffith acts as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and the Managing Director for the commercial businesses division.

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  1. Y

    Changing bandwidth on my Sky Q boxes

    Hi we were having broadband connection issues and the Sky engineer changed the bandwidth on each box to 2.4 from 5 Since he done that the tv picture quality isint as good - would this just be a coincidence?
  2. RayP

    Question Spider-Man 2 - No UHD version.

    When scrolling through Sky Cinema I came across Spider-Man 2. It’s described as HD but a UHD with Dolby Atmos version is also available. Selecting the HD version and pressing the down arrow usually reveals a UHD version. But none is visible. Is this a Sky glitch? Pity as I enjoyed this...
  3. IainH99

    Remote Control For Sky Q Box in Sky Go

    I just noticed a remote control icon on the top right in the Sky Go app - it allows the Sky Go app to act as a remote control for the main Sky Q box. It seems to work well, except there’s no volume control - i think the Sky box should be able to control that via HDMI. I forgot to check if it...
  4. T

    SkyQ - Hate it - is it me?

    Had Sky+HD for many, many years, Sky+ before that, loved it. It “just worked”. Box was getting on in years, 10+, so last Aug I signed up for SkyQ. Nothing but regrets ever since. Issues mainly revolve around what I’d previously describe as the planner and overall UI. Sky+ App has been killed...
  5. C

    Any satellite boxes available that will automatically pair with a red Sky card without needing to contact Sky?

    Hello all, I move around a lot between a few different places of residence within the for work, I would like to take my sky card with me but dont want to have to ring sky every time I go to a different place to pair the card, almost all of the places I go have utterly useless internet (some...
  6. Mattyboy1874

    Question Sky HLG HDR - not good for movies?

    Hi all, Looking for some input here. With HLG being primarily designed for live TV to take advantage of HDR would anyone agree that applying it to movies, can at times, make it look quite unwatchable? I have been back and forward thinking my TV isn’t up to scratch but when I compare to other...
  7. dUnKle

    SkyQ mini box connection issues

    Not sure where to pop this as it’s more wifi issue than anything but will ask here for now Back living with parents They have everything via sky and sky q box in main room We live in a 100 year old plus house that’s solid and well built Wifi as a rule not great My room back of house...
  8. R

    Main Event UHD Atmos dropouts

    Anyone else having Atmos sound dropouts for a millisecond only on Main Event UHD channel? Happened about every 2 minutes, getting annoying. Noticed it for last week now.
  9. S

    Satellite receiver Sky+ HD DRX890 - Power problem or something else?

    Hi everyone! I have an Amstrad Sky+ HD DRX890 500Gb twin tuner PVR satellite receiver. There is a very good description here: Sky+ HD Set Top Box – Experimental Engineering The main problem is - No Satellite Signal. In menu: Planner stays all the time: Your box is still initialising, same as...
  10. kcsun

    Can I cancel Sky by email or online

    Due to retirement, lack of funds and repeated rubbish on TV I wish to cancel my Sky contract of 20+ years. Is it possible to do this without spending 3 hours on the telephone with them trying to convince me to keep paying them kc
  11. D

    Changing packages online

    I took the 1 month free sky cinema before Christmas, which then rolled on to £6/month for 3 months before going up to £12 (cancel any time). Have hardly used it so want to remove the package and notice you can now make changes online - has anybody used this method before? Call me sceptical but...
  12. oasismark

    Question Sky Stream Remote wont unpair?

    My sky Stream remote suddenty went weird, the buttons werent doing what they should. So i tried to unpair it and it just wont! Ive hard reset the puck and now im stuck with the start up, set up screen and a remote that wont do anything. 1. Yes i changed batteries etc. 2. Yes i tried the ...
  13. S

    Question Freesat using sky+hd box

    I'm new on here so sorry if asked before. I use a sky+hd box to receive freesat but can't get any hd channels. Why? Do I really need a sky hd subscription? (Or a different box?) I have an ordinary sky HD box in another room and that gets all channels. What are my options please without...
  14. quinnmar

    Question Netflix Quality?

    My neighbour is buying a Samsung Q80C 4K television with built in Dolby Atmos. Will the Netflix audio and picture quality be better with the Netflix app within her SkyQ or via the Netflix app directly downloaded onto her new television? TIA
  15. Beyo

    Question How the Entertrainment OS is built?

    Is this some Android TV fork? Or just plain linux kernel with this whole UI written as an application that is allowed to run under it, something like KDE, Gnome etc. Certain UI elements looks the same on Sky Go app on tvOS but guide looks different. if this is not-linux not-android not-Roku OS...
  16. D4nM1les

    Sky Q Mini - Ethernet out?

    For many years we have had Sky Q downstairs and a Sky Q mini upstairs, both on the WiFi. From the mini box I have had an Ethernet cable running from the box into the CCTV DVR to provide that with internet, and I think it has stopped working. Is there any easyish way to test if the mini box is...
  17. teeveedee

    My alternative to Sky Stream

    I gave up on Sky completely a few months ago and thought I'd share the alternative means by which we get a similar, cheaper service. I've had Sky+/HD/Sky Q and finally Sky Stream over the past 18 years. Our TV viewing habits were changing as a family and we didn't really have the need to spend...
  18. Goooner

    Sky Q HDCP 2.2 Error

    Randomly last night I got a black screen from Sky Q with the HDCP 2.2 not compliant or words to that effect error. Everything has been working fine for years, Sky Q to Denon AVR 3500X to LG C2. No hardware or firmware changes recently. Was watching Sky earlier in the day without issue...
  19. oasismark

    Question Can sky stream remote change LG tv inputs?

    Ive recently got sky stream puck and I own a LG tv so Ive set it up to work the tv as you do, my question is can it also switch the tv inputs so i can get rid of the LG remote? I just want to be able to switch to PS5 and xbox eg and not have to use the LG tv remote? Thanks
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