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Sky Sports 5 - how to activate?
It won't allow me to activate via the red button for some reason, it says go to sky.com which I did and there seems to be no way of activating it without taking their broadband. I'm thinking that I don't have to activate it all because I already have the full Sky package? If that is the case they might have made that clear, if it's not then how do I do it and what channel number is it on?
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There are those of us who pay Sky a not inconsiderable sum per month and would expect to get all of Sky's content for that, without having to move their broadband service from a high quality ISP to Sky's consumer level dreck.
Whether that's true or not ........
That's not true, it doesn't renew a 12 month contract unless you take the broadband offer, the reason for the activation is to get people to look at the broadband offer.
You do get all the content you pay for, taking broadband would not get you any extra channels.
What Sky are offering is free broadband to Sky Sports subscribers.
We did and it appeared on launch.
If only ignoring the stupid shifting of the Sports channel EPG numbers had prevented them from happening on your box.
Another Sky marketing idea dreamed up to suit Sky and not its paying customers. Though at least the Broadband Offer was a good one, but it was surely not necessary to more or less coerce viewers into turning it down as opposed to using their own judgement based on receipt of the information.
Just pause the screen for 2 seconds, then press play again, then the red button will disappear, as it only shows on live tv.
It comes back though, usually after an advert, although nothing major, some people don't like it, pressing pause for a few seconds, then play, means it would not come back until you go back to live TV.
Suffice it to say, no action was taken
A few seconds later the signal was sent but I had to rebuild the planner before the red button worked properly.
They advertised the Wednesday Arsenal v Bestikas match on sky sports 5.
The presenter made a point that it was a guaranteed game and to guarantee watching, you had to ensure sky sports 5 was activated.
The on screen graphic showed the details of the match and said something like 'To carry on watching sky sports 5... you need to activate'.
So that seems to make the point you have to activate it.
read this
"Tick the box below to confirm you have read and agree to Sky's Terms and Conditions and Sky's Privacy & Cookies Notice, and to confirm that you authorise the implementation of your choices above. Clicking "Pay Now" will submit your order for the Sky products you've chosen and will result in you entering into a contract with Sky if your order is accepted. This confirmation and online validation removes the need for you to sign a contract with Sky. We'll email you to confirm receipt of your order and the next steps. 12 month minimum subscriptions apply to each of your services (except 18 month minimum subscriptions for Sky Fibre Unlimited/Fibre Unlimited Pro + Sky Talk & Line Rental). If you end your contract(s) during the minimum term you will have to pay us an early termination charge. We may charge this to the card you used to pay for your set-up or upfront payment. You agree your services may start during the cooling off period. You may still cancel but you will need to pay for any services used and any costs incurred up to that point. Prices and services may vary. We will let you know about any material changes before we make them. "
I call that neat, very neat and well thought out. Then in 12 months SKY can introduce new pricing for sky sports 5. Also CL goes off next may but SKY get extra months ie june july august. No wonder beckham looks smug in the ad.
I now know why the red button is still there.
Where's the proof of that if you don't request free broadband?
There isn't. It's a new 12 month only in the event of you taking free broadband.