There’s no better gift this Christmas for the whole family than Sky Movies, with the greatest festive line-up yet, featuring more new movies over Christmas than ever before as well as the launch of The Sky Movies Christmas channel where you’ll find nothing but holiday cheer. Order Sky Movies now, and make it a memorable Christmas. (read more…)
Ordering Sky TV online is cheaper than ordering in store, or over the phone. Online is the only place you will get any of the special deals and exclusive offers we cover here.
Thankfully ordering online is even easier, now that Sky have upgraded all their packages, they also include much more than basic television these days, allowing you to remote record TV shows, watch programs on demand and much more.
To order Sky online all you need to do is choose your TV packs, decide what type of Sky box you would like and then choose how many rooms you would like your boxes to be in.
If you sign up to Sky TV online today you will get a free Sky+HD Box and 3 months free HD pack. Saving you €121. You can also get the first month of your entire subscription for free when you join with Sky Movies or Sky Sports. Saving you up to €76. Order Sky TV online now.
Order Sky TV online from the official website and read our guide to the 2011 ordering process below.
1. Choose the Sky TV Packs That Suits You
If you like the make the most of your television then the simple thing to do is to sign up to Sky World, it includes every station Sky Ireland have on offer. That’s 90 entertainment channels – 28 of which are in high definition. It also includes 12 movie channels, all the Sky Sports channels and free ESPN. If you’re lucky enough to have a 3D television, signing up to Sky World also means you get free Sky 3D – you can finally catch movies, movies and eye popping documentaries in amazing 3D right at home. (read more…)
If you’re looking for the best value for money Sky TV Package then we would definitely recommend the Entertainment Pack of channels combined with the free Bonus Pack and a Sky Plus box. Trust us when we say it’s well worth your while paying the small once of fee of €49 for 185 hours of storage for recording all your favourite programs, even better, there is no longer a monthly fee for Sky Plus.
You will receive the Bonus Pack free with any Sky TV package and it includes all your homegrown and UK favourites – RTÉ One, RTÉ Two, TV3, TG4, BBC One NI, BBC Two NI, Channel 4, E4 and More 4, as well as recently added BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC and Cbeebies.
That’s 13 free channels before we’ve even had the chance to describe our favourite, and in our opinion the best value for money Sky TV Package.
Enjoy edge of the sofa entertainment with Sky’s Entertainment Pack, filled with all the must-see shows on channels like Sky1, Sky Living, FX, SyFy, Dave, the Food Network, MTV and Comedy Central. Get your fix of drama, belly laughs, cliff-hangers and detective work. There’s something for everyone, from brand new drama to classic comedy. (read more…)
We’ve discussed here before about what is the best value for money Sky TV Package but what if you own a HD television and want to get the most out of your HD technology? For €15 extra per month you can access any of the HD channels available in your selected TV packs, but which packs are the best for HD?
We have always said that the Entertainment Pack is the best value for money, and if you subscribe to the Entertainment pack you will get the likes of Comedy Central HD, FX HD, E4 HD, Sky Atlantic HD and Sky One HD, so you can watch all your favourite TV programs in superb high definition, and with the fantastic free to air channels you will also receive BBC HD for free.
However, where HD on Sky Digital really comes into it’s own is through the 12 HD channels available through Entertainment Extra pack, which will open a world of incredibly detailed documetary series from Discovery HD, History HD, and National Geographic Channel HD. You can also catch the latest Sports News in high def on Sky Sports News HD, and catch all your favourite MTV shows on MTV HD too.
The combination of the free to air channels, and the Entertainment Extra pack gives you access to a total of 24 HD channels. Including the price of the HD Pack this will cost you only €48 per month. Order the HD Pack before 29 December 2011 and you will even get a free Sky Plus HD box. This includes the ability to record, pause and rewind live television with Sky plus. (read more…)
Since September 1st how you order Sky online has changed, new customers and returning customers alike will be delighted to see how much easier it is to get the best value for money from your Sky Ireland television package.
Where before Sky had broken up all their entertainment channels into multiple and confusing Entertainment Packs, now there are just two to choose from, either the Entertainment Pack or Entertaiment Extra.
The Entertainment Pack features 54 fantastic channels that cover pretty much all the bases, the whole family will stay entertained watching Sky One, Sky Atlantic, MTV, Dave, Comedy Central, FX, the Food Network and more. The pack also includes all your terrestrial favourites like RTE One, RTE Two, BBC One, Channel 4, E4 and more.
If you’re looking for even more variety you can pick Entertaiment Extra, which includes all of the 54 channels in the standard Entertainment pack, as well as the many Disney and Nickelodeon channels too. It also features all the Sky documetary channels like National Geographic and Bio, as well as all the MTV and News channels.
Entertainment Extra gives you a massive 116 unique channels for only €33 per month. You get 23 entertainment channels, 18 lifestyle channels, 12 dedicated kids channels, 16 documentary stations, 14 music channels and a massive 20 news channels, that include sports news channels like Sky Sports News and Euro Sport too. That’s not even counting the HD versions, for HD Pack subscribers, or the over 200 free to air channels. (read more…)
It’s unfortunate that with the era of satellite television services most of us fell out of the habit of recording our favourite TV shows. Gone was the time of VHS tapes but so too was the time of being able to go out for the evening and not worry about missing that important football match or episode of Corrie.
Thankfully Sky came to our rescue and put in place a standard that all the other digital TV networks and companies have since based their own systems on. We’re talking about Sky Plus of course, that incredibly handy addition to your Sky box that lets you record one channel while watching another. You can even record an entire TV series to watch at your leisure.
You can even schedule recordings when you are away from home via your mobile telephone, or from the Sky website. Learn more about this by reading our guide “How to Record Sky Channels from your Mobile Phone or Computer“.
Sky Plus isn’t just a recording device. It also you allows you to pause live TV, a definite necessity in this busy world we live in. You can pause your soap opera just before it starts, grab a cup of tea and then sit back down to play the episode, and then, you can even fast forward through the ads. Additionally, you can rewind live TV, brilliant for creating your own football like replays of great TV action.
If you subscribe to Sky TV today and add the HD Pack for €15 per month then you get a FREE Sky+ HD Box, and your first 3 months of HD Pack is free too, saving you €121. With all the features of the original Sky+ box, but with 5 times more picture detail than standard definition and over 40 hours of space to record all of your favourite TV programs. You can order this great special offer for Sky TV here today.
This is a great special offer for new customers only and is not available to previous or existing Sky TV subscribers. (read more…)
Sky Movies Box Office is a movie rental service that is available to everyone with Sky Digital, you don’t even have to be a Sky Movies subscriber.
How Does Sky Movies Box Office Work?
It’s really easy to use Sky Movies Box Office, there is even a dedicated button on the Sky remote. Simply press the Box Office button on your Sky Remote, follow the on-screen menus, enter your PIN and select your movie.
Never be afraid to click the Box Office button on your Sky remote, you’re not committing to buying anything yet, you’re just opening up the menu so you can take a look at all the brilliant movies on offer. You can have a browse without any commitment to buying. All the movies listed in the Box Office are available to rent and you will find something for everyone here, every genre, every taste and every mood. The majority of movies on Sky Box Office become available on the same day as their DVD release.
Sky Movies Box Office is the easiest way to enjoy the newest movies and at a time that suits you. You can either choose to watch the movie at it’s start time, or use Sky Plus to record the movie and if it hasn’t been viewed within 7 days it is deleted from your Sky plus box and you are not charged for it. Once you start watching a recorded Box Office movie you have a whole 24hours to finish watching it, so if life gets in the way, you can pause the movie and get back to it when you’re good and ready.
How Much Does Sky Movies Box Office Cost? (read more…)
Sky Plus has already revolutionised TV recording and viewing for Irish users with the Series Link feature, which lets your Sky+ box record an entire series of your favourite show, but now they’ve taken it a step further by no longer limiting you to setting up your recordings from home. We’re happy to announce that the new Sky+ Remote Record feature is now available on Sky Ireland.
If you’re not quite sure what Sky+ is you can read our handy guide What is Sky Plus And Why Do I Need It?
The Sky+ Series Link means you can’t possibly miss fantstic new episodes of Game of Thrones, Doctor Who or Grey’s Anatomy. Whether you’re stuck late in the office or are asked out for drinks with friends, you’ll never have to say no again. There is nothing quite like the satisfied feeling of knowing that you won’t miss any of the drama or intrigue, and what could be better than saving up all those hours of great TV for a lazy Saturday, when you can truly relax and enjoy it.
However, as easy as the Sky Guide on your TV screen is to navigate for day to day viewing, it’s much easier to look up the full weekly TV listings online. This is the best place to find out when a new TV show is starting, or when your favourite shows are returning, it’s also a great place to find once off TV shows like documentaries or specials, and it’s a great place to find out what movies are showing over the next few weeks.
If only you could combine the online TV guide with the controls of your Sky Plus box, it would make things so much easier. (read more…)
Sky TV recently signed an exclusive five year deal to secure the rights to show HBO’s entire archive and new HBO programming in the UK and Ireland. With the launch of their new flagship channel Sky Atlantic they boasted that they would “bring iconic television to Ireland” and since launching in February, Sky Atlantic has done just that.
Since February Sky Atlantic has offered viewers the best in American drama and comedy from the premium television networks HBO, Showtime and AMC. These networks are home of some of the most groundbreaking television ever made, from the Sopranos, ER and Mad Men to brand new and eagerly awaited series Boardwalk Empire and Blue Bloods.
Personal favourites of ours that are getting a full re-run treatment on Sky Atlantic are the science fiction epic Battlestar Galactica, the incredibly tense crime drama 24, and the quirky and dark family drama Six Feet Under. We’re also really looking forward to finally getting a chance to watch the highly rated series Entourage, Prison Break, The Wire and Weeds, having missed all of them the first time round. (read more…)
Liverpool face Manchester City at Anfield on Monday night, and despite the home advantage not even the bookies can decide who will win this clincher of a Barclay’s Premier League match. Then, in less than a month’s time the two heavy weights Chelsea and Manchester United will go head-to-head in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League.
The next two months are going to be an exciting one for football fans in Ireland and the UK, where will you be watching these matches from? Having pints accidentally spilled down your back at the local? Or relaxing in the comfort of your own home with your friends and family, in glorious HD and in total control of your own highlights using your Sky Plus box.
Make this fantasy a reality by ordering Sky TV and adding the Sky Sports pack. For only €34 per month, the Sky Sports pack includes Sky Sports 1, Sky Sports 2, Sky Sports 4 and 24 hour sports coverage on Sky Sports News. With five dedicated channels, Sky Sports gives you exclusively live coverage of the Barclays Premier League, UEFA Champions League, Heineken Cup, the Masters and more.
Join Sky TV online today and you will get free Sky TV for your first month when you join with Sky Movies or Sky Sports. Saving you up to €76! Offer ends 29 December 2011.