Sky digital TV channels

When you subscribe to the Sky digital service and begin using your Sky digital box, you will become one of the many satisfied customers that can access the Sky digital service across residential areas of the UK. It is the most popular option for receiving digital television programming, ahead of freeview and cable television services.

In order to receive the Sky digital TV service, you firstly need to have a digital satellite dish receiver installed on the outside of your house of apartment block, or in your garden if your building is listed. This will allow you to receive the signals beamed from the television satellites, and convert them into a meaningful image and sound combination on your TV. The next thing you will need is to have a Sky digital box installed in your home, usually beneath your main TV set.

Once the installation process is complete, you can then view a multitude of digital TV and radio stations, which fall into the following packages:

Variety pack

This pack includes major entertainment channels such as: Sky1, Sky2, Sky3, Bravo, Challenge, Livingit, DMAX, FX, Comedy Central, Living, Alibi, Virgin 1, Comedy Central Extra, Movies 24, E!, Dave, Gold, Watch, Hallmark, Bravo2, and Quest.

Knowledge pack

This pack includes popular knowledge and factual channels such as: Discovery channel, Crime and investigation, the history channel, Yesterday, Discovery Knowledge, Discovery science, Discovery turbo, Military history, Eden, National geographic, Nat geo wild, Bio, Animal planet, Investigation discovery, and Blighty.

Style and culture pack

This pack includes cultural and style channels such as: Sky arts 1, Sky arts 2, Good food, Shorts TV, Really, Current TV, Shed, Turner classic movies, Turner classic movies 2, Home, Diva TV, Discovery real time, Discovery home and health, Discovery travel and living, The style network, The Africa channel, Star plus, Star gold, Star one, and TV5 Monde.

News and events pack

This pack includes all the main news and non-premium sports channels such as: Sky news, Sky sports news, Eurosport, at the races, British Eurosport 2, Fox news, ESPN Classic, Motors TV UK, Extreme sports channel, NDTV 24X7, and Star News.

Music pack

This pack includes all music channels such as: MTV, Magic, 4Music, VH1, Q, Box, MTV Hits, MTV Classic, MTV Base, Kiss, Smash Hits, Kerrang!, MTV Shows, MTV Dance, and MTV Rocks.

Children’s pack

This pack includes Children’s entertainment channels such as: The Disney Channel, Playhouse Disney, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Boomerang, Nick Toons, Cartoon Network, Disney XD, Cartoon Network Too, Cartoonito, and Baby TV.

Premium Channels

These include popular sports channels such as: Sky sports 1, 2, and 3. Also included in this category are movie channels such as: Sky movies Premiere, Sky movies Comedy, Sky movies Family, Sky movies Action and Adventure, Sky movies Showcase, Sky movies Modern Greats, Sky movies Sci-Fi and Horror, Sky movies Drama and Romance, Sky movies Crime and Thriller, Sky movies Classics, and Sky movies Indie.

For more information visit: http://www.skyplus.org.uk