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Be Cool, Scooby-Doo (Warner Media), as well as Sky Kids Originals, like
Pirates Love Underpants and
Sky Q explain simple way to navigate the home screen
Speaking about the new initiative, which kickstarted on Sky Q boxes from March 8, Co-founder of Turn on the Subtitles Oli Barrett MBE said: Some ideas are so powerful that something must be done about them. Subtitles improving literacy is one of those ideas. This campaign takes an incredibly simple insight and uses it to improve people s lives. We are incredibly grateful for the support of Sky, Viacom and Warner Media who are now taking this seriously, and to the many high-profile names who are helping us to spread the word.
Even if you re only paying for the cheapest subscription package going, over the course of the 18-month minimum contract you re going to spend well over £400. Ouch!
If that simply feels like too much for your monthly direct debits to cope with then there are much cheaper alternatives with Freeview offering a subscription-free way of watching endless hours of TV. This service comes included on many smart TVs but there s a way of getting a Sky Q-style experience via a number of clever set-top boxes. There are plenty of devices on the market that will beam Freeview to your telly but also allow you to record a number of shows at the same time, watch in 4K and pause live TV.
| 11 March 2021
STV Player, the free streaming service run by Scottish broadcaster STV, has added over 650 hours of drama, true crime and factual entertainment programming to its growing catalogue of content.
The free video-on-demand service, said to be pre-installed in three quarters of the UK’s connected TV homes, has signed deals with distributors Entertainment One (eOne) and Sony Pictures Television (SPT), bringing the total number of boxsets now offered by the platform to over 150, with around 50 of these being drama series.
Drama being added as part of the eOne deal includes both series of US thriller Ice, which stars Ray Winstone and explores the world of the diamond trade, as well as sci-fi spin-off Primeval: New World, Thandie Newton-starring crime series Rogue, and comedy-drama Hindsight.
| UPDATED: 08:33, Sun, Feb 21, 2021
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Sky has confirmed plans to increase the cost of its satellite, broadband and home phone plans for millions of customers across the UK from April 1, 2021. Prices could increase by as much as £72 a year, although Sky claims most customers will only see rises of around £3 a month, or roughly £36 a year. As you might expect, the change in your Sky bill depends entirely on what products you’re paying for and when you signed-up.