SKY is ending a free TV offer including Netflix in a matter of days.
Telly fans have been able to claim a free trial of the company’s Sky Stream product for the last few weeks.
But it comes to an end on Thursday.
Sky Stream is the broadcaster’s cheapest TV alternative, which uses Wi-Fi instead of a satellite dish to bring live channels and on-demand to your screen.
It is different to the main Sky Glass product, which is essentially the same thing except Glass packs everything directly into the TV itself.
So you can plug the box into any existing TV.
And unlike Sky Q, it doesn’t require a satellite dish installation, making it ideal for people not allowed a dish on the side of their home or simply don’t like the look of them.
The trial includes the Sky Entertainment package with more than 150 channels.
But on top of this you get Netflix basic with ads too at no cost.
In The Sun’s review when Sky Stream was launched in 2022, we said that it’s “surprising that a tiny box packs so much punch” – read the full review here.
Sky Stream usually costs from £26 per month to subscribe.
But with this limited trial you can access the service for free for one month.
You can choose to cancel and return the box after the period ends if you don’t want to carry on with the service and pay.
Otherwise, it’s £26 per month for an 18 month contract or £29 per month for a rolling contract.
It’s also important to note that you can’t redeem this trial if you’ve already tried the service in the last 12 months.
All prices in this article were correct at the time of writing, but may have since changed.
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The most obvious difference between Sky Stream and Sky Q is how they're delivered.
Sky Q uses the traditional satellite dish for live TV and broadband for on demand shows.
Whereas Sky Stream relies entirely on the internet to do both live TV and on demand.
The interfaces look pretty much identical.
Sky Q tends to have more channels, mostly because Sky Stream does away with standard definition channels (where there’s a HD one available) and +1 channels.
One major difference is recording.
On Sky Q you can record anything you like directly onto your box that will stay there forever.
On Sky Stream you can’t technically record – you can add a show to your playlist and a recording is kept in the cloud, so you always need to be online to watch it.
They will also expire after a certain amount of time too.
Read more about the difference between Sky Q and Sky Stream here.
