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Information on the ways that you can watch subscription-free satellite television, including Freesat and the free Sky channels available with a dish and decoder.

is the largest provider of digital satellite television for the UK, but you don’t need to be a Sky Digital subscriber to receive satellite telly.

Some of the channels available on Sky Digital’s satellite system can be watched free-of-charge, without a Sky subscription. On this page, we look at what free-to-view satellite TV services are available in the UK, and we see how they compare to the Sky Digital subscription service.

Here’s our summary of your satellite TV options, which we explore further down the page:

Already got a Sky box and dish?	Your options: If you don’t want to subscribe to Sky, your existing Sky box and dish should still be able to tune in to over 200 free-to-view channels after you cancel your subscription. Free-to-air advice
Got a dish?	Assuming your dish is pointing at the Sky satellites:
Not got a dish yet?	Your options:
Don’t want a dish?	Consider the other options:

Paying too much for satellite TV?

If you feel you might be paying too much, but want more than the basic free channels, consider .

70 channels of live TV and radio, plus hundreds of hours of on-demand TV shows, movies, music and kids content. A free a high-spec digital recorder with series link is also available, and it’ll cost you less than Sky. Details on our YouView Explored section.

Free to air satellite TV with a Sky box

Got a Sky box and dish already? Watch over 200 channels for free…

A large number of digital TV channels can be viewed on a Sky Digibox without a Sky subscription or a viewing card, as the signal is not encrypted – see Sky’s Free to Air channel list. Over 200 TV and radio channels are available, including the BBC channels, some of the news channels, and most of the shopping channels and radio stations.

If you have an old Sky box and a satellite dish, you should be able to watch these free-to-air channels.
For a list of the free channels that can be viewed on a Sky dish and decoder without subscription, see Sky’s Free TV channel list.

A small number of channels are available “Free-to-view”, which means they can be viewed on a Sky box for free, but they require a viewing card. These are the Channel 4 and Five channels. Sky used to supply cards originally known as Solus Cards, as part of Sky Freesat. If you need a card, but don’t want to take out a subscription, give Sky a call and ask for a Sky Freesat viewing card.

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