Sky Broadband and TV Offer XMas Freebies to Existing Customers

Customers of UK ISP Sky Broadband, Sky Mobile and Sky TV are being offered a raft of freebies for Christmas this year, including movies, TV sport, unlimited mobile data and free calls to any landline or mobile number – in any country – from a Sky Talk line (excludes calls to certain types of chargeable numbers) among other gifts.

Not all internet providers give gifts to their customers at Christmas but some do and that certainly seems to be true for Sky, which depending upon the service you take appears to be offering a fair selection of gifts that only existing customers can enjoy.

We’ve summarised some of these freebies below (including any caveats) and no doubt the degree to which they entice will vary from person to person.

Sky’s Christmas Gifts to Customers

Sky Broadband

* Sky Talk lines are being given free calls to landlines and mobiles “across the planet”, from Christmas Day until Boxing Day. You won’t be charged for any calls you start during this time. Excludes calls to certain types of chargeable numbers, such as Premium rate calls, Pager & Voice Messaging Services, Personal Number Services, Corporate Numbers and service calls (084, 087, 09 and 118 numbers), calls using call features, such as 1471, or calls with a 056 prefix.

Sky Mobile

* Mobile customers will get unlimited data for both Christmas Day and Boxing Day, only available to use in the UK. One small catch is that if you want to stream on Sky apps like Sky Go, you’ll need a minimum of 50MB data available on your data plan. Otherwise any data in your Piggybank won’t be affected during this period.

Sky TV

* The Sky Cinema film “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” will be shown to all TV customers for free via Sky One at 6pm on Christmas Day. But you’ll only get one chance as it won’t be available via on-demand.

* Sky TV customers will get access to all 8 Sky Sports channels on 25th and 26th December. Plus, the Darts World Championships on 27th December, and LIVE Premier League action on 28th December, all airing on Sky One. However customers with Essentials aren’t eligible for this gift. Red Button, On Demand and Catch Up TV won’t be available for non-Sky Sports customers as part of this gift.

* The somewhat mediocre (our opinion only) romance film “Love Actually,” which somehow became a classic, can now be added for free to your account via the Sky Store on your Sky Box if you do so between now and 31st December 2019. You know, just in case you miss the inevitable mass of TV repeats each year (it’s become like “The Great Escape” of Christmas – minus a motorcycle). Take note that some older Sky+ boxes aren’t compatible with the Sky Store and so might have trouble adding the Movie, not that it’s a big loss.