HD Providers - HD TV Comparison

	Sky	Freesat	Virgin	BT
	£49 with Sky TV & the HD Pack1	From around £250 (no subscription required)2	£0 with a subscription (equipment for rental with a TV subscription)3	£45 with a value pack (otherwise £90) 4
	TV packages from £18 a month	N.A.	TV packages from £0 when taking £11 phone line (otherwise £27.50 a month for XL Packages without a phone line)	TV packages from £0 with a BB subscription (otherwise from £2.93 a month)
	£10 extra a month	N.A.	£0 for XL TV customers	£0 (broadband subscription required)
	Movie: £3.91 / Event:£14.63	N.A.	Programme: Free / Movie: £3.00 - £4.99	Programme: £0.96/ Movie: £2.88 (library), £4.84 (new release)
	£30 for new customers, or £60 for existing customers	From around £80	£755	£0 for Self install
	326	0	77 Only XL TV customers can receive all 7	0
	38	28	010	0
	Over 13,500 HD hours a month11	285 hours a month11	1,835 hours a month12	N/A (only have VoD HD content)
	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	£0 (for Sky TV customers)	N.A.	£5 (M)/ £5 (L) / Free (XL)	£0 (for BT broadband customers)
	80 hours (SD content) OR 30 hours (HD content)	200 hours (SD content) OR 60 hours (HD content)	80 hours (SD content) OR 20 hours (HD content)	80 hours (SD content)
	Yes	No	No	No
	From free to £10 per month with Sky TV and Sky Talk in Sky network areas (otherwise from £5 to £15 per month)	N.A.	From £14 to £28 with Virgin line rental at £11 extra a month (Offer: discounted BB for first 3 months)13	From £15.65 to £24.46 (assuming 12 month contract)
	From free to £5 per month with Sky TV (plus Sky Talk line rental £11 extra a month)14	N.A.	From free (as part of a bundle) to £7.95 per month with Virgin line rental (£11 extra a month)	From free to £4.95 (plus £11.25 BT line rental)
	Yes	N.A.	Yes	Yes
	Online, retail or via the phone	From selected retailers	Online, retail or via the phone	Online, retail or via the phone

Based on standard advertised pricing. Discounts due to VAT reductions may apply and offers may be available. See providers website for details.

1. Sky+HD box price and standard set-up price (including VAT). Sky+HD box £49 when you take Sky TV and the HD Pack and existing customers sign up to another 12 month minimum term for Sky TV. One £49 box per household and not available if you already have SkyHD/Sky+HD box. HD ready TV required.

2. According to http://www.freesat.co.uk/index.php?page=products.Main

3. Customers do not own their V+ boxes. They are rented and need to returned on cancellation of contract.

4. £45 for customers signing up to a value pack for 12 months (otherwise £90 without a TV subscription). BT Broadband from £15.65 (first 3 months free) and line rental from £11.25 required. Customers must keep BT Vision service for 12 months (otherwise £194.76).

5. Offer price of £75 only applies to first V+ box set-up only (ends 30/12/09). Second and subsequent V+ box set-up charged at £150 per V+ box.

6. 32 subscription HD channels. Sky Sports HD1, Sky Sports HD2, Sky Sports HD3, Sky Movies Premiere HD, Sky Movies Screen 1 HD, Sky Movies Screen 2 HD, Sky Movies Action & Thriller HD, Sky Movies Modern Greats HD, Sky Movies Drama HD, Sky Movies Sci-Fi & Horror HD, Sky Movies Family HD, Sky Movies Comedy HD, Sky Movies Indie HD, Sky1 HD, Sky Arts 1 HD, Sky Arts 2 HD, Sky Real Lives HD, Sky Box Office HD1, Sky Box Office HD2, Biography Channel HD, Crime & Investigation Network HD, Discovery HD, Disney Cinemagic HD, Eurosport HD, FX HD, History HD, MTVN HD, National Geographic HD, Nat Geo Wild HD, Rush HD, Sci Fi HD. ESPN HD. The channels you receive with the HD Pack depend on your Sky TV package. Sky Box Office HD movies/events cost extra.

7. 7 subscription HD channels. National Geographic HD, FX HD, MTVN HD, Living HD, Channel 4 HD, BBC HD & ESPN HD free with XL packages. Living HD, Channel 4 HD and BBC HD is also available on the M+ & L packages with a V+HD subscription for £5/month. Channel 4 HD and BBC HD is also available on the M package with a V+HD subscription for £5/month. ESPN HD is available on M and L packages for £8/month with Sky Sports, or £10/month without Sky Sports. V+HD box required for all HD channels.

8. 3 FTA HD channels. Luxe TV HD, Channel 4 HD and BBC HD are available without any subscriptions. Channel 4 HD requires a valid viewing card.

9. 2 FTA HD channels. BBC HD and limited ITV HD content accessible via the red button.

10. Plus on demand HD programmes.

11. Monthly average based on Sep08-Aug09 (excl BBC HD Preview & ESPN HD).

12. Monthly average based on BBC HD Sep08-Aug09 (excl BBC HD Preview) and ITV HD 2/8/08-25/7/09.

13. Monthly average based on BBC HD, FX HD, MTVN HD, National Geographic HD Sep08-Aug09 (excl BBC HD Preview & ESPN HD). Living HD assumes 75% of 24/7 schedule will be in HD.

14. Discounts apply for the first 3 months: Broadband L = £9, XL and XXL: £10.

15. Sky Talk line rental price from 1/9/09.