The best early Black Friday Sky TV, Glass and Stream deals and packages

For UK viewers, Sky is the ultimate TV package. Not only does it encompass top-tier sport like F1 and the Premier League, it brings together blockbuster Hollywood movies and premium TV dramas from across the pond thanks to its deal with HBO. It also hosts all the streaming apps you could want, like Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video and Paramount+. There's plenty to watch in 4K HDR too.

Unfortunately, it doesn't come cheap. But Black Friday certainly helps there. And thanks to Sky Glass and Stream, you no longer need a satellite dish to watch, which makes it simpler – and cheaper – to get Sky in your home. Stream and Glass have recently improved thanks to a few updates from Sky, so there will be no more delays when you're watching live sport.

There are currently some great Sky deals around. Let's see what's available.

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Best Sky broadband deals

Great value

Sky 150Mb/s Full Fibre Broadband £27/month; 24 months; no fees
Just need the connection? This very reasonable Ultrafast Broadband offer brings a 150Mbps connection and plenty of options to add TV at a later date. It's only £1 more a month than Sky's 61Mb/s Superfast option – and over twice as fast.

Best Sky TV bundles

Great value

Sky Stream, Sky TV, Netflix & Full Fibre 150 Broadband
£38/month; 24 months
Get your hands on Sky Stream and Sky TV with this great deal. Not only that, but you can bundle it with Netflix and Sky Superfast broadband for just £38 a month. The connection is a whopping 150Mb/s complete with a speed guarantee.

Sky Stream, Netflix & Full Fibre 500 Broadband £44/month; 24 months
For an extra £6 a month, you'll upgrade to Sky's Full Fibre 500 Broadband, with average speeds of 500Mb/s. That's quick enough for 4K streaming, and pretty much anything else you want to do online with multiple devices connected wirelessly at once.

What is Sky Q?

Sky Q is the Sky's current generation of dish-based home entertainment, following on from Sky+. It offers lots of channels covering drama, comedy, wildlife, kids, films and sports content, served up in a package that delivers 4K picture quality, the ability to pause and rewind live channels, and full multi-room features.

Sky HDR programming is available on Disney Plus, Amazon Prime Video and Netflix. You can also watch the Premier League in HDR too on Sky Sports.

How do you get Sky Q?

To get Sky Q, you'll need a Sky Q Box. It stores up to 500 hours of standard definition TV, lets you record six channels while watching a seventh and is able to show HD and 4K UHD content.

You'll also need a satellite dish in order to watch Sky Q. Don't want – or can't have – a dish? Sky Glass or Sky Stream are for you, as they deliver Sky over broadband.

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What is Sky Glass?

Sky Glass is Sky's dishless service, delivering Sky TV entirely over the internet and through a Sky-branded TV. There are three sizes of Sky Glass TV to choose from, and Sky subscription deals to pick too. You pay a different amount upfront according to the TV size you've gone for and then the rest is paid either over a 24-month or 48-month contract. For more information, check out our Sky Glass review.

Best Sky Glass bundle deal 

Sky Glass £14/month for 3 months
This deal includes a 43-inch Sky Glass streaming 4K TV with Dolby Atmos speakers, Sky Entertainment and Netflix. Sky Glass, TV and Netflix cost £14 for three months and then £42 per month for rest of the 48-month contract. There's a £10 upfront fee.

What is Sky Stream?

Sky Stream is a standalone box – similar to Apple TV – that provides satellite dish-free access to Sky on any TV of your choice. It promises most of the Sky Glass experience and is a doddle to install (you just plug it into a spare HDMI port on your TV). On the downside, 4K, HDR and Atmos cost extra. Like Sky Glass, there's also no hard drive to store recordings, so you have to rely on items on your 'playlist' still being available when you get round to watching them.

Sky Stream, Sky TV & Netflix £19/month; 24 month contract; no setup fees
This 24-month contract costs £19 per month, down from £28, saving you £216 over the duration. It brings you Sky Stream, Sky TV and Netflix. An excellent price for a comprehensive package of TV shows and movies.

Can you still get Sky+?

No. While Sky still supports its Sky+ customers, the only options for new customers are Sky Q, Sky Glass or Sky Stream. Or Sky's no-strings-attached streaming service Now (formerly known as Now TV).

How much do the Sky Q boxes cost?

The standard Sky Q package allows you to watch content at up to HD resolution and comes with the 1TB box. There's a one-off installation fee of up to £49 and then it's £31 per month for the basic TV package which includes Netflix, Sky Atlantic, Sky Originals, Sky Sports News, 300 channels, 500 Sky box sets, 40 catch-up services and access to content on the Sky Go app.

Extras? Sky has plenty. The HD add-on is £8 a month, and lets you watch over 40 live channels in high definition, including Comedy Central, Sky Comedy HD, Sky News HD, Dave HD and Comedy Central. Or you can splash out on the Ultra HD + HD bolt-on, which includes selected sport and Sky Originals in 4K, plus Netflix Premium, for £12 a month. The latter seems like something of a no-brainer.

You can also add Sky Multiscreen for an extra £15 per month and enjoy your Sky content on a second TV thanks to the additional Sky Q Mini box.

With any of these Sky Q options, you can add on TV channels in bundles like Sky Sports, Sky Box Sets, Sky Entertainment, etc.

That's the basic viewing options covered. So what do the various Sky packages offer?

Sky Ultimate TV

Sky Ultimate TV £31 a month (£20 setup fee)
Sky Ultimate TV is the basic starter bundle. It includes a wide variety of dramas, comedies, documentaries, music, Sky One, Sky Atlantic, Nat Geo wild, Sky Originals, 300 TV channels and Netflix too.

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The Sky TV basic package offers over 300 channels covering entertainment, documentary, music and sports. These include Sky Atlantic, Sky One, Fox, MTV, Gold, Comedy Central, Quest, Syfy, E!, Discovery, National Geographic, Sky Sports News, Eurosport and Sky Sports Mix. You can also get free access to Netflix and the over 500 Sky Box sets with Sky TV & Netflix.

That means you get shows like Succession, A Town Called Malice, Dreamland, The Last of Us, Funny Woman, Big Little Lies, Last Chance U, The Umbrella Academy, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year, Chernobyl, Gomorrah, Riviera and The White Lotus.

For new customers, Sky Ultimate TV costs £31 a month for the first 24 months. Now you've got your starter pack, it's time to add some extras.

Sky Sports

Sky Sports gives you more sports channels than the standard Sky TV package. Namely, you get individual channels dedicated to Premier League football, the football league, cricket, F1, NFL and golf, and all in HD.

You also get Sky Sports Arena (basketball, racing, bowling), Sky Sports Main Event (golf, cricket, rugby) and Sky Sports News.

If you have the relevant package, you'll be able to watch some of these channels in 4K UHD and the Premier League in HDR. Here are a few bundles to consider...

All Sky Sports in HD

Sky Stream, Sky TV, Netflix and Sky Sports £39 a month
This Sky deal includes access to all the Sky Sports channels including the F1, cricket, golf and over 400 live football games. Netflix is bundled in too, which is a nice bonus. There's no upfront fee, and it usually costs £48 a month.

Save £25 per month

Sky Sports & TNT Sports £67 per month
Cover all your bases and add in the four TNT Sports channels too for full access to all European and Premier League football as well as Sky Sports and more.

Sky Cinema

Sky TV, Netflix & Sky Cinema £29 a month
With a new film premiere every day and over 1000 other films to choose from, Sky Cinema is great for film fans. This price includes Netflix too. Your only extras are the one-off £20 set-up fee. That's it.

Sky Cinema has over 1000 movies on-demand, and now comes with Paramount+, saving you £6.99 a month.

Kids

Sky Kids £6 a month
This deals provides you with over 10,000 episodes on demand and nine live channels, plus over 230 games on the Sky Kids app. There's also educational content to expand their minds.

There are nine kids channels up for grabs, including Nickelodeon, Nick Toons, Boomerang and Cartoon Network. It also includes a Kid Safe Mode and you can create individual profile for up to 10 children.

This costs £6 extra a month. It only offers a 31-day rolling contract, so you won't be tied in for the long run.

Disney+

Disney+ on Sky £8.99 per month, 31-day contract
Exclusive films, TV and documentaries from Marvel, Pixar, Disney, Star Wars, National Geographic and Star too. Much of the Disney+ content is available on Sky in 4K HDR and the one-month rolling contract means that you can step out once you've watched all you need. You can subscribe through Sky, or direct with Disney.

Sky's latest add-on addition is Disney Plus. Like many of the extra services, there's no long term commitment. The price is in line with a Disney Plus subscription through other platforms at £8.99 (or £4.99 with ads, £12.99 with 4K and HDR). It's also one of the best places to find 4K HDR viewing on Sky.

Ultra HD + HD

4K content on Sky Ultra HD + HD £12 per month
This add-on gives you Sky Cinema and Sky Sport in 4K where available plus over 40 HD channels. It also offers access to the 4K programming on Netflix with Netflix Premium.

The Ultra HD + HD add-on is your ticket to 4K content on Sky. It unlocks access to 4K films and 4K sport on the Sky Cinema and the Sky Sport channels respectively. Not all films and sports are available in UHD, though more 4K HDR content is arriving all the time.

The other bonus of this relatively cheap addition is that it upgrades your Netflix access to Netflix Premium which brings 4K programming through Netflix as well as simultaneous Netflix viewing on up to four devices.

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TNT Sports on Sky

TNT Sports for Sky customers £28 per month
Four TNT Sports channels under one subscription and Sky customers can have their pick of pretty much all the televised sport on the UK. It's a 24-month contract.

Just because you're with Sky, that doesn't mean you can't access other sports channels too. The four TNT Sport channels are available to Sky customers on a 24-month contract for £28 a month.

Through those you can watch Premier League football, UEFA Champions League, Bundesliga, UFC and more.

Sky Fibre broadband

Sky Full Fibre 150 Broadband 24 months | £27 a month | no set-up fee
This tariff includes Sky's Full Fibre 150 broadband with Speed Guarantee as standard. You get Sky Pay As You Talk phone access and an average of 150Mbps download speeds.

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Sky Stream, Sky TV, Netflix & Full Fibre Gigafast Broadband £54 a month| 24 months | No set-up fee
No messing about just straight in with Sky TV, gigafast broadband service with average speeds of 900Mb/s, the Sky Stream puck and access to Netflix. And all for just £54 a month! That sounds like a deal to us.

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Want Sky's fastest ever broadband? Try Sky Gigafast (£43 a month without any TV added) if it's available in your postcode – it gives you average speeds of 900Mbps.

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