Free Sky box for pensioners
Brian Butterworth published on UK Free TV According to Sky wins TV licence cash to aid digital Switchover - Media - guardian.co.uk, BSkyB will be given first call on the money (funded from 3% of the Licence Fee over five years) to provide free equipment and installation for those qualifying for the Digital Switchover Help Scheme.
The scheme provides a free digital television upgrade for each household in a switching over region that where:
- someone is aged 75 or over;
- there are people with severe disabilities (defined as those people eligible for either Disability Living Allowance or Attendance Allowance or equivalent benefits);
- one person is registered as blind or partially sighted.
The government has passed a law to allow the data held about these household to be passed to Sky.
Full details of the scheme is at: Digital Television - Publications - Digital Switchover Help Scheme
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Wednesday, 19 September 2012
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j.luckstone2:07 PM
London
i am over 75 and had freeview and satelite dish i paid for but had a fire in my home and moved to new address . how can i reinstate my situation and get sattelite dish moved to new addres and cost./
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Thursday, 1 November 2012
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sheila4:55 PM
I would like to enquire on my mother's behalf. she is 80 years of age, on state pension. Would she be elidgable for free freesat?
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Mike Dimmick6:39 PM
sheila: The switchover help scheme has nearly ended. If she is in Northern Ireland you can still ask for help switching one TV to digital - see Region Northern Ireland | Switchover Help Scheme . This may be Freesat if Freeview is not possible, or they should offer Freesat as an option for a small fee.
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Wednesday, 14 November 2012
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Lorna knipe6:28 PM
Is it too late to apply for help with payment for digi box 16 Nov 2012"I'm asking this question on be half of a relation.
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Lorna knipe: See the Scheme's website The Switchover Help Scheme can help you make the switch to digital TV. | Switchover Help Scheme
Click on the map for your relation's region. Tyne Tees was the final UK mainland region to switch and this happened in September and it says that from 26 October 2012 the Scheme was closed in that region. Therefore I assume that in other mainland regions it will be unavailable.
The final region to switch was Northern Ireland (last month) and eligible people can apply there until 24 November 2012.
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Monday, 4 November 2013
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david senior2:12 PM
i have had freview instaled for a number of years one of my the flat near has diconected my satelite dish and has conected cables from my dish to thier flat claiming the dish is thiers are records kept of when my freevieww was instaled
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jb388:13 PM
david senior: As you have referred to "my dish" its assumed that you are using Freesat, if you are then the issue of whether or not records are kept of the date of an installation is entirely dependant on the company that installed your dish / Freesat receiver.
If though this was done via the changeover help scheme then they will be able to supply the info required, although considering the time factor involved this could prove to be a bit of a problem, however the undermentioned link is to their site.
Contact information | Switchover Help Scheme
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Sunday, 1 December 2013
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Henryka Kobusinska11:30 AM
Friends tell me that at 82 years of age I may be able to get free Sky TV. Is this correct, and if so how do I go about obtaining it?
Thank you.
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Monday, 13 July 2015
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Jean Newton8:38 PM
My mother had new aerial fitted and purchased a booster for her to receive digital TV before she realised she could get financial help. Her TV is now not working and there is no problem with the TV because we have checked it in our own house. Can she get a free digitoxin to help the situation.
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MikeB10:35 PM
Jean Newton: Although your mother might have had government help to get digital TV, there seems to be no way of getting any repairs paid for. Ok, you know the TV is fine, but what about the cable to the wall, etc?
We need a postcode so we know where your mother is in relation to the transmitter, and therefore what she should get. A quick description of the problem, and how the aerial system is connected up as well.
In the meantime, check the aerial lead - a classic problem is its loose, broken or fallen out.
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