How to pause your Sky Sports TV subscription during coronavirus crisis? We take a look at how you can save your money and it takes just 30 seconds!
With many people off work for the meantime, they may be wondering why they are paying for the subscription when only re-runs and old Premier League and EFL events are being shown.
Pause Sky Sports Online
You can now pause your Sky Sports subscription online: https://t.co/i19KLXkuLf
The web page is busy so you may be placed in a short queue during busy periods.
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— Sky Help Team (@SkyHelpTeam) March 20, 2020
Well with a lack of live action currently on their channels, Sky are allowing customers to pause their Sky Sports subscription.
Due to this, Sky are allowing customers to pause their subscription without any cost as your next bill will show £0 for the sports package – while you will still need to pay for the rest of your bundle.
And even better, you can still watch all of the 11 Sky Sports channels after pausing it, so enjoy all the sporting replays.
To do this, you can call 0800 151 2747, say “cancel Sky Sports” and it will ask if you wish to pause your Sky Sports subscription.
Alternatively, you can visit Sky’s website and follow the instructions.
But this option is only for Sky customers with Virgin Media currently not giving their subscribers the option to pause.
If you pay for Sky Sports then call 0800 151 2747 and say 'cancel Sky sports' when prompted and it will ask you if you want to pause your subscription until normality returns. All sports channels remain available. It takes about 30 seconds.
— Martin Williamson (@mogodonman) March 21, 2020
How much does a Sky Sports subscription cost?
If you are looking for when the action returns, Sky are currently offering an 18-month contract of all Sky Sports channels for £23 a month. Virgin Media customers can add Sky Sports for £31.75 a month.
There have been fans wanting a refund from Sky Sports and BT Sport. The broadcasters have refused according to Mirror Money.
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Sky Sports managing director Rob Webster said: “Sky Sports is working closely with all our partners to better understand the impact on the annual sporting calendar.”
Their packages start at £23 a month – though it’s currently offering a £3 a month discount for anyone that signs up..
“We recognise that it is a fast-moving situation and we are working at speed to ensure we continue to deliver for all of our customers.
“A number of sporting events have been postponed, but not cancelled, so we expect to be able to show these when they are rescheduled.
“Therefore, our live schedule is likely to look different for a period of time. As more information becomes available, we will continue to provide updates to all of our customers.”
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A BT spokesman said: “We apologise to customers about the changes to the BT Sport schedule this month due to the impact of Covid-19.
“The situation is evolving rapidly and we are working with the leagues to continue to broadcast live sport wherever possible and broadcast games when they are rescheduled over the coming months.
“We will continue to broadcast a wide range of BT Sport content including films and documentaries and we will update our customers as we have a clearer view of the remainder of the season.”
“BT is now working closely with Public Health England to undertake a full deep clean of relevant parts of its group headquarters and will ensure those employees who have had contact with Philip are appropriately advised.”
Fans gave their reaction on how to pause your Sky Sports TV subscription…
Why on earth do they @SkySports not just suspend charging. There’s no sport in the world and it would show gratitude to the existing subscribers for their custom.
— Chris Bryan (@ChrispBryan) March 21, 2020
Well done Sky , if only @bt_uk would follow suit we know who the greedy ones are now, for sure !
— Les Kaye (@LesLk52) March 20, 2020
You could just do it automatically as a gesture
— Peter ?️? (@PNichollsMusic) March 20, 2020
Why don’t you just do this for everyone! If you are leaving the channels and recordings available take the choice away and the hassle of the pause process which clearly isn’t working
— Gibby ?♂️ (@agibby76) March 20, 2020
Why don’t you just pause it for everyone. Surely that would be easier ??♂️
— Gaz Hughes (@Ga3Hughes) March 21, 2020
FAO @virginmedia – this is what a proper company that looks after it's customers looks like.
— Chris (@CLane_89) March 20, 2020
Surely better to just give it to everyone for free rather than people having to wait in queues to cancel then queue again when live sport is back ??♂️??♂️
— ? (@yiddobairn) March 20, 2020
As good a gesture as this is, the way you have done it, is nothing short of idiotic! Why not pause this for everyone? You’re making people spend ages trying to click a button which then crashes! The cynic in me says you’ve done this to continue getting money while you can
— Richard Allen (@richieA01) March 20, 2020
Good morning Andy, we are sorry that there is high volumes of traffic on the website. Please do keep trying https://t.co/d6ZwlhEX52 ^PE
— Sky Help Team (@SkyHelpTeam) March 22, 2020
Did mine via the My Sky app last night. No waiting just an instant message and my bills have been adjusted. ??
— Nicky Cunningham (@nickyc15) March 20, 2020
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