Terms and Conditions
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Sky TV terms and conditions – Republic of Ireland
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Please take a few minutes to read carefully the terms and conditions for the products and services you have ordered from Sky.
By allowing the enclosed Viewing Card to be used to receive your chosen Sky services you are accepting the terms and conditions in this Contracts Booklet that relate to those services and agreeing to the uses of your information set out on page 3. If you have ordered any digital satellite equipment (other than a Sky+HD box which has separate terms and conditions which are supplied with the box) either directly from Sky or from one of Sky's authorised retailers, then by allowing installation to commence you are accepting the terms and conditions in this Contracts Booklet that relate to its supply and installation.
IMPORTANT TERMS OF YOUR SUBSCRIPTION CONTRACTS
Please take a few minutes to read the following important terms. Further terms and conditions are set out later in this Contracts Booklet which you should also read carefully.
Can I subscribe to Sky's services?
Yes, if you are 18 or over and the services are only used at your home in either the UK (including the Isle of Man and Channel Islands) or Republic of Ireland. If you move or change your contact details you must tell us.
Sky digital Subscription Contract
This Contract sets out the conditions which you and Sky have to keep to in relation to the Sky digital service including the Sky Anytime+ on-demand service (where available). This service does not include HD/3D or pay-per-view services; these are supplied under their own standard terms. The Contract also doesn't cover channels which are not part of the Sky digital service, such as non-subscription channels.
Sky Multiroom Subscription
With a Multiroom subscription you receive the same Service as you receive under your first Sky digital subscription through an extra Box, for an additional subscription charge. This means that you and your family can watch different Sky digital programming on two separate TVs in your house.
How long does a subscription last?
Each subscription lasts for a minimum of 12 months (the Minimum Term) from the first date we enable your Box to receive your chosen Service(s) (usually when you first insert your Viewing Card into the Box), unless you or we are allowed to end it earlier. We will charge you for the relevant service from this date. For details of when the contracts can be ended earlier see Condition 11 of the Sky digital Subscription Contract and Conditions 6, 7 and 8 of the Multiroom Subscription Contract. If you have ordered your Sky products and services directly from Sky by telephone, via the internet, by text or via Sky Interactive, you have the right to cancel your Contracts as set out in 'Your Rights to Cancel'; at the end of this Contracts Booklet. If you ordered your Sky products from one of our door-to- door sales agents please refer to the cancellation policy set out in the documentation left with you by our sales agent. If your Sky digital Subscription Contract or your Multiroom Subscription(s) Contract end during the relevant Minimum Term (other than where you have a right to end them either under the terms of the relevant Contract or under 'Your Rights to Cancel'), we will charge you an early termination charge. We may charge these amounts directly to the credit or debit card which you have provided us with details of, e.g. when you paid for the installation of your Digital Satellite System and, by entering into these contracts, you are authorising us to do so. We will give you reasonable notice before these charges are made. For more information about these charges go to sky.com/earlytermination
Will the price of my subscription(s) rise during the Minimum Term?
Under the Sky digital Subscription Contract we can increase the prices for the Stand-alone Premium Channels or extra Sky Premium Channels at any time during the Minimum Term. However, in all other cases we can only increase the relevant Subscription Payment once during the Minimum Term. This increase won't affect you during the first 60 days of your subscription to your chosen service(s) and will not be more than either 10% of your subscription or the increase in the UK Retail Price Index over the last 12 months before we tell you about that price increase, whichever is greater. Under the Sky digital Subscription Contract, if at any time you change your chosen Service, you will pay the then current price for your new Service from the day you first receive it.
When don't these limits apply to my subscription prices?
The limits on price increases do not apply after the Minimum Term of the relevant contract. The limits on increasing your Subscription Payments during the Minimum Term don't apply to any increase in your Subscription Payment for your first Sky digital subscription where we add extra channels to your chosen Option and you choose to take them or, if you choose to take any extra Sky Premium Channels or Additional TV Services we may offer you. The limits also don't apply where, following a request or requirement by any regulatory authority or, as required by law (including any changes in Value Added Tax), we change any aspect of our pricing which affects your Subscription Payment directly or our pricing structures generally. If, during the Minimum Term, you choose not to receive extra channels we have told you we have added to your chosen Option under the Sky digital Subscription Contract, your Subscription Payment will not increase until the end of your Minimum Term when you will automatically receive all the channels in your chosen Option (including the extra channels) and pay the then current price for it.
How much notice will I get if you increase prices?
We promise to give you at least 31 days notice before we put the price of your subscription(s) up, unless the price increase results from you changing your Service under your Sky digital Subscription Contract or we are required to increase our prices by law (e.g. due to a change in VAT) or because a regulatory authority requests or requires us to do so (if this happens we will try to give you reasonable notice). If you are not the payer of the relevant subscription, you must tell the payer of any price increase notice we send you.
Will the Service change?
The Service may change, as it is variable. This means that we can change programming, change or withdraw any option or Additional TV Service, and change, withdraw or interrupt the Channels you receive in your Service. Your chosen Option may offer you a variety of Channels which are broadcast by various broadcasters, including Sky.
Although we aim to provide Channels that cover a wide range of interests, unfortunately we cannot guarantee the availability of any particular Channel or programme.
You can change your chosen Service during your subscription, but if this will reduce your Subscription Payment you need to give us at least 31 days notice (unless this results from us varying or withdrawing your Option). We may charge a reasonable administration fee to change your Service which we will let you know about in advance.
Other important points about your channels and services
• If we change any premium bonus channel in your chosen Option into a channel which you would normally have to pay extra to get or withdraw any Channel in your Basic Pack, you'll continue to get that Channel as part of your Option at no extra cost until the end of your Minimum Term (except for any Channel in your chosen Basic Pack where the channel's owner won't agree that you can receive it in this way). If we introduce a charge for any other channel, we'll give you reasonable notice of what charge will apply if you wish to carry on receiving it.
• If we withdraw any Option, or Channel and, as a result, you receive a cheaper Option from the one you received immediately before the withdrawal, we promise to reduce the price you pay to the then current price for that different Option.
• You can add one or more Stand-alone Premium Channels to your chosen Option.
• Premium bonus Channels, additional Channels and Additional TV Services are provided at Sky's discretion and you don't pay any extra for this part of your Service. Additional TV Services may be subject to eligibility and certain equipment may be required.
• In order to receive Sky Anytime+ you currently need a compatible Sky+HD box, a Sky+ subscription (which is subject to the Sky+ Subscription Terms and Conditions which will be supplied to you separately if you choose to take the service) and Sky Broadband in a Sky network area. Broadband usage limits apply.
Other important points about your Multiroom Subscription
• Each Multiroom subscription you take out can only be viewed at the same Address as your first Sky digital subscription.
• The Box used to receive your first Sky digital subscription must always be connected to a fixed and operational telephone line while any Multiroom subscription is in place. All the Boxes used to receive your Multiroom subscription(s) must also be connected to this line and number and you must let us collect information through this line, including your telephone number (caller line identification or CLI).
Will I be accepted as a Sky digital subscriber?
You may not be accepted if you owe us any money or your credit score is unsatisfactory. We can administer your account as we believe reasonable depending on the result of that or any future scoring, which may include applying different payment terms to your account. We may use information from, or supply information to, outside agencies for credit assessment purposes.
How do special offers affect my Contract(s)?
If you take up a special offer, the terms and conditions of the relevant products and services will be varied to take account of the offer terms and conditions.
If you wish to share any comments on our products and services, please write to us at:
Sky Subscribers Services Limited
PO Box 43
Livingston
West Lothian
EH54 7DD
UK
Calling Sky
Calls to and from Sky Customer Services may be recorded or monitored for training and other purposes.
HOW INFORMATION WE HOLD ABOUT YOU CAN BE USED
As part of our normal customer relationship, you agree that any member of the British Sky Broadcasting group may use and share, within that group, the information you provide and other information we hold about you for account management and, unless you have told us otherwise, for market research, sending you periodic newsletters about your services and the marketing of group and third parties'; products and services including for a reasonable period after you cease to be a Sky TV customer. By “Sky” and “Sky group” we mean those that are “BSkyB” or “Sky” branded and also those that provide content, internet, communciations, gaming and related services. This may include contacting you for marketing or market research purposes by post, telephone, email or SMS unless you tell us you don't want to be contacted for such purposes in any of these ways by calling us on 0818 719 819, writing to us at Sky Ireland, Alexandra House, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2 or sending an email to MySky@bskyb.com.
We may search relevant credit reference data for use in credit decisions. Where you owe us money, information about your account may be disclosed for debt recovery purposes. In addition, we may provide information to third parties for the purposes of preventing or detecting crime or for the purpose of safeguarding national security. We also provide information when required to do so by law (for example under a court order) or in response to properly made demands in accordance with legislative powers. Disclosures made will be in accordance with applicable data protection legislation.
Where you have not already told us that we may not do so, information held by Sky about you may also be shared with our business partners for customer profiling purposes, analysis and, unless you have told us otherwise, so that they can contact you for marketing and market research purposes (but not marketing by phone if you are on the NDD opt-out register, or by email or SMS unless you notified us that you consent to such) unless you tell us that you wish to be excluded from such purposes by contacting us on 0818 719 819, writing to us at Sky Ireland, Alexandra House, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2 or sending an email to MySky@bskyb.com.
We may disclose your personal data to our successors in business for the purposes outlined in these terms and conditions.
SKY DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION CONTRACT
These are the terms and conditions that you must keep to if you want to view the Service at your Address. You must also keep to Conditions 5, 6 and 7 relating to the Viewing Card even if you stop subscribing to Sky digital. This contract is with British Sky Broadcasting Limited (“Sky”), which is responsible for providing the Sky digital subscription service and Sky Subscribers Services Limited (“SSSL”), which sends you your Viewing Card. SSSL will also provide customer services in relation to the Service and the magazine (if applicable) as an agent for Sky. References below to “we” or “us” shall be read as references to Sky.
You can contact us or SSSL at PO Box 43, Livingston, West Lothian EH54 7DD, UK or call 08442 41 41 41 if you live in the UK or 0818 719 819 if you live in the Republic of Ireland.
1. Definitions
In these Conditions:
Additional TV Services: any additional television services which we may supply as part of your Service from time to time, subject to your eligibility and you having the required equipment. This currently includes the service known as Sky Anytime/Sky Anytime+ (where available).
Address: the address of your home in either the UK or Republic of Ireland that you notify to us from time to time.
Basic Pack: any pack of basic channels we offer from time to time. No Basic Pack will include any Sky Premium Channel, Stand-alone Premium Channel, bonus or additional channel or service or Additional TV Service that we offer.
Box: an authorised digital satellite decoder capable of using Sky's conditional access (encryption) system.
Channels: the channels we may include in any Option, Stand-alone Premium Channels and any premium bonus and additional Channels we may offer.
Conditions: the conditions in this Contract set out below, together with the terms relating to Sky digital set out on the ‘Important Terms’ page in this contracts booklet and any changes we may make to them in accordance with this Contract.
Contract: this contract authorising you to receive the Service for private viewing at your Address, your Viewing Card and a satellite TV magazine(s) (as applicable).
Minimum Term: the first 12 months from the first date your Box can receive the Service under this Contract.
Option: any of the channel package options we offer, but not including any Stand-alone Premium Channel.
Service: the Option, together with any Stand-alone Premium Channels, chosen by you, and any Additional TV services If during this Contract you want to change your chosen Option, the Service includes the new Option you choose.
Sky Premium Channels: such of Sky Sports 1, Sky Sports 2, Sky Movies 1 and Sky Movies 2 as Sky transmits from time to time and/or any other channel we may tell you is a Sky Premium Channel (but this does not include Standalone Premium Channels). Sky Movies 1 and Sky Movies 2 are each made up of a number of different Sky Movies channels which are not available individually.
Stand-alone Premium Channel: a channel which you may choose to include, for an additional charge, as part of the Service (but this does not include Sky Premium Channels).
Subscription Payment: the payments we have told you you must pay us to provide the Service.
UK: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
Viewing Card: the card which will allow you to receive encrypted digital satellite services (such as the Service) when used with a Box.
2. Subscription Payments
(a) Unless we agree otherwise, you will be charged for the Service from the first date we enable your Box to receive the Service under this Contract. You must pay us Subscription Payments every month in advance. Your first Subscription Payment may be taken at the time you order Sky digital. For both Direct Debit and credit card options we will collect further amounts due automatically from your account each month after we have sent you your first Viewing Card.
(b) You can select a different Service. If any change will result in a reduction to your Subscription Payment you must give us at least 31 days notice (unless this Contract is lawfully terminated before the end of such notice period or where Conditions 3(b) (iii) or (iv) apply). We can charge a reasonable administration fee if you wish to change your Service. We will let you know the amount of any fee in advance. You can only choose one of the Options, and you can also choose to add any Stand-alone Premium Channels we may offer. You cannot choose individual Channels within any Option.
(c) We may increase your Subscription Payment at any time by giving you at least 31 days notice. This includes increases under Condition 2(d) unless condition 2(d)(ii) applies when we will try to give you as much reasonable notice as possible. However, during the Minimum Term, unless it is for a reason set out in Conditions 2(d) or 4 (when the following increase limits do not apply), we may increase the price of your Option only once and that increase will not be more than:
(i) 10%; or
(ii) the increase in the UK Retail Price Index over the 12 months before we tell you about that price increase whichever is greater.
This price increase will not affect you during the first 60 days after your Box was first enabled to receive the Service. These limits do not apply to any Stand-alone Premium Channels or extra Sky Premium Channels (see Condition 4). Your Subscription Payment will also change during the Minimum Term if you change your Service and you will immediately pay the then current price for that new Service.
(d) We may also increase your Subscription Payment:
(i) if we add extra channels to your Option. During the Minimum Term you may choose not to receive these extra channels and your Subscription Payment will not increase as a result of this for the remainder of the Minimum Term. From the end of the Minimum Term you will receive all the channels included in your option and pay the then current price for it; and/or
ii) if required by law or if any regulatory authority requests or requires a change to any aspect of our pricing (including any changes in Value Added Tax) which affects your Subscription Payment directly or our pricing structure generally.
(e) We may alter your Direct Debit or credit card instruction if your Subscription Payment changes for any reason. We may also charge any other payment due under this Contract under your Direct Debit or credit card instruction together with any other payments which you agree that we may charge under that instruction.
(f) If you have missed any payments you owe to us or provided unauthorised payment or other details we can suspend provision of the Service and/or provision of the satellite television magazine (if applicable)to you, without giving you notice. This does not affect our right to end this Contract under Condition 11 below.
(g) You acknowledge that any payments you make to Sky and any credits on your account will be applied to the full set of Sky services you receive and may be applied against any amounts you owe us for any Sky service.
3. Channels, Programming and Magazine
(a) We can replace or withdraw advertised or other programmes. We can change or reduce the number of hours of any Channel's broadcast. We may encrypt or unencrypt any Channel.
(b) We can vary or withdraw any Channel or Additional TV Service. We can vary or withdraw your Option. We will give you at least 31 days notice if, as a result of any such change, your Subscription Payment will change. For example:
(i) If we withdraw any Sky Premium Channel or Stand-alone Premium Channel (either altogether or as part of your chosen Option), you will only have to pay the prevailing Subscription Payment for the Service you are actually receiving after we do so;
(ii) If we withdraw any Channels from your chosen Basic Pack then, until the end of your Minimum term, if you request, you can keep the same Channels at no extra charge (other than price increases under conditions 2(c) or 2(d)(ii)), except for Channels no longer offered by Sky, or where the owner of any channel will not agree that you can receive it in this way;
(iii) If we vary your chosen Basic Pack you can move to another Option (in which case we will confirm to you how your Subscription Payment will change);
(iv) If we withdraw your chosen Option (other than by withdrawing a Sky Premium Channel, for which see (i) above), we will move you onto the nearest equivalent Option. If this happens during the Minimum Term, your Subscription Payment will not increase before the end of the Minimum Term (other than price increases under Conditions 2(c) or 2(d)). However, if you choose to move to a different Option we will confirm to you how your Subscription Payment will change.
(c) Many Channels that we provide are supplied by other broadcasters. Their availability, and the availability of programmes on such Channels, are outside our control.
(d) We may supply premium bonus, other additional Channels or Additional TV Services with your Option which you will not have to pay extra for. Their availability may depend on your entitlement. We can withdraw or change these Channels or Additional TV Services without giving you notice. We can also change any premium bonus, additional Channels or Additional TV Services you are receiving into a Channel or service that you must pay for if you want to continue to receive it. If we do the latter in respect of a premium bonus channel during your Minimum Term you will continue receiving that Channel without payment until the end of your Minimum Term. If we introduce a charge for any additional Channel or Additional TV Service, we will tell you what charge will apply if you wish to continue to receive that Channel.
(e) Additional TV Services supplied to you may differ from that supplied to other viewers.
(f) We may supply a satellite television magazine from time to time. If we do you can elect not to receive the magazine by calling SSSL or via MySky and Sky can stop providing the magazine at any time without notice. The magazine may be supplied in a paper format or online or digital version.
(g) This Contract does not authorise you to receive any pay-per-view or HD services of any kind.
(h) You will not use the Service or any part of it other than to view the Channels in private for non-commercial purposes at your Address.
(i) In order to receive Sky Anytime+ you currently need a compatible Sky+HD box, a Sky+ subscription (which is subject to the Sky+ Subscription Terms and Conditions which will be supplied to you separately if you choose to take the service) and Sky Broadband in a Sky network area. Broadband usage limits apply.
4. Extra Premium Channels
We may offer you extra Sky Premium Channels or Stand-alone Premium Channels. If we offer you these extra channels and you decide to take them, they will be included in the Service. We will confirm to you what charges apply to these Channels and how your Subscription Payment will change. The limits described in Condition 2(c) do not apply to any increase in your Subscription Payment for any reason listed in this Condition 4.
5. The Viewing Card
(a) The Viewing Card acts as a key so that you can unlock (unencrypt) encrypted digital satellite services (such as the Service). Having a Viewing Card does not mean you have a right to receive the Service. You are only entitled to one Viewing Card per Sky digital Subscription.
(b) SSSL continues to own the Viewing Card after it is sent to you and, if SSSL asks you to, you must return it after this Contract ends or when a replacement is sent to you.
(c) Only you may use the Viewing Card which SSSL sends you. You can only use the Viewing Card at your Address with the Box for which it is first authorised by SSSL to receive encrypted digital satellite services. You must only use it for private viewing purposes. You must not use it for any commercial or business purpose or in any premises other than your Address.
(d) The Viewing Card must not be used outside the country (either UK or Republic of Ireland) it was supplied for use in.
(e) Any change of your Address must be notified to SSSL immediately.
(f) If you give your Viewing Card to anyone else SSSL can make it invalid.
(g) You must not tamper with the Viewing Card or use it for anything we or SSSL do not authorise.
(h) In order to continue to receive encrypted digital satellite services without interruption, the Viewing Card must be kept in your Box at all times and you will need to keep the Box connected to a mains supply and suitable satellite dish and in standby mode while not in use. The software in your Box is owned by, or licensed to, Sky or another member of the British Sky Broadcasting group. You must allow SSSL to update the software in your Box by sending signals via satellite to your Box. You must not tamper with the software in the Box or authorise anybody else to do so.
(i) As part of the proper administration of the digital satellite platform, SSSL shall be entitled to disclose your name, address, the services you receive via the Viewing Card and its number to Viewing Card manufacturers and providers of digital satellite services for which your Viewing Card is enabled.
( j) If your Box is connected to a telephone line, information may be passed from it to SSSL and vice versa by telephone.
6. How long is the Card valid for
(a) For security reasons Viewing Cards will be replaced from time to time. If you are still subscribing to the Service under this Contract, SSSL will try to send you a new Viewing Card before the old one becomes invalid. Viewing card replacements will be advertised on your television screen, in the satellite television magazine or in writing. If you are no longer subscribing to the Service, you will not be entitled to a replacement Viewing Card under these Conditions.
(b) SSSL may make the Viewing Card invalid if it is necessary to protect the security of Sky's conditional access system or if it believes you are using the Viewing Card in ways which are not authorised, or where it is otherwise reasonable to do so (such as fraud).
7. Lost, stolen or malfunctioning Viewing Cards
(a) If your Viewing Card is lost, stolen, damaged or faulty you must tell SSSL immediately either by telephone 08442 41 41 41 if you live in the UK or 0818 719 819 if you live in the Republic of Ireland) or by writing to: SSSL, PO Box 43, Livingston, West Lothian EH54 7DD UK.
(b) If your Viewing Card is damaged or faulty and you return it, SSSL will replace it free of charge if it had a defect when it was supplied to you. If the card is faulty or damaged in any other way or you do not return the faulty ViewingCard, or if it is lost or stolen, SSSL can charge you the cost of replacing it. SSSL will make invalid any Viewing Card that you tell it does not work and is replaced, or is lost or stolen.
8. Liability
Sky and SSSL will not be liable under these Conditions for:
(a) any fault in a Box or other receiving equipment you use, which are supplied under a separate contract;
(b) any fault in your Viewing Card caused by you tampering with it, your negligence or your failure to follow our instructions, or these Conditions;
(c) use of a Viewing Card with any decoding apparatus we do not authorise;
(d) the act of ending this Contract in accordance with Condition 11;
(e) any delay or failure by us to provide the Service (or any part of it) or failure to provide the satellite television magazine (if applicable) caused by events outside our or their reasonable control. Matters outside our reasonable control include (but are not limited to) severe weather conditions, epidemic, civil disorder, terrorist activity, war and government action.
(f) any loss or damage caused by us, SSSL or any of our respective officers, employees or agents in circumstances where:
(i) there is no breach of a contractual obligation or legal duty of care owed to you by us, SSSL or by any of our employees or agents; or
(ii) such loss or damage is not a reasonably foreseeable result of any such breach.
(g) any loss or damage caused by us, SSSL or any of our respective employees or agents to the extent that such loss or damage results from any breach by you of these Conditions. Where SSSL is acting as agent for Sky, SSSL has no liability to you. This Condition shall not affect any liability we may have to you for death or personal injury as a result of our, SSSL's or Sky's negligence, or for fraudulent misrepresentation.
9. Copying and Copyright
(a) You must not do (or allow to be done) any of the following:
(i) copy (except as permitted under the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (“Act”), as amended from time to time), redistribute or relay any of the Channels or any Additional TV Services or any part of them, or otherwise deal with the Channels or any Additional TV Services or any part of them other than as permitted by the Act. The exceptions in the Act are limited and you must make sure that you are legally entitled to rely on one of them; or
(ii) sell or make any charge for watching any Channel or any Additional TV Service or programme; or
(iii) show any Channel or any Additional TV Service in public to an audience, even if no charge is made.
(b) We may disable or alter remotely certain functions of your Box so as to prevent you from copying the Channels or any Additional TV Services and we may prevent you receiving the Service if your Box allows copying of any Channels or any Additional TV Services which we are bound by contract to prevent.
10. Changing the Conditions
(a) Sky and SSSL may not change or add to Conditions 2(c) or (d), Condition 3(d), Condition 8 or this Condition 10 except for security, legal or regulatory reasons.
(b) We may change any other Conditions provided that if you reasonably consider that you would be materially disadvantaged by this you may end this Contract under Condition 11(a), even if you are within your Minimum Term.
(c) Unless the change is required to be made immediately for valid legal or regulatory reasons in which case we will notify you as soon as reasonably possible, you will receive at least 31 days notice of any changes to these Conditions. This right to vary will not be used to change the terms of any special offer which applies to you and you have accepted during the term of the offer.
11. How long your Contract lasts
Unless Conditions 11(a) or (b) apply, you must subscribe to the Service for at least the Minimum Term. The Contract will continue after this time unless it is ended according to the Conditions below. Conditions 5, 6 and 7 will continue to apply after this Contract ends until you return your Viewing Card to SSSL.
(a) You may end this Contract at any time including during the Minimum Term by giving us 7 days notice within 21 days of receiving notice from us if:
(i) we or SSSL tell you we are going to change these Conditions under Condition 10(b) and you reasonably consider that you would be materially disadvantaged by this; or
(ii) we withdraw any Sky Premium Channel, Stand-alone Premium Channel or premium bonus channel you are receiving; or
(iii) you reasonably consider that you would be materially disadvantaged by any reduction in the number of channels within, or the level of service of, your chosen Basic Pack.
You may end this Contract by giving us seven days' notice at any time (including during the Minimum Term) if we or SSSL break any of the Conditions. If you want to end the Contract for any other reason you may do so at the end of or after the Minimum Term, by giving us at least 31 days notice at any time.
(b) If you break any of the Conditions, or you or anyone you authorise to deal with us on your behalf acts in a way towards our staff or agents which we reasonably consider to be inappropriate, or if we have reasonable grounds to suspect fraud or any other unauthorised activity, we can immediately suspend provision of the Service and/or provision of the satellite television magazine (if applicable), and/or end this Contract by giving you seven days' notice at any time (including during the Minimum Term).
(c) Except where Condition 11(b) applies, we will not end this Contract during the Minimum Term. We may end this Contract after the Minimum Term by giving you 31 days notice.
(d) We will not refund any Subscription Payments or other payments made under this Contract if we end this contract because you have broken the Conditions. If during the Minimum Term you end this Contract (other than where you have a right to do so under Condition 11(a) or you are exercising your right to cancel as set out in ‘Your Rights to Cancel’) or we end it because you have broken the Conditions, you will have to pay us an early termination charge. The early termination charge shall not be any more than the charges you would have paid if you had subscribed to our cheapest available Option for the remainder of your Minimum Term less any costs we save, including the cost of no longer providing you with the Service. We may charge your early termination charge directly to any of the credit or debit cards which you have provided us with details of, e.g. when you paid for your Box or installation, and by accepting the terms of this Contract, you authorise us to do so. We will give you reasonable notice before making the charge. For more information about these charges go to sky.com/earlytermination
12. Right to transfer the Contract and Third Parties
(a) We can transfer our rights or obligations under this Contract to any company, firm or person provided this does not affect your rights under this Contract in a negative way.
(b) This Contract is personal to you. You may not transfer your rights or obligations under this Contract to anyone else, and no third party is entitled to benefit under this Contract except pursuant to Condition 12(a).
13. Notices
(a) Where we are required under this Contract to give you notice it must be in writing. We will send notices using any of the contact details we hold for this purpose (including, unless you tell us otherwise, to the primary email address we hold for you). If we send you any notice with any other document, such as the satellite television magazine, the notice will be clearly marked and, if sent by post, will be on a separate sheet of paper.
(b) You must provide us with accurate, true and correct contact details. You must keep this information up-to-date and check the primary email account we hold for you regularly.
14. Law and geographical limits
(a) This Contract is governed by English law, unless you live in Scotland or the Republic of Ireland in which case it will be governed by Scots law or ROI law (as applicable). If your Address is in the UK, any disputes can be dealt with by any UK court that can lawfully deal with the case. If your Address is in the Republic of Ireland, any disputes can be dealt with by the courts in England and Wales or in the Republic of Ireland.
(b) This Contract only applies if your Address is in either the UK or Republic of Ireland. If you move home from the UK to the Republic of Ireland or vice versa then you will need to enter into a new Sky digital Subscription Contract for the country you are moving to. Your Subscription Payment and the channel line up available to you may change as a result of such move.
MULTIROOM SUBSCRIPTION
1. Under these Conditions you can take out one or more extra subscriptions (“Multiroom Subscriptions”) to the service you receive under your first Sky digital Subscription Contract. You cannot select a different Service for your Multiroom Subscription(s). Any terms used and not defined here have the same meaning as given in your Sky digital Subscription Contract. “Conditions” means these conditions of your Multiroom Subscription.
2. To take out a Multiroom Subscription you must have a current Sky digital Subscription Contract that is, or was, subject to a 12 month Minimum Term, be aged 18 years of age or over and resident in the UK or Republic of Ireland.
3. The Multiroom Subscription charges we have notified to you will be collected automatically in advance each month by Direct Debit or credit card with your monthly Subscription Payment. We can alter your Subscription Payment Direct Debit or credit card instruction for this purpose.
4. In addition to the rights we have in Condition 5 below to increase your Multiroom Subscription, we can increase the price of Multiroom Subscriptions by giving you at least 31 days notice. In the first 12 months of any Multiroom subscription:
(a) we will do this only once;
(b) the price increase will not affect you during the first 60 days of the Multiroom Subscription in question; and
(c) the price increase will not be more than (i) 10%, or (ii) the increase in the UK Retail Price Index over the 12 months before we tell you about that price increase, whichever is the greater.
5. We may also increase your Multiroom Subscription:
(a) if required by law or if any regulatory authority requests or requires a change to any aspect of our pricing which affects your Multiroom Subscription payments directly or our pricing structure generally; if this happens we will try to give you as much reasonable notice as possible; or
(b) if your break these Conditions and we exercise our rights under Condition 8(b) below.
The limits in Conditions 4(a)-(c) do not apply if we increase your Multiroom Subscription for a reason set out in this Condition 5.
6. Each Multiroom Subscription must only be viewed at the same Address as your first subscription. At all times while any Multiroom Subscription is in place;
(a) the Box used to receive the Service under your first subscription must be connected to a fixed and operational telephone line capable of making outgoing calls;
(b) all the Boxes used to receive your Multiroom Subscription(s) must also be connected to this line and number;
(c) you must give us the details of the telephone line used for this purpose and must allow us to collect information through this line, including your telephone number. You must tell us immediately if the line or number changes for any reason;
(d) the Viewing Card must be kept in your Box; and
(e) the Box must be connected to a mains supply.
Unless we tell you otherwise, the number of Boxes that Sky can install to receive subscriptions at your Address via one minidish is restricted to a maximum of eight Standard Sky boxes or four Sky+/Sky+HD boxes or combinations of these (e.g. four Standard Sky boxes and two Sky+/Sky+HD boxes). SSSL will provide an additional Viewing Card for each Multiroom Subscription you take out unless the Box to be used is already equipped with one.
7. Your first Sky digital Subscription Contract must stay in force at all times during your Multiroom Subscription(s). If your first Sky digital Subscription Contract ends for any reason then this Contract for your Multiroom subscription(s) will automatically end at the same time. Condition 10 below will still apply.
8. If you break any of these Conditions other than the requirement to keep your first Sky digital Subscription contract in force at all times during your Multiroom Subscription, we can:
(a) end all or any of your Multiroom Subscription(s) by giving you at least seven days' notice; or(b) end your entitlement to the Multiroom Subscription price on giving you at least 31 days notice (in which case the terms of the Sky digital Subscription Contract will apply to your Multiroom Subscription(s)) in place of these Conditions, and you will immediately pay the then current full price for the Service you are receiving under these Conditions.
9. If we break these Conditions then you can end all or any of your Multiroom Subscription(s) by giving us at least seven days' notice. You can end each of your Multiroom Subscription(s) after the first 12 months of that Multiroom Subscription by giving us 31 days notice.
10. Each Multiroom Subscription must stay in force for at least 12 months from the date the relevant Box is first activated to receive the Multiroom Service (“Minimum Term”) and you will have to pay us an early termination charge if any of your Multiroom Subscriptions end before the end of the relevant Minimum Term unless you end your Multiroom Subscription(s) because one of the following applies to you:
(a) You are exercising your right to cancel as set out in ‘Your Rights to Cancel’ at the end of this Contracts booklet; or
(b) You have ended your Sky digital Subscription Contract (during or after its minimum term) for one of the reasons set out in Condition 11(a) (i)-(iv) of the Sky digital Subscription Contract in accordance with your Rights to Cancel; or
(c) Your Sky digital Subscription Payment has increased by more than the limits set out in Condition 2(c) (i) or
(ii) of the Sky digital Subscription Contract; or
(d) You have ended your Sky digital Subscription Contract or your Multiroom Contract because we or SSSL have broken any of the Conditions; or
(e) We have told you that we are going to change the Conditions of your Multiroom Contract and you reasonably consider that you will be materially disadvantaged by this.
The early termination charge under this Contract shall not be more than the charges you would have paid for your Multiroom Subscription(s) for the remainder of the relevant Minimum Term less any costs we save, including the cost of no longer providing you with the Service. We may charge your early termination charge directly to any of the debit or credit cards which you have provided us with details of (e.g. when you paid for your Box(es) or installation), and by accepting the terms of this Contract you authorise us to do so. We will give you reasonable notice before making any charges. For more information about these charges go to sky.com/earlytermination
11. In so far as they are relevant, the terms of the Sky digital Subscription Contract apply to each Multiroom subscription, as varied by these Conditions.
SKY BOX OFFICE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
These are the Terms and Conditions that you must keep to if you want to purchase Events offered by Sky on a pay-per-view or rental basis on Sky Box Office (SBO0 or Sky Store (including Sky Movies Store)). SSSL will provide customer services in relation to Events as agent for Sky.
Any terms used and not defined will have the same meaning as given in your Sky digital Subscription Contract.
1. Definitions
Conditions: these conditions and any changes we may make to them.
Contract: each contract between you and us, of which the Conditions form part, authorising you to receive an Event.
Event: each television programme or event offered to you by Sky on a pay-per-view or rental basis within the service known as Sky Box Office or Sky Store (but not the Sky Box Office or Sky Store service on Sky Go which is subject to different terms).
Payment: the amount you must pay us for each Event that you order.
Sky digital Subscription Contract: the Contract you have with Sky enabling you to receive the Service.
2. Events
(a) To purchase any Event, you must be a current subscriber under a Sky digital Subscription Contract. Subject to these Conditions we will supply to you any Event that you order and you are permitted to receive via your Box.
(b) If you purchase any Event by calling us by telephone (for which an administration charge may apply where this method of purchase is offered), then you may cancel your purchase of that Event up to 30 minutes before the start time of that Event if the Event is a movie, or up to five hours before the start time of any other Event.
(c) If you purchase any Event automatically using your Box's remote control and you tune into it for any length of time (however short), you will be charged in full for that Event. However, if you do not tune into the relevant channel at any point during the showing of that Event, or access the recording or download of the Event, then you will not be charged for it.
(d) We can cancel or withdraw any Event at any time. If we do we shall try to advertise the cancellation or withdrawal on your television screen and you will not be liable to pay for it. If an Event is made up of a number of events (e.g. a number of football matches), we can change the event pack. We may change the time at which any Event is shown, and if so we will advertise the changed time on your television screen.
3. Payment
(a) We will tell you in advance what the Payment will be for any Event. We will calculate each month and tell you what Payments you owe us for Events that you have ordered. Payments will be payable by you in the same way as you have chosen to pay your Subscription Payments under your Sky digital Subscription Contract and you will allow us to charge Payments under the Subscription Payment Direct Debit/credit card instruction that you have given to us.
(b) We may from time to time assess your credit standing using credit scoring, and may use information from, and supply information to, outside agencies for this. We will apply reasonable practices for administering your account based on the result of that scoring.
(c) If your address is in the Republic of Ireland, a different charge for any Event may be payable by you in Euros. If we do not quote a different price for such Events you shall pay us the equivalent price in Euros. All prices include VAT (or equivalent) where applicable.
4. Viewing Card
(a) Your Viewing Card will be enabled for each Event for which we have accepted your order, unless you cancel under Condition 2(c) above, or Conditions 2(f) or 6(b) of the Sky digital Subscription Contract apply.
(b) All of your obligations relating to the Viewing Card set out in your Sky digital Subscription Contract apply in respect of use of the Viewing Card to receive any Event.
5. Liability, Copying and Copyright
(a) We will not be liable under the Contract for any Event because of our failure to provide the Event for reasons outside our reasonable control or because of anything for which we have excluded liability under Condition 8 of the Sky digital Subscription Contract.
(b) You must not do (or allow to be done) any of the following in respect of any Event:
(i) copy, redistribute or relay any of the Events;
(ii) sell or make any charge for watching any Event;
(iii) show any Event in public to an audience, even if no charge is made.
(c) We may prevent the copying (for example by video) of any Event. This may be by including signals in the broadcast of an Event which prevent copying of that Event. We may also disable or alter remotely certain functions of your Box so as to prevent you from copying any Event and we may prevent you receiving Events if your decoder allows copying of Events.
6. Changing these Conditions and Termination
We may not change or add to these Conditions for any Event after you have ordered it. If we wish to change the conditions for future Events, we will tell you, for example by publishing new Conditions in the satellite television magazine, via your on-screen Sky Guide or by a separate notice. We may refuse your order for any Event in our reasonable discretion. We may also (after we have accepted it) terminate the Contract between us in respect of any Event if at any time;
(i) you have not made any payment which is due to us;
(ii) you have broken any of these Conditions in relation to any Event;
(iii) you have broken any of the Conditions of your Sky digital Subscription Contract.
7. Miscellaneous
These Conditions only apply if you live in the UK or Republic of Ireland. Condition 8 (Liability), Condition 12 (Transfer), Condition 13 (Notices) and Condition 14 (Law) of the Sky digital Subscription Contract shall apply to each Contract in respect of an Event to the extent that they are not inconsistent with these Conditions. These terms do not apply to commercial subscribers. Certain Events may only be available to certain categories of subscriber (for example, subscribers to certain Options) or only to subscribers in certain areas. We will make this clear when the relevant Event is offered. There are time limits on how long you can retain and view any recorded Sky Box Office content. Details of these time limits are provided to you at the time of purchase or will be displayed on your Sky Planner. Stopping, pausing or re-starting content will not extend the time limits for viewing that content. Once the relevant time limits have expired, the content will be automatically deleted.
18 PLUS
Subscribers who wish to purchase movies from Sky's 18 Plus service do so on these 18 Plus Terms and Conditions.
For the purposes of this publication, the 18 Plus Terms and Conditions shall be the same as those for Sky Box Office except that all references to Sky Box Office shall be read as references to 18 Plus.
ADULT NIGHTLY
Subscribers who wish to purchase programming offered by Sky on a pay-per-night basis on Adult Nightly services or Sport XXX Babes or XXX Gay do so on these Adult Nightly terms and conditions. These Adult Nightly terms and conditions shall be the same as those for Sky Box Office except that:
• all references to Sky Box Office shall be read as references to the relevant Adult Nightly service or Sport XXX Babes or XXX Gay (as applicable);
• all references to Events shall be read as references to Programming Nights, being each television programme or event offered by Sky on the relevant Adult Nightly service or Sport XXX Babes on a pay-per-night basis; and
• the programming for any Programming Night may change from that advertised
INSTALLATION TERMS AND CONDITIONS
These are the terms and conditions under which we will install Digital Satellite Equipment at your Address. We are Sky In-Home Service Limited, a company within the British Sky Broadcasting group. References below to “Sky”, “we” or “us” shall be read as references to Sky In-Home Service Limited. You can call us in relation to this Contract on 0818 719 829.
1. Definitions
In this Contract:
Address: the address of your home in the Republic of Ireland, where the Digital Satellite Equipment is to be installed.
Box: an authorised digital satellite decoder including remote control but not including any associated equipment (such as the Minidish).
Digital Satellite Equipment: digital satellite receiving equipment including Box(es) and Minidish that we will deliver and install for you at your Address. Please note, if you live in a property with a communal satellite system, we will not deliver and install a Minidish, but we will connect your Box(es) to the communal satellite system.
Minidish: the dish enabling reception of digital satellite broadcasts.
2. Access to Property
(a) We will organise a day for installation which is convenient to both of us, subject to the availability to us of the necessary Digital Satellite Equipment.
(b) You must ensure that we are able to access your Address on the appointed day to deliver and install your Digital Satellite Equipment.
3. Consents and Permissions
The installation of your Digital Satellite Equipment may require the agreement or consent of someone else, for example your landlord or the local council or authority. You are responsible for ensuring that all these agreements and consents have been obtained before we install your Digital Satellite Equipment.
4. Additional Works
(a) A “standard installation” assumes that no additional cabling, bracketry or other equipment is required or any works which are beyond the scope usual in a normal installation. An installation may not be standard where, for example, your telephone socket is in a different room from your Box, or your Minidish needs to be sited above two storeys, or more than 20 metres away from your Box. A ‘standard’ installation further assumes that if you already have satellite equipment, you will not continue to use it and your existing cabling will be used in the connection of the Digital Satellite Equipment.
(b) If the installation of your Digital Satellite Equipment is not standard you will be charged a reasonable sum for any additional equipment or works that are required. We will advise you about these charges before we install the Digital Satellite Equipment, which may need to be re-arranged for another time. Alternatively, if you do not agree to those charges, you may cancel your installation, and Sky or its retail agent will repay anything you have already paid for it.
(c) If you already have satellite equipment installed at your Address, then some of this equipment may be used for the installation and use of your Digital Satellite Equipment. Where any existing equipment needs to be upgraded or replaced this will be carried out as part of the installation. Unless you tell us otherwise, for example because you do not own the equipment, the installer will take away any equipment that has been replaced.
(d) If you already have satellite equipment and you wish to continue using it and/or have it relocated at your address, you must tell us at least 24 hours prior to the installation, and in that case a separate installation charge may be payable by you. If so, we will advise you of the amount of this charge, which must be paid before the day of installation of your Digital Satellite Equipment. Please call 0818 719 829 for further details and full installation options.
(e) If you have taken up a standard Sky box with a Sky TV subscription, Sky Multiroom subscription(s), Sky+ and/or Sky+HD, then as part of the installation we must connect your Box to a working telephone line. If an appropriate socket is not available or the Box cannot be connected to such a socket for any other reason, we will not be able to deliver or install your Digital Satellite Equipment. Instead, we will arrange a later installation date once you tell us that the appropriate telephone socket has been installed. In connecting the Box to the socket, we will use the nearest available socket and any cabling will be clipped to the relevant skirting.
SKY BOX AND MINIDISH WARRANTY
The Digital Satellite Equipment comes with a warranty against faults arising in the first 12 months after installation.
The 12 month warranty also covers cabling and/or installation faults. The following are not covered by the warranty: faults arising from misuse, accidental or deliberate damage, damage arising from use of equipment that is not supplied by or on behalf of Sky with the Digital Satellite Equipment, cosmetic damage which does not affect the functionality of the Digital Satellite Equipment or damage caused by events outside the reasonable control of Sky or its equipment suppliers. To report a fault, please call Sky on 0818 719 819. If a reported fault cannot be remedied by one of our engineers during a visit to your home, then Sky will replace the faulty Box or Minidish, or the faulty component of it. Any replacement equipment will be new or ‘as new’ (previously used equipment that has been refurbished by the manufacturer or its authorised agent). Sky will warrant any repair or replacement until the later of the end of the original 12 month warranty period or 3 months from the date it was carried out. This warranty is provided by Sky In-Home Service Limited, only applies to equipment ordered from Sky (or a retailer acting as Sky's agent), and does not apply outside the Republic of Ireland. If you live in a property with a communal satellite system, this warranty does not cover that system. It does not affect your statutory rights. If you require any advice on your legal rights you can refer to www.consumerconnect.ie
YOUR RIGHTS TO CANCEL
If you have ordered goods directly from us either by telephone or on-line:
You can cancel your order from Sky for a Sky box and minidish, related subscription or other product (e.g. tvLINK) up to 8 working days after the later of delivery, installation or receipt of this notice.
Please note: different cancellation provisions apply to Sky+/Sky+HD - these are supplied separately.
• If you decide to cancel a product or service BEFORE installation or delivery: Call us on 0818 719 829 or write to us at one of the addresses or fax us on one of the numbers below.
• If you decide to cancel a product or service AFTER installation, you must do one of the following:
1. Call us on 0818 719 82
2. Write to us at: Sky Subscribers Services Limited, PO Box 43, Livingston, West Lothian EH54 7DD.
3. Fax us on: +44 (0)1506 484343
4. Send us an email by visiting the “Contact Us” section at sky.com
• You must give your name, address, post code and customer number when you are cancelling any product or service you have ordered from Sky.
• If you cancel any product as set out above, Sky will repay anything you have already paid for it. You will not be able to cancel your installation after the installation has started or claim a reimbursement of any installation costs you have incurred.
• You must keep any products that have been delivered to you safe for up to 6 months from the date you cancel. Once they are returned to Sky, your responsibility ends.
• Sky will contact you regarding any payment that is due to Sky in respect of your cancellation (see below).
Sky box and Minidish - If you cancel your Box and Minidish, Sky will be entitled to collect the Box, remote control and/or Minidish from where they were installed and will contact you to arrange collection. Sky reserves the right to charge you our direct collection costs. Sky can offset any collection costs against any money that it owes to you for any reason.
Sky digital Subscription - If you cancel your Box and Minidish, we will cancel your Sky digital Subscription automatically unless you tell us otherwise.
Please note: You may have to pay the difference between what you have paid for standard installation and the costs we have incurred (if more). If you cancel your subscription, you will be billed for any services that you have received, including any Sky Box Office orders.
If you have only ordered subscription(s) from us:You can cancel your Sky digital subscription order at any time before your Viewing Card is used to receive the Service. If you wish to cancel your subscription, you must write, fax, email or phone us using one of the addresses or numbers given above.
These cancellation rights do not affect your statutory rights. If you require any advice on your legal rights you can refer to www.consumerconnect.ie