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Top Up TV
Available for Freeview customers, Top Up TV gives greater choice without having to pay excessive fees for a load of programming that you don’t really want. Recording over 100 hours a week, Top Up TV gives you Freeview, with more. You can also fast-forward through the advert breaks.
Top Up TV+ is a subscription service that allows Freeview customers access to programming from selected pay-to view channels. The programmes are updated over night via your TV aerial and stored in your Top Up TV+ digital TV recorder (DTR).
All Top Up TV customers are being moved to the new Top Up TV+ service and new customers can only subscribe to this service. Top Up TV+ allows customers to record, pause and rewind “live” Freeview TV and also gives them the option of deleting channels that they don’t want from their Top UP channels, freeing up more recording space on their DTR.
Why should I get it?
Top Up TV+ allows you to enjoy all the channels you get with Freeview, as well as being able to watch programming from a selection of satellite and cable channels, without having to sign up to either or have any equipment installed - great for anyone living in a listed building.
You get over 100 hours a week of Top Up TV+ programming, allowing you access to up to 150 programmes at any time.
Channels cover UKTV Gold, Living TV, Paramount Comedy, MTV, Cartoon Network, Discovery Animal Planet, Discovery Lifestyle, UKTV Style and Turner Classic Movies. You can also receive selected live programmes from British EuroSport, and programmes range from Scrubs to SpongeBob SqaurePants and documentaries. You get one-touch recording, parental controls and can watch one channel while recording another.
What do I need?
When you sign up, Top Up TV+ will send you a new DTR which also acts as a set-top box so that you can continue to receive Freeview, and to receive your nightly top-ups. Once you receive it, it’s simple to set up and uses your aerial to receive programming.
How much does it cost?
Top Up TV+ is £9.99 a month. If you’re an existing customer and are upgrading to Top Up TV+ you can recontract and get your new DTR for a discounted price of £75, or £120 otherwise.
New customers will pay £99.99 for their DTR, with no contract to sign, and then pay only £9.99 a month.
To compare Top Up TV+ against other digital TV suppliers click here, or for a breakdown of what you get with their package, click on a package in our Price Comparison Calculator.
