Freeview channels with EE Entertainment package

[JoolsMc66]

Thank you Midnight. I already have BT Broadband so the natural choice would be to go for the EE Entertainment package. It will save me around £50 a month! Do you know if the Box Pro is included in the set up or would I have to purchase separately?

[Brucemeister5]

@JoolsMc66 The Pro tv box will be included ( on loan). You will need to take out a 24 month contract for tv & broadband. Also, don’t be surprised if they try to persuade you to switch over from BT to EE.

[Midnight_Voice]

@JoolsMc66 

BT or EE supply a Box Pro as part of the package, for as long as you have a package with them.

EE will alternatively supply an EETV-adapted AppleTV box, but this doesn’t record, and doesn’t take an aerial, so you just get a subset of Freeview channels over the internet. Probably not what you want.

[Brucemeister5]

https://community.bt.com/t5/EE-TV-YouView/EETV-or-Sky-Q/td-p/2424321

@JoolsMc66

We had someone else on here recently asking the same thing as you. You might like to have a look at what was discussed there to save going over the same ground again here.

[ney]

Just think in the long run you maybe better over just going with Now direct with discounts.

As said above Sky no longer seem to sell Sky Q to new customers.

Also the likes of an Amazon Firestick would be handy for you to have for all your apps.

[JoolsMc66]

I will take a look, thank you

[Weerab1983]

I took out sky cinema for £5 a month for 6 months directly via Now at the weekend. Effectively half price. 

[Matomo]

Just remember the only way to get those Now channels on the EPG with channel numbers etc is to go via EE. 

If you go via Now directly then whatever box you have you’ll have to go to the Now app to see them. 

[Kodikid]

Yes the same app you can watch in the bedroom, garden work...hardly a hardship..EE is a middle man with all the costs that entails. 

[toment]

Hi everyone, I would appreciate your knowledge.

I have a very good Freeview box that records multiple channels, I also subscribe to Netflix and Prime using the Amazon Firestick. I'm happy with that setup.

I'm being offered an EE Fibre 36 Essentials package with mobiles and their Entertainment package which includes the Netflix subscription for roughly what I pay now.

My question is, can I retain my Freeview facilities while adding the EE package and what extra benefits will I get?

Regards
Tom