Final day for some Sky customers to save their TV subscription before it’s automatically cancelled

SOME Sky boxes are astatine hazard of being locked from each channels successful a substance of hours arsenic portion of a large upgrade plan.

Sky is automatically cancelling affected subscriptions from time (October 1).

Fortunately, the immense bulk of viewers should beryllium unaffected by the move.

But anyone with a precise aged Sky container whitethorn beryllium impacted unless they upgrade to Sky Q now.

The broadcasting elephantine is offering Sky Q astatine nary other cost.

It's each travel astir due to the fact that Sky is ending SD (standard definition) broadcasts of its channels connected satellite.

Instead, each its channels volition beryllium astatine slightest HD only.

A fig of different large names person already done the same, including the BBC earlier this year.

And ITV is acceptable to reason its SD power disconnected connected outer this week too.

The changes don't impact different services similar Freeview and Virgin Media.

Sky has been urging radical to cheque their account and upgrade for weeks.

"We’re changing however we present our TV services," the institution says.

"To support your Sky TV services you'll request to upgrade to a HD compatible box before your outgo owed day successful October."

The models that volition nary longer enactment include:

Digibox

• 4F01 to 4F08 (Amstrad)
• 4E01 to 4E05 (Grundig)
• 9F01 to 9F08 and 9F0A (Pace)
• 0F01 to 0F05 (Panasonic)
• 4E06 to 4E08 (Thomson)

Sky+

• 4F2001 to 4F2006 (Amstrad)
• 4F2101 to 4F2118 and 9F2101 to 9F2137 (Amstrad oregon Pace)
• 9F2001 to 9F2024, PVR2, 9F2201 to 9F2235, 9F2301 to 9F2339 (Pace)
• 4E2101 to 4E2141 (Thomson)

If you're unsure what exemplary you own, you tin cheque by doing the following:

• Press Services on your Sky remote
• Then pat the 4 key, followed by 5
• Here you'll spot the mentation number
• Check if it matches immoderate listed above