Many broadband providers also offer digital TV services. If you buy them together as one package, this is often cheaper than it would be to get them separately.
A lot of the TV and broadband deals on offer include popular streaming platforms like Amazon Prime Video or Netflix.
It’s easier than ever to switch, so why not start by comparing your options with us?
The monthly price quoted always includes:
Some providers offer installation as part of the package, some will charge for it as an extra.
Virgin Media gives new customers the option of installing their own digital TV package using a kit that they ship to you. Otherwise, it’s £30 for an engineer visit.
When comparing TV and broadband deals, think about:
You need plenty of bandwidth for digital TV, so most providers only offer combined TV and broadband deals where there’s a full fibre or cable connection. This means high speeds as standard.
But if you’re a house of heavy internet users, you may need very high speeds. Use our bandwidth calculator to find out your recommended broadband speed.
Most people have a few specific must-watch channels in mind when they’re choosing a broadband and TV package. Sometimes it works out cheaper to go for a basic package that doesn’t include your favourites, then buy them as an add-on. But sometimes the cheapest option is a bigger package that includes it all as standard.
Our search box lets you filter for premium channels and Sky Sports as well as Netflix.
In most cases, bundling broadband and TV together is cheaper than buying separate products.
However, if you don’t watch a lot of TV, you might save more by comparing cheap broadband plans and signing up to streaming services separately.
Sometimes broadband and TV deals include incentives like:
There’s no need to have a landline to get a broadband and TV deal. The UK is retiring its old phone lines and what we think of as a landline is becoming a thing of the past. (It’ll still be possible to have a phone at home, but it’ll connect to a digital network.)
Your digital TV and broadband service might be delivered through the fibre network. Or it could be on Virgin’s independent cable network. Our postcode finder will show you the broadband deals available in your area. But either way, a landline is not required.
A lot of broadband providers offer TV channels, either separately from their main broadband offering or as a bundle.
Sky has two main TV packages: Sky Essential and Sky Ultimate. You can add extras like Sky Sports or Sky Cinema. Sky may be famous for satellite TV but it’s moving away from this towards TV channels delivered via your broadband connection.
Sky Glass is a 4K smart, streaming TV and Sky Stream is the cheaper streaming-only option.
NOW TV is owned by Sky, but started life as a separate brand for viewers who don’t want a full subscription package.3 NOW Broadband followed a few years later.4
Last year the NOW brand relaunched as “powered by Sky”5, but it still caters for people who don’t want a Sky-sized subscription by offering NOW TV passes. You can buy a month’s telly for just £9.99, with no obligation to renew. Or pay £6.99/month if you’re prepared to commit for six months.6
BT TV has been rebranded as EE and you can only get EE TV as part of a package together with BT Broadband. There are five TV packages: Entertainment, Sport, Big Entertainment, Big Sport and Full Works.7
TalkTalk TV is only available with TalkTalk broadband, so a combined TV and broadband deal is your only option.8 The TV part of the deal starts at £5/month and you’ll get all the Freeview channels included.
Virgin Media also only offers TV channels in combination with its broadband service. There are six different packages at the time of writing, of which four include Sky Sports.
Vodafone is another provider that only offers TV with its broadband packages. At the time of writing, the deal is that when you subscribe to Vodafone Xtra Broadband, you get an Apple TV 4K (worth £149) and a three-month subscription to Apple TV.9
Any given TV and broadband package is likely to be cheaper than buying the exact same broadband speed and the exact same channels separately.
But it’s not necessarily the cheapest possible option. It’s easy to overspend by going for a deal that includes lots of extras you’ll never use.
If you never watch live television and never catch up on BBC programmes using iPlayer, you can get away with cancelling your TV licence and saving £169.50 a year. But this really does mean never watching any live telly, including on digital channels. Trying to fudge it could land you with a fine that’s bigger than any potential savings.
Our quick guide to deciding if you need a TV licence explains the rules in full.
If your paid-for TV watching is mostly centred on streaming services, check to see if you can switch to a cheaper ad-supported plan with any of these. For example, you could switch from Netflix Standard (£10.99/month) to Netflix Standard with adverts (£4.99/month)10 from Disney+ Standard (£8.99/month) to Disney+ Standard with ads (£4.99/month)
Check that you’re not still tied into an existing contract for either broadband or TV before you start shopping around.
Once you’re out of contract, you’re free to look for a better deal and it’s easy to compare broadband and TV packages with us.
Our postcode checker will show you the deals we have available in your area. Click through to the provider’s site for more information and to sign up.
Some TV and broadband deals only offer their TV channels through streaming; for example, NOW TV and Sky Stream.
If you’re looking for the channels we traditionally think of as “streaming” - such as Netflix - the popular ones are usually available as part of a variety of TV and broadband deals. For example, you can get Apple TV+ on Sky Q, Sky Glass and Sky Stream11 as well as through Vodafone’s deal.
Most broadband companies with a TV offering treat it as an add-on to their broadband service, so it’s not available separately.
Two notable exceptions, however, are Sky and NOW Broadband.
You don’t need to be a broadband customer to enjoy Sky TV or NOW TV. Their plans are available as standalone services no matter who your home internet provider is.
Customers buying combined broadband and TV deals through Go.Compare last year paid an average of £46.53 per month at the start of their contract.12
The actual price you’ll pay depends on a number of factors, including:
The monthly price usually goes up at some point during the contract. This will be stated in the terms and conditions, so do check how much the increase will be before signing.
You can browse the deals currently available in your area by using our postcode checker. Then simply sort by Cost per month (Low to High) to see the cheapest.
It depends on the provider you choose. For TV services that are streamed through your home internet connection, like NOW TV or Netflix, you just need to log in to your online account.
For services using a set-top box, you’ll need to plug it in, follow the on-screen set-up instructions and possibly get in touch with tech support if problems arise.
The days of getting a new satellite dish installed to watch Sky TV are now over. The communication satellites that Sky uses are coming to the end of their life, so Sky is moving to other ways of delivering their TV channels to your home. If you already have a satellite dish it will still work, but if you’re a new Sky customer you can choose between Sky Glass (using a smart TV ) and Sky Stream (using a streaming box). Both use your home internet connection.
Last updated 12 February 2025
[1] As of 30/01/2025, there are 4 active providers offering digital tv packages on the panel at Go.Compare
[2] Freeview, What is Freeview? Last checked 21 January 2025
[3] The Verge, Now TV: stream movies, sports, and other Sky TV content on demand from this summer, published 21 March 2012, last checked 27 January 2025
[4] ISPreview, Sky Say Goodbye to NOW TV Combo and Hello NOW Broadband, published 25 January 2018, last checked 27 January 2025
[5] ISPreview, NOW Broadband Launch Sky UK Powered 75Mbps Full Fibre Plan, published 14 June 2024, last checked 14 February 2025
[6] NOW TV, Start your entertainment membership, last checked 27 January 2025
[7] BT, EE TV and broadband deals, last checked 27 January 2025
[8] TalkTalk, TV and Fibre Broadband, last checked 27 January 2025
[9] Vodafone, TV and broadband deals with Vodafone Xtra, last checked 27 January 2025
[10] Netflix Help Center, Plans and Pricing, last checked 27 January 2025
[11] Sky, Apple TV+ on Sky, last checked 27 January 2025
[12] Average monthly cost of a combined broadband and TV deal bought through Go.Compare between 1 July 2024 and 31 December 2024. The figure given is the monthly payment at the start of the contract and does not reflect any possible mid-contract price rises.