Sky Glass is the streaming TV from Sky. You can watch up to 180 channels and access more than 20 apps on the Sky Glass TV.

If you’re looking for a new television that has Sky’s technology built-in, you can now get the Sky Glass TV.

Sky Glass is an internet-connected television that gives you access to up to 180 channels over WiFi. You can also use more than 20 different apps and streaming services on Sky Glass, with no need for a satellite dish or set-top box.

All Sky Glass customers now start off with the Sky Entertainment & Netflix pack, which gives you access to more than 150 live TV channels. For extra channels, you can then add a range of other packs such as Sky Sports, Sky Cinema, TNT Sports and Sky Kids.

See Sky Glass TV Channel List →

In this article, we’ll look at the Sky Glass TV and the channels that are available on Sky Glass. We’ll also look at the optional channel pack add-ons and the apps available for Sky Glass.

Prices From: Check Sky website
Sky Glass Channels: Up to 180 channels (subscription dependent)
Sky Glass Add-Ons: Sky Sports
Sky Cinema
TNT Sports
Sky Kids
Sky Glass Apps: 20+ apps including iPlayer & Netflix
Contract Length: 31-day contract for Sky TV
Payment plan may apply for Sky Glass

What is Sky Glass?

In the UK, Sky Glass is the new internet-connected TV from Sky. It gives you access to your channels and apps through an internet connection. This means there’s no need to have an aerial or satellite dish.

To use Sky Glass, you’ll need a home broadband connection with a minimum download speed of 25Mbps. There’s no need to be a Sky Broadband customer: you can use Sky Glass with any UK broadband provider.

One disadvantage of that is the fact that you’re solely reliant on your broadband connection. This means any disruption to your broadband service will also affect your ability to watch TV. In addition, there can be a delay of up to 45 seconds compared to the original live broadcast. This can sometimes be problematic when you’re watching live sports. In addition, there are still a number of channels missing, compared to Sky’s satellite TV service.

For more information, you can compare Sky Glass and Sky Q.

Sky Glass TV Channels

As a Sky Glass customer, the basic television subscription is known as Sky Entertainment & Netflix. This is sometimes also referred to as Ultimate TV.

The Sky Entertainment & Netflix pack starts from £26 per month and gives you access to more than 150 live TV channels through streaming. This include the Sky Entertainment channels along with channels from the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Discovery, Nat Geo, and more.

You’ll get access to the following 150 channels on Sky Glass:

Entertainment:

  • BBC One (incl. regional)
  • BBC Two
  • ITV 1/STV/UTV
  • Channel 4
  • Channel 5
  • BBC Three
  • BBC Four
  • ITV 2
  • ITV 3
  • ITV 4
  • ITVBe
  • E4
  • E4 Extra
  • More 4
  • Film4
  • 4seven
  • 5STAR
  • 5 USA
  • 5ACTION
  • 5Select
  • alibi
  • Animal Planet
  • BBC ALBA
  • BBC Scotland
  • Blaze
  • CBS Reality
  • Challenge
  • Comedy Central
  • Comedy Xtra
  • Crime + Investigations
  • Cúla4 (NI only)
  • Dave
  • Discovery
  • Discovery History
  • Discovery Science
  • Discovery Turbo
  • DMAX
  • Drama
  • E! Entertainment
  • Eden
  • Food Network
  • GOLD
  • GREAT! Action
  • GREAT! Movies
  • GREAT! Romance
  • GREAT! TV
  • HGTV
  • HorrorXtra
  • ID
  • LEGEND
  • Movies24
  • Movies24+
  • National Geographic
  • National Geographic Wild
  • PBS America
  • Pick
  • QUEST
  • Quest Red
  • RealityXtra
  • Really
  • RTÉ One (NI only)
  • RTÉ Two (NI only)
  • S4/C
  • Smithsonian
  • TLC
  • Together TV
  • W
  • Yesterday
  • plus more…

Sky Entertainment:

  • Sky Showcase
  • Sky Witness
  • Sky Atlantic
  • Sky Max
  • Sky Crime
  • Sky Documentaries
  • Sky Comedy
  • Sky Nature
  • Sky Arts
  • Sky Replay
  • Sky Challenge
  • Sky History
  • Sky History 2
  • Sky Sci-Fi
  • Sky Sports News
  • Sky Sports Racing
  • Sky Sports Mix

Sport:

  • Eurosport 1
  • Eurosport 2
  • Ginx eSports TV

News:

  • BBC News
  • BBC Parliament
  • Bloomberg
  • CNBC
  • CNN International
  • Euronews
  • France 24
  • GB News
  • Geo News
  • NBC News NOW
  • NDTV 24×7
  • Sky News Arabia
  • Sky News UK
  • TalkTV

Music:

  • 4Music
  • B4U Music
  • Kerrang!
  • KISS
  • Magic
  • MTV
  • MTV 80s
  • MTV 90s
  • MTV Hits
  • MTV Music
  • The Box

Childrens:

  • CBBC
  • CBeebies
  • RTÉ Junior (NI only)
  • POP
  • Pop Max
  • Tiny Pop

Shopping:

  • QVC
  • QVC Style
  • QVC Beauty
  • QVC Extra

International:

  • B4U Movies
  • B4U Music
  • Colors
  • Colors Gujarati
  • Colors Rishtey
  • FoodXP
  • Geo TV
  • HUM Europe
  • HUM Masala
  • PTC Punjabi
  • Sony MAX
  • Sony Max 2
  • Sony SAB
  • Sony TV
  • Utsav Bharat
  • Utsav Gold
  • Utsav Plus
  • Zee Cinema
  • Zee TV

See full Sky Glass TV Channel List →

Compared to Sky Q, there are still a number of channels missing on Sky Glass, including many international channels.

You’ll also get a Netflix subscription included. This allows you to stream all of Netflix’s shows and movies on-demand to your Sky Glass TV.

Sky Glass Add-On Pack Channels

On top of the basic Sky Entertainment & Netflix subscription, there’s a choice of four channel packs that you can add to your subscription.

These packs will give you extra channels on your Sky Glass TV such as the Sky Sports, Sky Cinema, TNT Sports and Sky Kids channels.

At present, you can choose from the following channel pack add-ons for Sky Glass:

Sky Sports:

  • Sky Sports Main Event
  • Sky Sports Main Event Ultra HDR
  • Sky Sports Premier League
  • Sky Sports Football
  • Sky Sports Cricket
  • Sky Sports Golf
  • Sky Sports F1
  • Sky Sports Action
  • Sky Sports Arena

Sky Cinema:

  • Sky Cinema Premiere
  • Sky Cinema Select
  • Sky Cinema Hits
  • Sky Cinema Greats
  • Sky Cinema Animation
  • Sky Cinema Family
  • Sky Cinema Action
  • Sky Cinema Comedy
  • Sky Cinema Thriller
  • Sky Cinema Drama Room
  • Sky Cinema SciFi Horror
  • Paramount+

TNT Sports:

  • TNT Sports 1
  • TNT Sports 2
  • TNT Sports 3
  • TNT Sports 4
  • TNT Sports Ultimate

Sky Kids:

  • BabyTV
  • Boomerang
  • Cartoon Network
  • Cartoonito
  • Nick Jr.
  • Nick Jr. Too
  • Nickelodeon
  • Nicktoons
  • Sky Kids

For access to Ultra HD content and Dolby Atmos surround sound on selected content from Sky, you’ll need to add the UHD & Dolby Atmos pack for an extra £6 per month. Sky also offers an Ad Skipping pack (£5 per month), along with the Whole Home pack (£12 per month).

If you’d like to upgrade your inclusive Netflix subscription, it’s £4 per month for Netflix Standard (giving you HD streaming on 2 devices at the same time) and £8 per month for Netflix Premium (giving you Ultra HD streaming on 4 devices at the same time).

Unfortunately, some premium channels like MUTV and LFCTV are not currently available on the Sky Glass service. For this reason, you should check on the availability of your favourite channels if you’re moving over from the Sky Q service.

Sky Glass Apps

You can access more than 20 different apps on your Sky Glass TV. They include catch-up TV services like BBC iPlayer and ITVX, along with video-on-demand services like Netflix, Discovery+, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, and Paramount+.

Your Sky TV plan comes with Netflix and Discovery+ at no extra cost. In addition, you’ll get a Paramount+ subscription included when you take the Sky Cinema pack.

In addition to the video apps, there are a range of music and radio apps available for Sky Glass such as BBC Sounds and Spotify. There are also a number of fitness applications such as Fiit and Peloton, along with Sky News and Weather.

The following apps are currently available on Sky Glass:

Catch Up TV:

  • All4
  • BBC iPlayer
  • ITVX
  • STV Player

Other Video On Demand:

  • Apple TV+
  • Discovery+
  • Disney+
  • GolfPass
  • Lionsgate+
  • Netflix
  • Paramount+
  • Peacock
  • Prime Video
  • Red Bull TV
  • YouTube
  • YouTube Kids

Music & Radio:

  • Amazon Music
  • BBC Sounds
  • Global Player
  • Radio Player
  • Spotify
  • Vevo
  • XITE

Other:

  • Fiit
  • Highbrow
  • Peloton
  • Sky News
  • Tastemade
  • Weather

More Information

For more information about Sky Glass, please see Sky’s official website. You can also read our Sky Glass review.

Your Comments 41 so far

We'd love to hear your thoughts and any questions you may have. So far, we've received 41 comments from readers. You can add your own comment here.

  • Trevor wealthall said:

    Sky glass is certainly different from Q I was beginning to think I’d made a big mistake especially with no recording but after about a week I started getting use to it and finding how to add all my favourite shows to a list or even a personalised list and found I could add more of what I like and it even saves future episodes to your list so I’m glad to have it now

  • F. Bah said:

    you’re not alone if Sky Glass turned out to be a total disappointment. I can’t wait to get out of this contract. Total waste of money.

  • Kathryn Hoyles said:

    I’m very fed up with Sky Glass so far. I can’t get MUTV. I watch a lot of drama and have already discovered that 2 of the series I wanted to watch just aren’t available. To watch the series of Dr Death on All 4 I have to take out an extra subscription to Liongate who I’d previously never heard of. I added Beck (BBC4) to my playlist as I wasn’t in when it aired but when I tried to watch it I was redirected to STV and after logging in there discovered they only have up to series 6 whereas series 9 is currently showing live on BBC4 on Saturdays. I really don’t like not being able to get catch up, or have the facility to record those programmes I’d miss for later. This choice was a backward step, a downgrade on SkyQ and I wish I’d never taken up Sky’s offer. I sold my previous nearly new tv and feel completely stuck with trying to make the best of this, what a fool am I.

    • Ken replied:

      Hi there,
      Unfortunately, MUTV is not available on the Sky Glass platform. However, I believe you can subscribe to MUTV through the official Man United website.
      Ken

  • Lisa said:

    But still no full access to itv channel 4 or 5, just basic catch up!! You get these in freeviee so why can’t Sky get their act together??

  • Michael said:

    Hi sky glass because l find out sky glass nothing mutv and Liverpool but l think international and radio off but l think a get change mutv and Liverpool get sky glass improvements very important correct alright ok thanks

  • Edd said:

    Pity you cant allow access to the BT sports app. I pay £10pm for that. I sure aint paying £30pm to watch it on sky itself.
    We only use it to watch the motogp so its just not cost effective

  • Kevin oxley said:

    Was told by sky that skyglass package would be exactly as the same as now with no mention of loss of so many channels suggest that you instruct your sales team that customers come before bonuses I feel I’ve been misled and missed sold by your company admittedly the quality is far better and the package is descent that aside misled

      • Polly Perkins replied:

        Me too. I thought I was buying a standard TV with nor restriction. Now I have ended the sky contract I am stuck with a tv the cannot have apps added. No apple screen share. No internet browser. Stuck in a contract to pay it off. I should have bought a Samsung for the same price. I’m going to have to plug a fire stick in.

    • Ken replied:

      Hi Amanda,
      Thanks for your comment. Yes, you’ll get Netflix included in your Sky Glass Ultimate TV subscription. I know that Sky Q customers can also get 12 months of Discovery+ for free, though I don’t know if this also applies to Sky Glass customers.
      Ken

  • Ken Evans said:

    Very disappointed to lose so many channels not told about this when we went for sky glass undecided where to keep sky glass

    • Ken replied:

      Hi there,
      Yes, in general, you’ll need a TV license to watch anything live as it’s broadcast on TV. You’ll also need one to watch BBC iPlayer. If you’re only using the Sky Glass for on-demand entertainment excluding iPlayer, you might be OK without a license.
      Hope this helps,
      Ken

  • Paul Elmes said:

    We have just ordered sky glass
    But reading some comments on this site and other sites are very conflicting so I think it’s going to be a try it and see exercise.
    Will post again when up and running

  • Mr m jones said:

    I thought sky glass looked very good. BUT…it seems you can’t watch BBC ITV etc, only on iPlayer itv hub.( loads of advertising) You’ve lost my vote.

  • Amelia Dixon said:

    Had my sky glass 3 months now. Really disappointed with it. I’ve lost 200 of the channels I used to have with old sky. Sky go app is not compatible. All the good things with old sky have been totally missed off. Programs you ‘keep’ drop off the end of your play list so you can’t keep things for very long like before. Thought I would give it a chance, but after 3 months I’m asking to go back to old sky.

  • Ben Rodrigo said:

    I’m British and live in Spain, is it possible to get a sky glass tv with a package with Uk channels included in Spain?

    • Ken replied:

      Hi Ben,
      Thanks for your comment. Unfortunately, the Sky Glass is only available within the UK. Due to Sky’s content licensing agreements, you won’t be able to use it when you’re abroad in another country 🙁
      Ken

  • richard robinson said:

    Picture quality is Okay for most content, HD channels are good, colours look washed out.
    Plugged my Youview boxes in and the picture is so much better, vivid colours and less grey/blocky picture content.

    Netflix, disney+, Prime and IMDB TV all look and sound good on the TV.

    So not a previous sky subcriber, and probably would not have bought it if the wife had not singed the contract as i dont watch any terrestial or Sky channels. My media server has all my old films and streaming services on that i watch.

    • Adrian Hopton replied:

      Main Event and most Premier Football are in 4k and HDR (HDR HLG)

      The rest of the Sports channels are in HD. I cant vouch for BT Sport as I dont subscribe but the EPG show HD as standard.

  • Mary Mitchell said:

    I have SkyQ at the moment, IF I was to change to Sky Glass, do I have to have a new tv + can you still record programmes on ‘glass?

    thanks

    • Ken replied:

      Hi Mary,
      Thanks for your comment. Unfortunately, it isn’t possible to record programmes on Sky Glass. Instead, you can add them to a personal playlist and they will then play back from the relevant service (e.g. via iPlayer, ITV Player or similar). For other channels where on-demand content isn’t available, I believe there’s a “cloud recording” feature.
      Hope this helps,
      Ken

    • Martyn McLachlan replied:

      Unfortunately I believe it’s a streaming service on Glass and very little in the way or a hard drive so I don’t think it comes with a record option.

  • Bob Williamson said:

    I have had Sky Glass for a week now
    I still can’t find either a paper version or an e manual anywhere.
    I have a few queries I would like to look up and see answers too.
    The main one is Sky have made a fuss about Add Skipping free for twelve months but I havn’t a clue how to get this.
    Any ideas ?
    Regards

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