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Compared with NOW

IPTV vs NOW TV: What You Actually Get for Your Money

NOW is the closest thing Sky offers to a fair deal, and it deserves credit for that — no contract, app-based, cancel whenever. It is also the alternative most people compare us against honestly, because the flexibility argument is already won. What NOW does not solve is cost or breadth: a Sports membership alone is around £35 a month, adding Entertainment and Cinema pushes it past £50, and you still only get Sky's own channels at 1080p on most memberships.

Below is a straight comparison of the two, including the places NOW is the better choice. If a page like this told you the incumbent had no advantages at all, you would be right not to trust the rest of it.

NOW typical cost
£35 per month for a Sports membership, more with Entertainment and Cinema
NOW contract
Rolling monthly, genuinely cancel anytime
NOW hardware
Any smart device — NOW is app-based
Our commitment
None — cancel any time

NOW TV vs our UK IPTV service, side by side

NOW TVIPTV UK
Typical monthly cost£35 Sports, £50+ with Entertainment & CinemaAbout £5.83 on a 12-month plan
Minimum termNoneNone
Live channelsAround 12 Sky channels20,000+
Picture quality1080p, 4K only via Boost on select contentUp to 4K where available
Simultaneous streams1, or 3 with Boost1–3 depending on plan
Films & box setsSeparate Cinema membership80,000+ included
Free trialOccasional promotional offers24 hours, always

Where NOW is genuinely the better option

  • Rolling monthly, no contract — the same flexibility we offer
  • Fully licensed, no grey areas whatsoever
  • Excellent app support across every platform
  • Sky Atlantic and Sky original programming included

If those points describe what you need, stay where you are. A cheaper service you end up not using is not a saving.

Where we come out ahead

  • A full year with us costs less than two months of a NOW Sports membership
  • 20,000+ channels against roughly a dozen NOW channels
  • 4K where the source provides it — NOW caps most content lower without Boost
  • TNT Sports, international leagues and foreign-language channels NOW does not carry
  • 80,000+ films and box sets included rather than a separate Cinema membership

The honest way to decide

Do not cancel anything before you test. Take the free 24-hour trial, run it alongside NOW on the same television, and check the specific things you actually watch — your team's fixtures, the channels you have on in the background, the box sets you are midway through.

If it holds up, the switch is easy and there is nothing to cancel on our side later. If it does not, you have lost nothing and you still have NOW. That is a genuinely risk-free comparison, and it is the only one worth making.

Common questions

Frequently asked

Is NOW TV cheaper than IPTV?
Not over any meaningful period. NOW Sports at around £35 a month is roughly £420 a year. Our 12-month plan is £69.99. NOW is only cheaper if you subscribe for a single month and cancel immediately.
Can I run both?
Many people do, at least initially. Keep NOW for the Sky originals you like, use us for the channel breadth and sport, then decide after a month or two whether NOW is still earning its place.
Does NOW have TNT Sports?
No. TNT Sports is sold separately through discovery+, which is another monthly fee on top. Our lineup carries both alongside each other.
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