Satellite TV

Sky Italian is different to Sky UK in terms of what channels it shows - if you want info, I suggest you use the 'search facility' on this Website, and search for things like 'sky TV', 'satellite TV'. etc - there's lots already posted here.   good luck

Not only is the package different, it is also relatively quite expensive. We have 'the lot ' (silly really cos we don't use it all!) and it costs something like 63 Euros per month . It is also VERY difficult to change your contract DOWNwards, (a right can of worms), so take the minimum and build it up first. I am building up my strength to have a go at changing our contract downwards one day! S

I have found Sky Italy to be incredibly efficient. One phone call and the abbonamento changed.  I pay 19 euros per month for basic plus one package and HD-  I moved downwards from 45 euros per month with a 2 minute phone call. 

My understanding is that you have to give no less 2 months notice to either cancel or "reduce" your Sky contract - in writing with recorded letter that you receive confirmation has been delivered (raccomandata con ricevuta di ritorno).  BUT...not just any two months, it has to be two months prior to the anniversary of when the contract was originally taken out.  So, if you signed up in December, you given written in at least October...but better September as if the letter arrives a day or two "after" the original date, then you are trapped for another year. This is what Sky customer services told me to do about 18 months ago when I pared down the "packages" to the minimum...and it worked.

Have never known such a c**p company. Constant marketing calls, and even when told no, that we didn't want their lovely calcio/ sport channels, they still added the cost. We cancelled everything in the end, but still they wanted more money. Ended up with the other recovery agent Equitalia. Just gave up in the end and paid their demands. Murdoch or whoever he is is really coining it for a load of rubbish programmes.

jJust for the sake of fairness to Italian utilities (no I don't know why I should be either), notice clauses are the bane of many agreements everywhere and always worth checking.  Some are so preceisely worded that you only have about one day a year on which you can terminate! You won't be able to get them changed, but at least you've got a chance of diarising your cancellation

sprostoni said "We have also been hit with 'failing to cancel' a contract on House Insurance within two months of expiry of contract, meaning by default we have to retain the contract for another year !! Sounds like a scam, watch the small print is the order of the day here in Italy". I think this is typical as I had the same happen to me. It's not a scam, just a different way of doing things. I was waiting for a renewal notice quoting the new premium for the year, at which point I intended to cancel and go with a cheaper (UK based) provider. It turned out that they had sent me a reminder just over 2 months before the due date - which I of course ignored because it didn't quote any new premium  - so that when the due date arrived it was too late to cancel. But it turned out that, once you have signed up, that's it for as long as you need the contract. The premium stays the same as at outset, unlike UK where it increases every year. 

Agreed Bob - I already cancelled mine as soon as I found out the SP. In fact my insurance agent wrote the cancellation letter for me and gave it to himself.