Sky Movies Free Weekend.

Dman001

Sjy have an upcoming Free Weekend of Sky Movies on the 29th, 30th and 31st of October. I assume you will need a Sky subscription of some sort to avail of it, but will be available in HD too. The schedule is as follows:

Friday 29th October

8pm Gran Torino
10pm Role Models
11.45pm Push
1.45am Gran Torino
4.25am Stone Of Destiny


Saturday 30th October

6.15am You're So Cupid
8am Rugrats In Paris: The Movie
10am Cats & Dogs
12pm Race To Witch Mountain
1.45pm Alex Zane's Guest List: Simon Pegg
2.15pm Paul Blart: Mall Cop
4pm Cats & Dogs
6pm Confessions Of A Shopaholic
8pm Fast & Furious
10pm Paul Blart: Mall Cop
11.45pm Transporter 3
2.05am Fast & Furious
4.05am You're So Cupid





Sunday 31st October

6.10am Coraline
8am Bedtime Stories
10am Confessions Of A Shopaholic
12pm Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Season 3, Episode 1
12.30pm Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Season 3, Episode 2
1.20pm Bolt *Special showing courtesy of Disney Cinemagic*
3pm A Bug's Life *Special showing courtesy of Disney Cinemagic*
4.40pm Brother Bear *Special showing courtesy of Disney Cinemagic*
6.15pm Coraline
8pm Bedtime Stories
9.45pm Seven Pounds
12am Righteous Kill
1.45am Forrest Gump
4.15am Stone Of Destiny

http://movies.sky.com/freeweekend

BBMcQ

Wonder can you record these and watch them back at your leisure?

yoshytoshy

upc box won't let you look at recordings from channels ,that you aren't subscribed to.

Might be the same for sky

JeanClaude

stuartmchugh wrote: »

Wonder can you record these and watch them back at your leisure?

Only over the weekend of the offer, but after the offer is over, when you go to watch a recording all you'll get is a message saying "you must upgrade your package..ring xxxxxxxxxxx..."

redsteveireland

during the recent free sky sports offer I recorded something and I can still watch it now. May not apply to movies though seeing as they are sneaky like that.

Minstrel27

JeanClaude wrote: »

Only over the weekend of the offer, but after the offer is over, when you go to watch a recording all you'll get is a message saying "you must upgrade your package..ring xxxxxxxxxxx..."

I believe you can record and watch after where freeviews are concerned.

Dman001

This is the second time Sky has ran this promotion. You can record these and watch them after the promotion, and I had no problems with the EPG and scheduling recordings the last time.

malvec

Wonder if this will be available on UPC? Seems it's on sky showcase? Any one know?

heathersonline

is it the Hd channels or sd? Would be great if its Hd

m.j.w

you cant watch back what you have receorded when the free period is over, i recorded a load of films the last time and when i went to watch them it said upgrade

loyatemu

m.j.w wrote: »

you cant watch back what you have receorded when the free period is over, i recorded a load of films the last time and when i went to watch them it said upgrade

you can only ever watch recordings that are from channels you are currently subscribed to

it works both ways, you can record programs that are on channels you are not subscribed to now, and then watch them after you have subscribed (ie record a load of movies over several months, then subscribe for a month to watch them.)

Rael

loyatemu wrote: »

you can only ever watch recordings that are from channels you are currently subscribed to

it works both ways, you can record programs that are on channels you are not subscribed to now, and then watch them after you have subscribed (ie record a load of movies over several months, then subscribe for a month to watch them.)

Looks like they're padding the schedule with a lot of older films, but would be worth a look for Gran Torino and Season 3 of the Clone Wars.

Only

I have a Sky subscription but haven't been able to get the Free Movies this weekend - anyone have them working???

south

Only wrote: »

I have a Sky subscription but haven't been able to get the Free Movies this weekend - anyone have them working???

Free Weekend of Sky Movies on the 29th, 30th and 31st of October

Only

south wrote: »

Free Weekend of Sky Movies on the 29th, 30th and 31st of October

Ah duh duh duh:o:o:o .. was sure it was this weekend:o:o

Kensington

malvec wrote: »

Wonder if this will be available on UPC? Seems it's on sky showcase? Any one know?

UPC don't have sky movies showcase which is the only channel involved in the free weekend.

heathersonline wrote:

is it the Hd channels or sd? Would be great if its Hd

Both. Obviously you'll need a HD subscription to watch the HD channel

SickBoy

Kensington wrote: »

UPC don't have sky movies showcase which is the only channel involved in the free weekend.


Both. Obviously you'll need a HD subscription to watch the HD channel

The bit about the HD sub to watch the HD channel is not true, a few weeks ago Sky Sports was available for the weekend and I could see the HD version even though I didn't have a HD sub...

okidoki987

The choice of films isn't great for a Free weekend which I assume is for Sky to show off their move channels.

Dman001

You'll be able to watch the films live on the Sky Player too.

ninty

Kensington wrote: »

UPC don't have sky movies showcase which is the only channel involved in the free weekend.


According to the UPC add currently running on TV they have all our favourite channels,Another case of false advertising ignored.

Dman001

ninty wrote: »

Kensington wrote: »

UPC don't have sky movies showcase which is the only channel involved in the free weekend.


According to the UPC add currently running on TV they have all our favourite channels,Another case of false advertising ignored.

They seem to have most of the Movie Channels but not Showcase. I know Virgin have access to the Free Weekend in the UK, if UPC had the channel ye probably could of had access to it.

Kensington

okidoki987 wrote:

The choice of films isn't great for a Free weekend which I assume is for Sky to show off their move channels.

Never found sky movies to be that great as a whole. Lot of films are very heavily rotated. If you already have sky sports then the extra tenner or so for the movies aswell is probably worth it. But €28 per month for movies alone? Far better value signing up to a DVD postal service like Screenclick or OnlineDVDrentals.

SickBoy wrote: »

The bit about the HD sub to watch the HD channel is not true, a few weeks ago Sky Sports was available for the weekend and I could see the HD version even though I didn't have a HD sub...

I stand corrected!