Changing telly in Edinburgh normally means signing first and finding out second. We do it the other way round. Twenty-four hours on your own telly, no card, no account, a real person on WhatsApp if the setup gives trouble, and Hearts and Hibernian in the Scottish Premiership, plus the Champions League and the rest of the European nights waiting to be tested.
Local viewing guide
Edinburgh's football runs through the derby between Hearts at Tynecastle and Hibernian at Easter Road, one of the oldest fixtures in the game and still the day the city divides over. Alongside that, Edinburgh is a rugby city in a way Glasgow is not, with Murrayfield hosting Scotland internationals and Six Nations weekends that fill the place. That combination matters when choosing telly, because Scottish league football and Six Nations rugby have generally lived with different broadcasters. Add the Premier League following that exists in every British city and a household here can easily be looking at three services. Checking whether one covers the Scottish top flight and the internationals together is the sensible use of a trial.
Edinburgh's housing makes this an unusually awkward city for conventional telly. The New Town and much of the centre are World Heritage listed with strict conservation rules, and across Leith, Marchmont and the tenement stock a dish is generally not permitted regardless. Morningside, Corstorphine and the outer suburbs are more conventional. The city has an enormous student and short-let population, amplified further by the festival period. Coverage is generally good. Given all that, the no-installation argument is close to decisive here on its own. Beyond that, the useful check is whether the service carries both the Scottish top flight and the rugby internationals, which have historically sat apart.
In Scotland, the fixtures that decide whether a service is worth keeping are Hearts and Hibernian in the Scottish Premiership. Check those first. Load the guide, find the game, and see whether the picture holds at kick-off rather than taking anyone's word for it. The Edinburgh derby between Hearts and Hibs is the sort of fixture worth planning the trial around. Short of being at Tynecastle or Easter Road, this is how most of the parish ends up watching it.
Connection check
Broadband first, because it decides everything else. In and around Edinburgh, full fibre is widely available across the city. HD wants about 10 Mbps and 4K about 25 Mbps. Sky Sports and Premier Sports carry Scottish football. Run your speed test at the busy hour, not the quiet one.
Setup
What households around Edinburgh want is fairly ordinary. Live sport that works, a decent film library, and no contract quietly renewing in the background. Test all three inside the 24 hours, starting with the Scottish Premiership, and you will know quickly whether it suits the house.
Give us a name and a WhatsApp number. That is the entire sign-up.
The login lands back in the same chat, generally within minutes.
A person, not a bot, helps you get it running on your existing telly or box.
Twenty-four hours to make your mind up. Nothing is stored, so nothing charges.
No. The 24-hour trial never asks for card details. You send your name and WhatsApp number, we send a login back, and you watch. Decide against it and nothing happens, because there is nothing on file to charge.
Neither. Nothing is installed and nothing is drilled. It works through the broadband already coming into your Edinburgh home, on the telly or streaming stick sitting in the room right now.
The library includes the Scottish Premiership coverage, so if a Hearts game falls inside your 24 hours you can check it on your own telly. Rights and fixtures move around between seasons, so testing it on a real match night is the only honest way to know.
About 10 Mbps for HD and 25 Mbps for 4K. Full fibre is widely available across the city. Test during the evening peak rather than the middle of the day, because that is when the line is under load.
Access lapses on its own. You are not billed and there is nothing to cancel. If you want to keep it, The Taster is £85 once for 10 months, The Owner is £255 once for lifetime access on one device, and both come with a 90-day money-back promise.
The same free trial applies wherever you are. If one of these is closer, start there.
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No card. Nothing to cancel.
No card, no account, no contract. Give it 24 hours against a real fixture in Edinburgh and decide from there.
Channel and event availability changes over time, so nothing here guarantees any given match. Use the trial to check your own must-have channels before paying. If you continue, The Taster is £85 once for 10 months and The Owner is £255 once for lifetime access, both with a 90-day money-back promise.
