If you are in Hull and weighing up whether to leave Sky or Virgin Media, the sensible move is to test the thing before paying for it. The Hull trial runs 24 hours, needs no card, and works on the telly you already have. That is long enough to check Hull City in the EFL Championship, plus the Champions League and the rest of the European nights.
Local viewing guide
Hull is a city where football and rugby league genuinely share the stage. Hull City play at the MKM Stadium, and the rugby league rivalry between Hull FC and Hull Kingston Rovers, split across the river, is one of the most tribal derbies in British sport. That combination is unusual and it matters for telly, because Super League and Championship football have sat with different broadcasters and neither is guaranteed in a standard package. Hull is also relatively isolated at the end of the M62 with a strong local identity and a port population. For households here the honest test is whether one service handles the football and the rugby league together.
Hull has reasonable coverage across the city and out through Cottingham, Hessle and Anlaby, towards Beverley. Housing includes substantial terraced stock across the older wards with a high rented share, where a fixed installation is often impractical. The city is relatively isolated at the end of the M62 with a strong local identity and a significant port population. The distinctive test here is the two-code one. With Hull City's football and the rugby league rivalry between the two clubs across the river, a household follows two sports that have sat with different broadcasters, and confirming both are present is the single most useful thing to do inside the 24 hours.
Spend the 24 hours on what you would genuinely miss. For Hull that means Hull City in the EFL Championship. Load the guide early, find the channel, and be sitting down at kick-off rather than judging it on an afternoon repeat.
Connection check
Broadband first, because it decides everything else. In and around Hull, Hull is unusual: KCOM is the incumbent rather than Openreach. HD wants about 10 Mbps and 4K about 25 Mbps. Sky Sports for football and rugby league. Run your speed test at the busy hour, not the quiet one.
Setup
The usual worry in Hull is the setup rather than the price. There is no dish, no engineer visit and no new box to buy. It runs on the smart telly, Firestick or Android box already in the room, and a real person walks you through it on WhatsApp while you do it.
Send your name and WhatsApp number. No card, no account to create.
We send your login back on WhatsApp, usually within a few minutes.
A real person walks you through the setup on whatever telly or box you already own.
You watch for 24 hours and decide. Nothing renews, because there is nothing on file.
No. Nothing is taken up front and no payment details are stored anywhere. That is deliberate, because it is the only way a trial in Hull can genuinely cost you nothing.
No engineer and no hardware. The setup happens on WhatsApp, usually in under ten minutes, using the device you already own. Plenty of Hull customers do it themselves while we talk them through it.
The library includes the EFL Championship coverage, so if a Hull City 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. Hull is unusual: KCOM is the incumbent rather than Openreach. Test during the evening peak rather than the middle of the day, because that is when the line is under load.
It ends, and that is all. No charge, no reminder emails, no cancellation to chase down. If it did suit you, The Taster is a single £85 payment covering 10 months and The Owner is a single £255 payment for lifetime access on one device, each with 90 days to change your mind.
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.
Twenty-four hours, no card, and a real person on WhatsApp if you get stuck. If it does not hold up on your line in Hull, you have lost nothing.
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.
