If you are in York and weighing up whether to leave Sky or Virgin Media, the sensible move is to test the thing before paying for it. The York trial runs 24 hours, needs no card, and works on the telly you already have. That is long enough to check York City and York Knights in the National League and rugby league, plus the Champions League and the rest of the European nights.
Local viewing guide
York City play at the LNER Community Stadium, shared with the York Knights rugby league side, which reflects how the two codes sit together across Yorkshire. Both clubs play outside the top divisions of their sports, which means the great majority of what a York household actually wants to watch is not carried by conventional packages built around the Premier League and internationals. York is also a heavily visited historic city with a large hospitality and student population, and a high proportion of renters for whom dishes, installations and long contracts are genuinely impractical. The no-installation argument carries real weight here, quite apart from any question about which channels are included.
York's historic centre is tightly conservation-controlled and a great deal of the housing stock within and near the walls cannot take an external installation at all. Beyond that, out through Acomb, Fulford and Haxby, the housing is more conventional and coverage across the city is reasonable. York has a large student population and an enormous hospitality and tourism workforce, both with short tenancies and high turnover. Those two facts make the no-installation point unusually relevant here. Beyond that, both local clubs play outside the top divisions of their sports, so check that the lower-division football and the rugby league are genuinely carried.
The honest test in York is not whether the menus look tidy. It is whether York City and York Knights in the National League and rugby league come through cleanly at kick-off. Find those channels on your first evening and give them a proper look.
Connection check
Broadband first, because it decides everything else. In and around York, good city coverage. HD wants about 10 Mbps and 4K about 25 Mbps. Sky Sports for rugby league, with non-league football streamed. Run your speed test at the busy hour, not the quiet one.
Setup
What households around York 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 National League and rugby league, and you will know quickly whether it suits the house.
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.
You do not need one. We ask for a name and a WhatsApp number and nothing more. No card means no accidental renewal, which is usually the part people in York want reassurance about.
No engineer and no hardware. The setup happens on WhatsApp, usually in under ten minutes, using the device you already own. Plenty of York customers do it themselves while we talk them through it.
The library includes the National League and rugby league coverage, so if a York 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. Good city coverage. Test during the evening peak rather than the middle of the day, because that is when the line is under load.
The login simply stops working. Nothing renews, because we hold no payment details for York customers or anyone else. To continue, The Taster costs £85 once and covers 10 months, or The Owner costs £255 once for lifetime access on one device. Both carry 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 York 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.
