Keep Sky Q Alive — Make Satellite TV a Permanent Choice, Not a Phase-Out

Petition Closed

This petition had 785 supporters

The Issue

 

 

Sky Q is the last set-top box Sky built for satellite, and millions of households across the UK and Ireland still rely on it every day. It records without buffering, drives multi-room viewing, and works without depending on broadband speed — which matters enormously for rural homes, older viewers, and anyone whose internet can’t carry a 4K stream.
Sky has stopped selling Q to new customers and now pushes Stream and Glass instead. That’s a business choice, not a technical necessity. The recent Sky–SES agreement proves satellite capacity is available well into the next decade — so the question isn’t whether Q can survive, it’s whether Sky will let it.
We ask Sky to:
•  ⁠Keep Sky Q available to new customers, not just existing ones
•  ⁠Commit publicly to supporting Q for the long term, with a published timeline
•  ⁠Continue updating Sky Q with new features and app support
•  ⁠Stop quietly steering customers away from satellite at renewal
Satellite TV isn’t obsolete — it’s a choice millions of people still make, and they deserve to keep making it.

avatar of the starter
Derek Michael O BrienPetition StarterDerek O’Brien I joined changed.org to make a difference hoping to save sky Q from extinction

The Decision Makers

Adel Al-Saleh CEO. SES
Adel Al-Saleh CEO. SES
Chief executive officer SES Luxembourg
Alison Varney MD sales and operations at Sky TV
Alison Varney MD sales and operations at Sky TV
MD sales operations at Sky TVUK alison.varney@sky.uk
Taoiseach Michael Martin TD
Taoiseach Michael Martin TD
Taoiseach/Irish prime minister mailto:micheal.martin@oireachtas.ie
Patrick O’Donovan TD
Patrick O’Donovan TD
Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport. mailto:patrick.odonovan@oireachtas.ie

Supporter Voices

Petition Updates