Originally Posted by Funkstar 
@UltraMagnus: That is possible, but not easy, not exactly cheap an not really legal either. So lets not go there
there's a reasonable volume of free-to-air, unencrypted stuff on the satellite cluster used by sky:
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* Aag TV
* Aapna Des
* Abu Dhabi TV Europe
* AIT International
* Al Jazeera English
* Anime Central
* ATN Bangla UK
* Audi Channel
* B4
* B4U Music UK
* Babecast
* Babe Central
* Babestation
* Babestation 2
* Bangla TV
* BBC1
* BBC2
* BBC3
* BBC4
* BBC HD
* BBC News 24
* BBC Parliament
* Bedroom TV
* BEN
* Best Direct plus
* Best Direct UK
* Bid TV
* Bliss
* Bloomberg TV UK
* Blue Kiss
* Bubble Hits
* CBBC
* CBeebies
* CCTV 9
* Celebrity Shop
* Channel I
* Channel M
* Channel S UK
* Channel U
* Chart Show TV
* Chat Box
* CITV
* Create & Craft
* Daystar TV
* DD India
* DD News
* DM Digital
* DM Islam TV
* Essex Babes
* EuroNews
* EWTN Europe
* Faith Channel
* Fame TV
* Fashion TV Europe
* Film 24
* Fizz
* Flaunt
* France 24 English
* Gala TV
* GayDateTV
* GayNetwork
* Gems TV 2
* Gems TV UK
* Genesis TV
* Geo UK
* God TV Europe
* God TV UK & Ireland
* Golf TV Pro Shop
* Gospel Channel Europe
* Hollywood TV
* Home & Travel
* Horse & Country TV
* Hotel Voyeur
* House of Fun TV
* Ideal Vitality
* Ideal World
* Information TV
* Info TV 2
* Inspiration Network International
* IPlay TV
* Islam Channel
* ITV1
* ITV2
* ITV2+1
* ITV3
* ITV3+1
* ITV4
* JML Exntra
* KICC TV
* Life One
* Live Roulette TV
* LivexxxBabes
* LoveWorld
* Mana Telugu TV
* MATV National
* Max TV!
* Men & Motors
* Monte Carlo Roulette
* Movies4Men
* MTA International
* My Channel
* Northern Birds
* OBE TV
* Open Access
* Open Access 2
* Open Access 3
* Overseas Property TV
* Party People
* Passion TV
* Peace TV
* Performance
* Performance Mainstreet
* Phoenix CNE
* Pokerzone
* Pop
* Pop+1
* PopGirl
* Price Crash
* Price Crash 2
* Price-Drop TV
* Prime TV
* Psychic Interactive TV
* QTV
* QVC TSV Now!
* QVC UK
* Raj TV
* Real Estate TV
* Real Estate TV+1
* Real Wives
* Record Internacional Europa
* Revelation TV
* Rockworld TV
* Russia Today
* Scuzz
* Sex Station
* Shop Now TV
* Shop on TV
* Shop Vector Plus
* Shorts TV
* Simply
* Simply Ideas
* Simply TV
* Sky News Ireland
* Sky News UK
* Smart Live Casino
* Smart Shop TV
* Speed Auction TV
* Sport xxx TV
* Sumo TV
* Sumo TV+1
* TBN Europe
* Teachers TV
* Thane Direct
* Thane Stop and Shop
* The Baby Channel
* The Business Channel
* The Entrepreneur Channel
* The Golf Channel UK
* The Jewellery Channel
* The Vault
* The World Network
* Thomas Cook TV
* Thomson TV
* Tiny Pop
* Tiny Pop+1
* Travel Channel
* Travel Channel+1
* True Movies
* True Movies 2
* Turn on TV
* Turn on TV 2
* TV Shop UK
* TV Warehouse
* TV Warehouse+1
* TV Warehouse Select
* TWC Fight!
* UCB TV
* Vector 24/7
* Venus TV
* Wedding TV UK
* Wedding TV UK+1
* Wine Network
* Wonderful
* Zone Horror
* Zone Reality Extra
* Zone Reality UK
* Zone Reality UK+1
* Zone Romantica UK
* Zone Thriller
all of the above you can receive, legitimately, with a DVB-S card and sky minidish (no subscription required to anything). if the channels you want are included in the above list, there are many options for non-sky boxes.