Sky Viewing Cards

Have a look at all the viewing cards Sky have issued over the years

Prototype?

1997

This was a prototype viewing card. However, this may be ambiguous as we don't know if it means 'digital viewing' card or 'digital' viewing card. In contrast to this, there are no other sources or images of this card, meaning this could support our argument.

Launch (Egg)

1998

This was the first viewing card for Sky Digital issued at launch in October 1998.

Swoosh Style

1999—2003

This was the second viewing card for Sky Digital first issued in 1999 when Sky changed their logo to the Helvetica Logo (aka Swoosh Logo).

Yellow House Card

2003—2009; UPGRADE MANDATORY

This was the third viewing card issued by Sky starting from sometime in 2003. An upgrade to this viewing card was mandatory, so there was various "viewing card exchange" promos in TV ad breaks to alert customers of the changes.

White Card

2009—2015; UPGRADE OPTIONAL

This viewing card is the most common viewing card. An upgrade to this was optional, but Sky still wanted their customers to upgrade so they also made exchange promos for this one. Many people still had their Yellow House cards for awhile.

Red Card

2015; UPGRADE OPTIONAL

This viewing card was sent to customers who required new ones in mid 2015. It was mostly issued to customers who had recently installed Sky Q, after launching on 9th February 2016.