What equipment exactly were you required to buy? WHat does it do? You don't need anything other than a normal Sky decoder and dish to still get Sky paid-for channels, nothing changed there
If you payed for it, you lost out. It is available free online via at least 2 sites. Excellent HD quality,all you need is wifi and any tablet, phone or smart TV, or a smart TV dongle.Even iplayer is available free too.
If you have an HDMI tv, you can get a decoder which plugs into the hdmi socket.Again, for a few euros.