It does need internet but I've found over the last couple of years that it's getting better and better and on the occassions I don't have any internet I watch something of my external HDD and I very rarely watch anything in the summer months. Sky are moving to streaming themselves and if you have Sky Q you're actually streaming to the other rooms from the main box and as home internet gets faster and more available across the country it makes sense for them to go the streaming route. They have Sky NOW which is a streaming service and they also have their Sky Go app which is
available for the Firestick now. New housing estates around Shropshire aren't allowing Sky dishes to be installed so Sky have a large communal dish for those developments so the cost savings by streaming would be pretty good.
If you have never had any problems getting finding the satellite then your best keeping it, I on the other hand did have problems finding a satellite in some remote parts of Wales and Shropshire but got a decent mobile signal (even the Sky installer struggled at the bungalow I used rent in Telford). I also use a Apeman projector so I save on power as this is 5v USB powered like the Anker Soundcore speaker and Firestick so I can run it all of one of my Anker powerbanks
I also have a pretty good
mobile router setup in the van since going full time.
Regards,
Del