Yes.
One of the drawbacks of Skippa is that it can't access a Free to Air Program Guide. The original IceTV were offering a Lifetime subscription, so it wasn't an issue.
However, when the original IceTV went belly up (because of the Skippa). The new IceTV couldn't support the Lifetime subscriptions. Hence the problem.
The simple solution is the use your refund (If you used PayPal or a credit card to purchase- i.e Goods purchased not supplied) to pay for the IceTv subscriptions. That will get you about 4 years worth.
I'm not sure whether the Skippa will display channels without IceTV or not. Please enlighten us.