topic Re: Sky News Channel 501 has stopped broadcasting in HD, all other HD channels working fine? in Sky+

Sky News Channel 501 has stopped broadcasting in HD, all other HD channels working fine?

MR10 — Sun, 22 Sep 2024 19:55:20 GMT

Have had a number of problems, have been a SKY customer for over 23 years and my original legacy package included Sky Multiroom. One of my 2 Sky+HD boxes failed and given Sky no longer use those agreed to switch to SKY Q. However after 2 engineer visits SKYQ could only be installed using cables which isn't practicle so cancelled. In the meantime I sourced another HD box and everything was working however I lose all my Sky HD channels every couple of weeks and have to ring up and ask them to resend a signal to activate the viewing card that isn't working. Have discussed Sky Stream but seems it is going to cost me more than I was paying before.

That aside all HD channels are working but Sky News on channel 501 has stopped broadcasting in HD

Anyone else have that problem?

Re: Sky News Channel 501 has stopped broadcasting in HD, all other HD channels working fine?

GD1 — Sun, 22 Sep 2024 20:06:48 GMT

@MR10 Sky New has no stopped broadcasting in HD, it is still there.

What makes you think it's not broadcasting?

Re: Sky News Channel 501 has stopped broadcasting in HD, all other HD channels working fine?

MR10 — Sun, 22 Sep 2024 20:33:42 GMT

Sky Channel 501 is broadcasting but only as W and not HD

Re: Sky News Channel 501 has stopped broadcasting in HD, all other HD channels working fine?

GD1 — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 07:35:45 GMT

@MR10 wrote:

Sky Channel 501 is broadcasting but only as W and not HD

Re: Sky News Channel 501 has stopped broadcasting in HD, all other HD channels working fine?

MR10 — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 09:06:10 GMT

Most Sky HD channels show HD,DD,W,S and work fine, BBC HD, W, S

Sky news on 501 is just showing up as W and S with very poor quality picture and type

Re: Sky News Channel 501 has stopped broadcasting in HD, all other HD channels working fine?

xenon81 — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 10:41:08 GMT

Sky News on 501 is still HD here. What do you get on channel 881?

Re: Sky News Channel 501 has stopped broadcasting in HD, all other HD channels working fine?

MR10 — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 11:21:44 GMT

881 is Sky News HD but says I need to upgrade subscription, if you refer back to my initial question I mentioned that Sky ( unable to switch me to SkyQ as can't have cables ) have left me having to continually ring them up to resend a signal down the line to my second multiroom Sky+HD box.
I'm going to ring them again but the price they gave me for Sky Stream was more than I was paying originally and from what I have read on the community many people are unhappy.

Thanks to all the respondents. so will just close this chat.

Re: Sky News Channel 501 has stopped broadcasting in HD, all other HD channels working fine?

SQUIGLEY — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 19:49:43 GMT

Yes same problem. Sky news HD not working but asking to subscribe when it should be included. Sky news is on but its a very poor picture.