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Changes to the TV Guide - April 2025

KevNewMedia — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 08:56:24 GMT

Keep up with the latest changes to the Sky TV Guide on Sky+, Sky Q and Sky Glass/Stream.

This list is updated weekly for the week ahead, but may still change.

Tuesday 1st April 2025

U&W HD ROI closes on satellite only - the SD remains at 132
U&W HD closes on satellite only - the SD remains at 132
U&Yesterday HD closes on satellite only - the SD remains at 155 - 161 in ROI
U&Alibi HD moves from 130 to 120 on Glass and Stream only in England, NI and Wales. They remain unchanged in Scotland and ROI
U&Gold HD moves from 131 to 121 on Glass and Stream only in England, NI and Wales. They remain unchanged in Scotland and ROI
U&Dave HD moves from 132 to 130 on Glass and Stream only in England, NI and Wales. They remain unchanged in Scotland and ROI
U&W HD moves from 133 to 131 on Glass and Stream only in England, NI and Wales. They remain unchanged in Scotland and ROI
U&Drama moves from 134 to 132 on Glass and Stream only in England, NI and Wales. They remain unchanged in Scotland and ROI
U&Yesterday HD moves from 161 to 133 on Glass and Stream only in England, NI and Wales. They remain unchanged in Scotland and ROI
U&Eden moves from 162 to 134 on Glass and Stream only in England, NI and Wales. They remain unchanged in Scotland and ROI
GINX TV HD moves from 419 to 417 on Glass/Stream only in the UK
MUTV HD moves from 420 to 418 on Glass/Stream only in the UK
LFCTV HD moves from 421 to 419 on Glass/Stream only in the UK
Premier Sports 1 HD moves from 419 to 417 on Glass/Stream only in ROI
Premier Sports 2 HD moves from 420 to 418 on Glass/Stream only in ROI
GINX TV HD moves from 421 to 419 on Glass/Stream only in ROI
MUTV HD moves from 422 to 420 on Glass/Stream only in ROI
LFCTV HD moves from 423 to 421 on Glass/Stream only in ROI

Wednesday 2nd April 2025

TV Warehouse moves from 676 to 673 on satellite only
Cruise1st.tv moves from 681 to 675 on satellite only
Sky History 2 HD closes on satellite - the SD moves to 163 in the UK and 168 in ROI and NI - HD channel remains on Glass/Stream

Thursday 3rd April 2025

Sky Gangsters (Satellite 309 - Glass/Stream 309) changes name to renames to Sky Thriller HD (reverting from a temporary change)
Sky Books To Screen (Satellite 302 - Glass/Stream 302) renames to Sky Adventure/ SkyAdventureHD (temporary change)

Friday 4th April 2025

Sky Family (Satellite 306/850 - Glass/Stream 306) renames to SkyHarryPotter / HarryPotterHD (Temp)
Sky Hits (Satellite 303 - Glass/Stream 303) changes name to The Hobbit HD (Temporary change)

Monday 7th April 2025

Sky The Hobbit (Satellite 303 - Sky Glass/Stream 303) changes name to Sky Hits / Sky Hits HD (reverting from temporary change)

Thursday 10th April 2025

Sky History+1 (Satellite 223 (224 Scotland)) closes permanently

Monday 14th April 2025

MTV Hits (Satellite 351 - Glass/Stream 351) rebrands to Club MTV

Friday 18th April 2025

Sky Hits (Satellite 303 - Glass/Stream 303) changes name to The Hobbit HD (Temporary change)

Tuesday 22nd April 2025

Sky Adventure (Satellite 302 - Sky Glass/Stream 302) renames to Apocalyptic HD (temporary change)
Harry Potter (Satellite 306/850 - Sky Glass/Stream 306) renames to Sky Family/Sky Family HD (reverting from a temporary change)
Sky Sci-Fi & Horror (Satellite 311 - Sky Glass/Stream 311) renames to Sky Horror HD (temporary change)
Sky The Hobbit (Satellite 303 - Sky Glass/Stream 303) changes name to Sky Hits / Sky Hits HD (reverting from temporary change)
POP Max (Satellite 615) closes permanently
POP Max HD (Sky Glass/Stream UK 215 (NI & ROI 216)) closes permanently
POP Max+1 (Satellite 628) closes permanently
Tiny Pop moves from 618 to 615 on satellite only
POP+1 moves from 619 to 618 on satellite only
Tiny Pop+1 moves from 629 to 619 on satellite only

Friday 25th April 2025

Sky Family (Satellite 306/850 - Sky Glass/Stream 306) changes name to The Hobbit / The Hobbit HD (temporary change

Saturday 26th April 2025

Sky Hits (Satellite 303 - Sky Glass/Stream 303) renames to SkyIndianaJones / IndianaJonesHD (temporary change)

Monday 28th April 2025

Sky Indiana Jones (Satellite 303 - Sky Glass/Stream 303) changes name to Sky Hits / Sky Hits HD (reverting from temporary change)
Sky The Hobbit (Satellite 306/850 - Sky Glass/Stream 306) changes name to Sky Family / Sky Family HD (reverting from a temporary change)

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Re: Changes to the TV Guide - April 2025

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 11:14:43 GMT

Why are all the u HD channels closing?

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - April 2025

GD1 — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 11:23:23 GMT

@Anonymous That would be a question to ask U the channel owners.

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - April 2025

Daniel0210 — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 11:28:12 GMT

@Anonymous

Those channels are owned by UKTV which ~~I think~~ is a spin off from the BBC.

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - April 2025

xenon81 — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 11:57:17 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Why are all the u HD channels closing?

They're not. W and Yesterday are closing in HD (on satellite only) but Gold, Alibi and Dave will still be HD.

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - April 2025

Ev71 — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 13:29:13 GMT

Also Sky History 2 HD is closing, but SD is staying. I guess Sky should respond to why that is happening.

Seems a backward step to keep SD and close HD channels on satellite.

Or is this part of their plan to migrate us to Stream?

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - April 2025

Daniel0210 — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 13:56:55 GMT

@Ev71 wrote:

Also Sky History 2 HD is closing, but SD is staying. I guess Sky should respond to why that is happening.

@Ev71

They don't have to and certainly won't on here but you could email the Viewer Relations Team and see if you get a response at viewerR@sky.uk

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - April 2025

Super+Anthony — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 15:44:45 GMT

Will we get premier sports on stream in the UK?

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - April 2025

RetroDave — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 16:02:25 GMT

This is the start of Sky Q's slow lingering death...Q subscribers paying extra for HD channels that are being axed 🙄 forcing you to Stream...

If this is what's coming it's seriously time to re-evaluate UK TV viewing...

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - April 2025

Timelord2018 — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 16:50:03 GMT

@Super+Anthony wrote:
Will we get premier sports on stream in the UK?

Must be be soon since Premier Sports Rugby is launching soon on Sky Stream/Glass but no mention of Satellite, l

https://x.com/PremSportsTV/status/1902389676658303167?t=PKGjnpVJGGXsuv36qET_2A&s=19

launched on Virgin a few days ago,

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - April 2025

MarkGoldsmith — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 16:50:25 GMT

@Ev71 wrote:
Also Sky History 2 HD is closing, but SD is staying. I guess Sky should respond to why that is happening.

As far as i'm aware Sky don't even operate the Sky History channel, its operated by a third party who license the Sky brand name for the channel.

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - April 2025

Phil+E — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 17:04:03 GMT

its only U&Yesterday and U&W closing in HD and then only on satellite

THINK it is to get us watching on satellite to switch

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - April 2025

MarkGoldsmith — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 17:47:41 GMT

@Phil+E wrote:
its only U&Yesterday and U&W closing in HD and then only on satellite

THINK it is to get us watching on satellite to switch

The only problem with that idea is that I don't get why UKTV would be trying to discourage people from watching on satellite.

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - April 2025

nolte — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 18:41:52 GMT

@Phil+E wrote:
its only U&Yesterday and U&W closing in HD and then only on satellite

THINK it is to get us watching on satellite to switch

If i were to guess I'd assume cost cutting from uktv and their ultimate parent company, BBC Studios.

Broadcasting by satellite is expensive, more so for Hd than Sd.

Then there is also consumer habits, are they watching the linear or streaming the content.

Alternatively, maybe uktv are pulling an old April fools. We wake up on the 1st and they are like "April fools"

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - April 2025

Super+Anthony — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 20:34:57 GMT

Thank you. Intriguing @Timelord2018

also premier sports rugby has launched on Virgin media and it's free for current subscribers. Wonder if Sky will follow suit

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - April 2025

ozsat — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 08:10:19 GMT

Premier Sports Rugby has launched on VirginMedia and it is only available at no extra cost to customers who subscribe to Premier Sports via VirginMedia..

It is not free.

@Super+Anthony wrote:
Thank you. Intriguing @Timelord2018

also premier sports rugby has launched on Virgin media and it's free for current subscribers. Wonder if Sky will follow suit

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - April 2025

Super+Anthony — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 08:22:16 GMT

OK thanks, I obviously misread

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - April 2025

Anonymous — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 23:52:47 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Why are all the u HD channels closing?

It's actually only U&W HD and U&Yesterday HD on satellite only. I would image it's down to cost-cutting measures. The others are only moving on Glass/Stream in England, Wales and Northern Ireland only.

If you want to contact UKTV, you can do so here: https://corporate.uktv.co.uk/contact

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - April 2025

Anonymous — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 23:53:37 GMT

@Super+Anthony wrote:
Will we get premier sports on stream in the UK?

On Glass/Stream, no. It's only available on satellite in the UK.

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - April 2025

Anonymous — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 23:57:45 GMT

@MarkGoldsmith wrote:
@Ev71 wrote:
Also Sky History 2 HD is closing, but SD is staying. I guess Sky should respond to why that is happening.

As far as i'm aware Sky don't even operate the Sky History channel, its operated by a third party who license the Sky brand name for the channel.

Sky History is owned by the brand name "Hearst Networks UK" which is a joint adverture between Hearst Networks UK and Sky Group.

Even though the Sky logo is not present on the European History channels, they are still owned by the brand name Hearst Networks UK (Hearst Networks UK and Sky Group) throughout Europe.