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Changes to the TV Guide - July 2025

KevNewMedia — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 05:51:29 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 July 2025

India Today (Satellite 523) closes permanently
Music India (Satellite 711 - Sky Glass/Stream 715) closes permanently
Sky Sports Classics launched to EPG number 1001 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only
Sky Sports Vault launched to EPG number 1002 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only
Sky Sports Stories launched to EPG number 1003 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only
Pick launched to EPG number 1004 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only
Emergency 24/7 launched to EPG number 1005 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only
Sky Artist Of The Year launched to EPG number 1006 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only
NBC News NOW launched to EPG number 1020 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only
Billiards launched to EPG number 1021 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only
Great British Menu launched to EPG number 1022 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only
Homes Under The Hammer launched to EPG number 1023 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only
Crime and Justice launched to EPG number 1024 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only

Friday 4th July 2025

Sky Cinema Action (Satellite 307/851 - Sky Glass/Stream 307) changes name to JurassicWorld / JurassicWrldHD (temporary change)

Saturday 5th July 2025

Sky Sci-Fi & Horror (Satellite 311 - Sky Glass/Stream 311) changes name to SkySupermanHD (temporary change)

Monday 7th July 2025

Sky Jurassic World (Satellite 307/851 - Sky Glass/Stream 307) renames to Sky Action / Sky Action HD (reverting from a temporary change)
Sky Superman (Satellite 311 - Sky Glass/Stream 311) renames to Sky ScFi/HorHD (reverting from temporary change)

Friday 11th July 2025

Sky Sci-Fi & Horror (Satellite 311 - Sky Glass/Stream 311) changes name to SkySupermanHD (temporary change)

Monday 14th July 2025

Sky Epic Worlds HD (Satellite 303 - Glass/Stream 303) changes name to Sky Hits HD (reverting from temporary change)
Sky Superman (Satellite 311 - Glass/Stream 311) renames to Sky ScFi/HorHD (reverting from temporary change)
Sky Cinema Comedy (Satellite 308 - Glass/Stream 308) renames to BuddyFilmsHD

Tuesday 15th July 2025

TNT Sports 1 (Satellite 410 - Glass/Stream 413) - UK SD and HD feeds replaced by ROI feeds in ROI

Friday 18th July 2025

Sky Sports Action (Satellite 408/865 - Glass/Stream 408) renames to SkySp Lions / SkySp Lions HD (temporary change)

Monday 21st July 2025

SkySportsTheLions (Satellite 408/865 - Sky Glass/Stream 408) rebrands to SkySp Action/SkySp ActionHD (reverting from a temporary change)
Nick Jr. Too (Satellite 613 - Glass/Stream 207 Glass) renames to Nick Jr. Paw Patrol (temporary change)
Nicktoons (Satellite 605 - Glass/Stream 205) renames to Nick SpongeBob (temporary change)

Friday 25th July 2025

Sky Sports Action (Satellite 408/865 - Glass/Stream 408) renames to SkySp Lions / SkySp Lions HD (temporary change)
Sky Buddy Films (Satellite 308 - Glass/Stream 308) changes name to Sky Comedy HD (reverting from temporary change)
Sky Hits (Satellite 303 - Glass/Stream 303) changes name to Antiheroes HD (temporary change)
Sky Family (Satellite 306/850 - Glass/Stream 306) renames to SkySchoolsOut / SchoolsOutHD

Monday 28th July 2025

SkySportsTheLions (Satellite 408/865 - Sky Glass/Stream 408) rebrands to SkySp Action/SkySp ActionHD (reverting from a temporary change)
Sky 2025 Recap (Satellite 302 - Sky Glass/Stream 302) renames to Favourites HD (temporary change)

Sky Sports EPG Reshuffle - Satellite and Glass/Stream

Satellite UK

Sky Sports+ HD moves from 412 to 404
Sky Sports Cricket HD moves from 404 to 405
Sky Sports Golf HD moves from 405 to 406
Sky Sports F1 HD moves from 406 to 407
Sky Sports Tennis HD moves from 407 to 408
Sky Sports Action HD moves from 408 to 412
Sky Sports News SD moves from 866 to 867

Satellite ROI

Sky Sports+ HD moves from 416 to 404
Sky Sports Cricket HD moves from 404 to 405
Sky Sports Golf (ROI) HD moves from 405 to 406
Sky Sports F1 HD moves from 406 to 407
Sky Sports Tennis HD moves from 407 to 408
Sky Sports Action HD moves from 408 to 416
Sky Sports+ SD moves from 867 to 862
Sky Sports Cricket SD moves from 862 to 863
Sky Sports Golf SD moves from 863 to 864
Sky Sports F1 SD moves from 864 to 865
Sky Sports Tennis SD moves from 878 to 866
Sky Sports News SD moves from 866 to 867
Sky Sports Action SD moves from 865 to 878

Sky Glass/Stream UK and ROI

Sky Sports+ HD moves from 410 to 404
Sky Sports Cricket HD moves from 404 to 405
Sky Sports Golf HD moves from 405 to 406
Sky Sports F1 HD moves from 406 to 407
Sky Sports Tennis HD moves from 407 to 408
Sky Sports Action HD moves from 408 to 410

Thursday 31st July

Sky Nature UK and ROI services move from 124(125 Scotland) to 145 on satellite only
Sky Arts UK and ROI services move from 130(131 Scotland) to 124(125 Scotland) on satellite only
Challenge UK and ROI services move from 145 to 130(131 Scotland) on satellite only
Sky Nature HD move from 822 to 826 on satellite only
Sky Arts HD move from 826 to 822 on satellite only

Useful links

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Re: Changes to the TV Guide - July 2025

UT393 — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:49:55 GMT

This was actually Two Indian channels are closing. Shame to see it go though India Today then Music India, maybe some broadcast media is an unreliable biased platform and related company will take pressure off the 523/711. Unless they find some way to fill up News genre, after 521 NBCNewsNowHD/522 Talk TV HD didn't last very long. Also the 520 got TVC News then jumped to 524 NTD. Sky EPG can be split or move Oireachtas TV on 521 as NTD lowest number of sky EPG 514.

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - July 2025

UT393 — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 07:59:30 GMT

TVP, Anewz.tv and Taiwan Plus wouldn't be bad idea to launch News genre, leaving 521, 522 and 523.

https://tvpworld.com/51656539/tvp-world-live

https://www.cxtvlive.com/live-tv/taiwan-plus

https://anewz.tv/tv-live

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - July 2025

KevNewMedia — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 08:27:08 GMT

Morning Everyone

I've updated the initial post to include these FAST channel updates:

Sky Sports Classics launched to EPG number 1001 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only
Sky Sports Vault launched to EPG number 1002 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only
Sky Sports Stories launched to EPG number 1003 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only
Pick launched to EPG number 1004 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only
Emergency 24/7 launched to EPG number 1005 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only
Sky Artist Of The Year launched to EPG number 1006 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only
NBC News NOW launched to EPG number 1020 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only
Billiards launched to EPG number 1021 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only
Great British Menu launched to EPG number 1022 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only
Homes Under The Hammer launched to EPG number 1023 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only
Crime and Justice launched to EPG number 1024 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - July 2025

Marlu-Nyu — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:32:44 GMT

@KevNewMedia wrote:
Morning Everyone

I've updated the initial post to include these FAST channel updates:
Sky Sports Classics launched to EPG number 1001 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only
Sky Sports Vault launched to EPG number 1002 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only
Sky Sports Stories launched to EPG number 1003 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only
Pick launched to EPG number 1004 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only
Emergency 24/7 launched to EPG number 1005 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only
Sky Artist Of The Year launched to EPG number 1006 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only
NBC News NOW launched to EPG number 1020 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only
Billiards launched to EPG number 1021 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only
Great British Menu launched to EPG number 1022 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only
Homes Under The Hammer launched to EPG number 1023 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only
Crime and Justice launched to EPG number 1024 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only

@KevNewMedia Do you know what subscription channels 1001 -1024 are part of? Is it Sky Ultimate TV, or Sky Essentials? Also, are these in SD or HD? Thanks.

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - July 2025

KevNewMedia — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:41:04 GMT

@Marlu-Nyu wrote:

@KevNewMedia wrote:

Morning Everyone

I've updated the initial post to include these FAST channel updates:

Sky Sports Classics launched to EPG number 1001 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only

Sky Sports Vault launched to EPG number 1002 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only

Sky Sports Stories launched to EPG number 1003 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only

Pick launched to EPG number 1004 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only

Emergency 24/7 launched to EPG number 1005 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only

Sky Artist Of The Year launched to EPG number 1006 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only

NBC News NOW launched to EPG number 1020 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only

Billiards launched to EPG number 1021 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only

Great British Menu launched to EPG number 1022 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only

Homes Under The Hammer launched to EPG number 1023 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only

Crime and Justice launched to EPG number 1024 in the UK only on Sky Glass/Stream only

@KevNewMedia Do you know what subscription channels 1001 -1024 are part of? Is it Sky Ultimate TV, or Sky Essentials? Also, are these in SD or HD? Thanks.

Hi @Marlu-Nyu They are available to both, they are free ad-supported channels. As a result of this, they don't support being able to pause, rewind, fast-forward. The content will be a mixture of SD/HD content, given some of the contents age.

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - July 2025

RobertS83 — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 17:02:55 GMT

I know it's out of the moderators hands and technically not Sky but would be interesting if these FAST channels were introduced to Now.

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - July 2025

GD1 — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:09:25 GMT

@RobertS83 Now TV is a differenrt proposition, a scaled down version of Sky if you will, unlikely they will end up on now.

If you want all the channels on the Sky Platform it would suggest Now TV isn't the service for you.

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - July 2025

RobertS83 — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 19:48:52 GMT

@GD1 As it turns out I have both

I have Now as a back up and can use it on my other TVs that don't have a puck.

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - July 2025

Super+Anthony — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 19:53:57 GMT

Thank you @KevNewMedia for the update

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - July 2025

MaccyD221 — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 09:23:41 GMT

Superman changes back to Sci-Fi & Horror aswell as Epic Worlds changing back to Hits and Comedy becomes Buddy Films from Monday 14th.

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - July 2025

MaccyD221 — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 08:23:40 GMT

sky 2025 recap will become sky favourites from monday 28th

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - July 2025

UT393 — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 07:34:44 GMT

I wouldn't rule out potentially a new UnChainedTV channel, if sky EPG hasn't been launched its initial Entertainment genre refers to leave 177/179 gap. More interesting.

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Re: Changes to the TV Guide - July 2025

UT393 — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 13:23:49 GMT

Basically on 302

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - July 2025

Timelord2018 — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 09:36:59 GMT

Weird Sky Nature got demoted for a old hat FTA Gameshow channel

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - July 2025

Marlu-Nyu — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 11:35:06 GMT

@Timelord2018 wrote:
Weird Sky Nature got demoted for a old hat FTA Gameshow channel

ITV Quiz is on channel 131 (132 Scotland). Sky seemed to want to put Challenge before ITV Quiz to get more traffic to their channel.

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - July 2025

Adajohns — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 13:44:17 GMT

Hi,

I am not they Sky Account holder, but my 87yr old mother-in-law is.

She finds it difficult to navigate around the Sky UI, so uses her Saturday newspaper tv guide to get the channel numbers and navigates by shouting at the remote, or punching the channel numbers in.

Can someone please explain:

- why many of the channel numbers have changed?

- when did this happen?

- why the printed press were either not informed in time, (or if they were, why have they not been chased by Sky to update them)?

- how this was communicated to customers? Not everyone has the mobile phone app with daily updates coming in (well that's what I expect would happen anyway).

Anyone want to shine some light? Perhaps Sky themselves...?

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - July 2025

Marlu-Nyu — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 20:17:12 GMT

@Adajohns wrote:
Hi,

I am not they Sky Account holder, but my 87yr old mother-in-law is.

She finds it difficult to navigate around the Sky UI, so uses her Saturday newspaper tv guide to get the channel numbers and navigates by shouting at the remote, or punching the channel numbers in.

Can someone please explain:
- why many of the channel numbers have changed?
- when did this happen?
- why the printed press were either not informed in time, (or if they were, why have they not been chased by Sky to update them)?
- how this was communicated to customers? Not everyone has the mobile phone app with daily updates coming in (well that's what I expect would happen anyway).

Anyone want to shine some light? Perhaps Sky themselves...?

why many of the channel numbers have changed?

Sky has the right to change their channels on the channel numbers assigned to them. Other broadcasters make a deal with Sky to change their channel numbers.

when did this happen?
Sky provides information on channel changes on Sky Community "What's On" section under titles like "Changes to the TV Guide - July 2025".

why the printed press were either not informed in time, (or if they were, why have they not been chased by Sky to update them)?
and
how this was communicated to customers? Not everyone has the mobile phone app with daily updates coming in (well that's what I expect would happen anyway).
Sky are only contractually required to inform customers on:

Price changes or contract terms
Removal or significant changes to paid-for channels or services (an example of this would be if Sky intended on removing LFC TV, MUTV, changing how Sky Sports works like moving it to streaming only, etc.)
Changes affecting service availability (like planned satellite outages, etc.)
Renewal or cancellation terms.

In regard to renaming channels where the content says the same, or moving channels around, Sky are not required to inform customers and do so at their discretion. For non-Sky channels, this is down to an agreement with Sky and the broadcaster.

The likes of Sky One being changed to Sky Showcase and Sky Max, Sky were not required to inform customers, as Sky Max broadcasts the same content as Sky One did.

If Sky decide to remove threads like "Changes to the TV Guide - July 2025" and discontinue them, Sky has every right to do so, as Sky does not have to provide these updates but does as they choose to.

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - July 2025

nolte — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 21:01:31 GMT

@Adajohns wrote:
Hi,

I am not they Sky Account holder, but my 87yr old mother-in-law is.

She finds it difficult to navigate around the Sky UI, so uses her Saturday newspaper tv guide to get the channel numbers and navigates by shouting at the remote, or punching the channel numbers in.

Can someone please explain:
- why many of the channel numbers have changed?
- when did this happen?
- why the printed press were either not informed in time, (or if they were, why have they not been chased by Sky to update them)?
- how this was communicated to customers? Not everyone has the mobile phone app with daily updates coming in (well that's what I expect would happen anyway).

Anyone want to shine some light? Perhaps Sky themselves...?

@Adajohns

What sky system does she have? Sky q, sky+, sky stream, sky glass?

One thing I really like on sky q is favourites.

You can assign the number in favourite from 1 to 99 based on your own watching.

And the favourites numbers aren't affected if a channel number is changed.

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - July 2025

xenon81 — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 07:44:51 GMT

@Adajohns wrote:
Hi,

I am not they Sky Account holder, but my 87yr old mother-in-law is.

She finds it difficult to navigate around the Sky UI, so uses her Saturday newspaper tv guide to get the channel numbers and navigates by shouting at the remote, or punching the channel numbers in.

Can someone please explain:
- why many of the channel numbers have changed?
- when did this happen?
- why the printed press were either not informed in time, (or if they were, why have they not been chased by Sky to update them)?
- how this was communicated to customers? Not everyone has the mobile phone app with daily updates coming in (well that's what I expect would happen anyway).

Anyone want to shine some light? Perhaps Sky themselves...?

Which channel numbers have changed for you? The last major EPG reshuffle which affected many channels all over the EPG was in May 2018, and since then it's just been the usual changes, like Sky Cinema channels renaming and other channels coming and going.