topic Changes to the TV Guide - August 2025 in What's On

Changes to the TV Guide - August 2025

KevNewMedia — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 07:27:17 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.

Friday 1st August 2025

Sky Sports Action (Satellite 412/878 - Sky Glass/Stream 410) renames to SkySp Lions / SkySp Lions HD (temporary change)

Saturday 2nd August 2025

Sky Greats (Satellite 304/849 - Sky Glass/Stream 304) renames to Sky Jaws / Sky Jaws HD (temporary change)

Monday 4th August 2025

SkySportsTheLions (Satellite 412/878 - Sky Glass/Stream 410) rebrands to SkySp Action/SkySp ActionHD (reverting from a temporary change)
Sky Antiheroes (Satellite 303 - Sky Glass/Stream 303) changes name to Sky Hits HD (reverting from temporary change)
Sky Schools Out (Satellite 306/850 - Sky Glass/Stream 306) renames to Sky Adventure/ SkyAdventureHD (temporary change)
Sky Jaws (Satellite 304/849 - Sky Glass/Stream 304) renames to Sky Greats / Sky Greats HD (reverting from a temporary change)
NTD (Satellite 524) moves to EPG number 521

Friday 8th August 2025

Sky Cinema Action (Satellite 307/851 - Sky Glass/Stream 307) changes name to SkySpider-Man / Spider-Man HD (temporary change)

Monday 11th August 2025

Sky Spider-Man (Satellite 307/851 - Sky Glass/Stream 307) renames to Sky Action / Sky Action HD (reverting from a temporary change)

Monday 18th August 2025

Sky Adventure (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 Star Trek / SkyStarTrekHD (temporary change)

Wednesday 20th August 2025

That’s Summer (Satellite 359) rebrands to That’s Rock
That’s Dance (Satellite 360) rebrands to That’s Oldies

Friday 22nd August 2025

Sky Animation (Satellite 305 - Sky Glass/Stream 305) changes name to kungfupandaHD (temporary change)
Sky Favourites (Satellite 302 - Sky Glass/Stream 302) renames to Sky Fast / Sky Fast HD

Saturday 23rd August 2025

Sky Star Trek (Satellite 311 - Sky Glass/Stream 311) renames to Sky ScFi/Horror / Sky ScFi/HorHD (reverting from temporary change)Tuesday 26th August 2025

Tuesday 26th August 2025

Sky KungFuPandaHD (Satellite 305 - Sky Glass/Stream 305) changes name to SkyAnimationHD (reverting from a temporary change)
Sky Fast (Satellite 302 - Sky Glass/Stream 302) renames to Sky 80s HD (temporary Change)
Sky Family (Satellite 306/850 - Sky Glass/Stream 306) renames to BacktoSchool and BacktoSchoolHD (temporary change)

Friday 29th August 2025

Sky Cinema Action (Satellite 307/851 - Sky Glass/Stream 307) changes name to Sky LOTR/Sky LOTR HD

Useful links

TV channel list on Sky Glass

Channels available on Sky Go

Sky TV channels on PlayStation and Xbox

Sky Glass Playlist explained

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - August 2025

Marlu-Nyu — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 13:15:02 GMT

@KevNewMedia Bit of a boo-boo with Sky Sports The Lions/Action changes on 1st and 4th.

Since the move of Sports channels on 28th July, Sky Sports The Lions/Action is on channels

412 (UK), 416/878 (Ireland) on satellite

410 on Sky Glass/Stream

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - August 2025

KevNewMedia — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 13:24:20 GMT

@Marlu-Nyu wrote:

@KevNewMedia Bit of a boo-boo with Sky Sports The Lions/Action changes on 1st and 4th.

Since the move of Sports channels on 28th July, Sky Sports The Lions/Action is on channels

412 (UK), 416/878 (Ireland) on satellite

410 on Sky Glass/Stream

Thanks for this @Marlu-Nyu

That's it updated.

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - August 2025

kjhskj75 — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 17:58:21 GMT

It says that Sky Scifi (film channel on 311) is changing to "Star Trek" today.

But in fact it was the Entertainment channel with the similar name on 139 that did this.

Something is wrong here - which was supposed to change ? The film channel or the entertainment channel) ?

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - August 2025

Timelord2018 — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 18:13:47 GMT

It was supposed to be the film channel

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - August 2025

DiscoSky — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 10:22:00 GMT

Yes the Sky Sci Fi is labelled incorrectly on both Q and Stream. On Stream there is a still a channel labelled BuddyFilmsHD which should have reverted to Sky Comedy HD back in July

@KevNewMedia

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - August 2025

KevNewMedia — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 10:29:52 GMT

@DiscoSky wrote:

Yes the Sky Sci Fi is labelled incorrectly on both Q and Stream. On Stream there is a still a channel labelled BuddyFilmsHD which should have reverted to Sky Comedy HD back in July

@KevNewMedia

Thanks for tagging me @DiscoSky

The team are already investigating this problem and hope to have it resolved soon 🙂

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - August 2025

Marlu-Nyu — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 11:58:19 GMT

@DiscoSky wrote:
Yes the Sky Sci Fi is labelled incorrectly on both Q and Stream. On Stream there is a still a channel labelled BuddyFilmsHD which should have reverted to Sky Comedy HD back in July

@KevNewMedia

Is this happening only on your devices? Do you ever unplug them or switch off the socket overnight? Sky devices need to stay plugged in continuously to receive updates properly. My Sky Q box has been updating normally on the dates listed.

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - August 2025

DiscoSky — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 12:17:22 GMT

@Marlu-Nyu wrote:
@DiscoSky wrote:
Yes the Sky Sci Fi is labelled incorrectly on both Q and Stream. On Stream there is a still a channel labelled BuddyFilmsHD which should have reverted to Sky Comedy HD back in July

@KevNewMedia
Is this happening only on your devices? Do you ever unplug them or switch off the socket overnight? Sky devices need to stay plugged in continuously to receive updates properly. My Sky Q box has been updating normally on the dates listed.

Your box won't have received the correct update for Sky Star Trek (311) on 18 August because Sky didn't update 311. It updated Sky Sci Fi in the entertainment section by mistake.

I can see that satellite was updated this morning so that the entertainment channel Sky Sci Fi is now labelled as that and the movie channel Sky Cinema Sci Fi/Horror is now labelled Sky Star Trek HD.

The error remains on Stream as does the BuddyFilmsHD/Sky Comedy error.

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - August 2025

DiscoSky — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 15:03:49 GMT

Star Trek error corrected on Stream. BuddyFilmHD error remains on 308.

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - August 2025

rw2012 — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 15:23:00 GMT

Just noticed these on Sky Stream, no specific FAST section in the TV Guide but they do have EPG listings.

Sky Sports Classics 1001

Sky Sports Vault 1002

Sky Sports Stories 1003

Pick Monkey Rescue 1004

Emergency 24/7 1005

Artist of the Year 1006

NBC News Now 1020

Billiards 1021

Great British Menu 1022

Homes under the hammer 1023

Crime and Justice 1024

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - August 2025

Marlu-Nyu — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 21:11:22 GMT

@rw2012 wrote:
Just noticed these on Sky Stream, no specific FAST section in the TV Guide but they do have EPG listings.

Sky Sports Classics 1001
Sky Sports Vault 1002
Sky Sports Stories 1003
Pick Monkey Rescue 1004
Emergency 24/7 1005
Artist of the Year 1006
NBC News Now 1020
Billiards 1021
Great British Menu 1022
Homes under the hammer 1023
Crime and Justice 1024

Additionally, these FAST channels are only available on Sky Glass and Sky Stream in the UK only and don't have rewind, pause or fast-forward functions. Also, they were added on 1 July: https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/What-s-On/Changes-to-the-TV-Guide-July-2025/m-p/5022359

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - August 2025

MaccyD221 — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 08:30:20 GMT

i don't know about you guys but i'm excited to see Christmas movies back on our screens again when Great! Christmas returns on Thursday.

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - August 2025

Marlu-Nyu — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:59:49 GMT

@MaccyD221 wrote:
i don't know about you guys but i'm excited to see Christmas movies back on our screens again when Great! Christmas returns on Thursday.

For me, it's the lovey-dovey family Christmas movies that annoy me. They only show one version of Christmas with big families and lots of money. Also, Christmas is one day a year, not 4 months. All the greed and the want for expensive gifts that one may only use once or twice really, really "grinds my gears" (as Peter Griffin from Family Guy would say). Christmas should be focused on family, friends, community and being together, but it's not. At least not anymore.

I love Christmas, but I despise the commercialism and the run up to Christmas with all the traffic, greediness, and soulless competition that shows that the more money one spends, the more they love a person. It's honestly a little sick and twisted.

Anyway... Getting back to the launch of a Christmas channel, I don't think Christmas channels are needed anymore especially with on-demand, online streaming and dedicated FAST channels. Christmas content is available all year round now.

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - August 2025

UT393 — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 20:04:02 GMT

If sky launches Blab TV on Ent genre, it's a much better fit for 177 or 179.