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Changes to the TV Guide - September 2025

KevNewMedia — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 11:16:44 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.

Monday 1st September 2025

Sky Sports Action (Satellite 412 (ROI 416/878) - Sky Glass/Stream 410) renames to Sky Sports NFL
Nick Jr. Paw Patrol (Satellite 613 - Glass/Stream 207 Glass) renames to Nick Jr. Peppa (temporary change)
Nick SpongeBob (Satellite 605 - Glass/Stream 205) renames to Nicktoons (temporary change)
Sky Lord Of The Rings (Satellite 307/851 - Glass/Stream 307) changes name to Sky Action / Sky Action HD (reverting from a temporary change)
Sky 80s (Satellite 302 - Glass/Stream 302) renames to Sky 90s / Sky 90s HD (temporary Change)
Sky Sci-Fi & Horror (Satellite 311 - Glass/Stream 311) renames to Sky Monsters / SkyMonstersHD (temporary change)
Greyhounds Red Button service closes permanently

Wednesday 3rd September 2025

E4+1 ROI (Satellite 236) closes - UK service replaces it at 236 in Ireland

Thursday 4th September 2025

GREAT! movies (Satellite 321) rebrands to Great! Mystery (permanent change)
GREAT! movies HD (Glass/Stream 318) rebrands to Great! Mystery HD (permanent change)
GREAT! movies+1 (Satellite 322) rebrands to G!Mystery+1 (permanent change)
GREAT! romance (Satellite 319) renames to Great!Christmas (temporary change)
GREAT! romance HD (Glass 317) renames to Great! Xmas HD (temporary change)
G! romance+1 (Satellite 320) renames to Great! Xmas+1 (temporary change)
TNT Sports 1 SD ROI (Satellite 410/868) closes permanently - HD service remains at 410

Monday 8th September 2025

Back To School (Satellite 306/850 - Sky Glass/Stream 306) renames to Sky Family/Sky Family HD (reverting from a temporary change)
Sky 90s (Satellite 302 - Sky Glass/Stream 302) renames to Sky 00s / Sky 00s HD (temporary Change)
Sky Monsters (Satellite 311 - Sky Glass/Stream 311) renames to Sky ScFi/Horror/Sky ScFi/HorHD (reverting from a temporary change)
Sky Hits (Satellite 303 - Sky Glass/Stream 303) changes name to Sky Gems/Sky Gems HD (temporary change)

Friday 12th September

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

Monday 15th September 2025

E4 Extra ROI launches on satellite only - replaces the UK service at 138
Sky 00s (Satellite 302 - Sky Glass/Stream 302) renames to Sky 10s / Sky 10s HD (temporary Change)
Sky Spiderman (Satellite 307/851 - Sky Glass/Stream 307) changes name to Sky Action / Sky Action HD (reverting from a temporary change)

Friday 19th September

Sky Gems (Satellite 303 - Sky Glass/Stream 303) changes name to Sky Hits HD (reverting from temporary change)
Sky Cinema Action (Satellite 307/851 - Sky Glass/Stream 307) changes name to Sky DC / Sky DC HD (temporary change)
Sky Greats (Satellite 304/849 - Sky Glass/Stream 304) renames to Sky Feel Good/SkyFeelGoodHD (temporary change)

Monday 22nd September 2025

Sky 10s (Satellite 302 - Sky Glass/Stream 302) renames to Sky 20s / Sky 20s HD (temporary Change)
Sky DC (Satellite 307/851 - Sky Glass/Stream 307) changes name to Sky Action / Sky Action HD (reverting from a temporary change)

Thursday 25th September 2025

Gems TV HD replaces the SD service at 665 on satellite only

Friday 26th September 2025

Sky Cinema Action (Satellite 307/851 - Sky Glass/Stream 307) changes name to Sky Fast / Sky Fast HD (temporary change)
Sky Animation (Satellite 305 - Sky Glass/Stream 305) changes name to KungfupandaHD (temporary change)

Monday 29th September 2025

Nicktoons (Satellite 605 - Glass/Stream 205) rebrands to Nick SpongeBob (temporary change)
Sky Fast (Satellite 307/851 - Glass/Stream 307) changes name to Sky Action / Sky Action HD (reverting from a temporary change)
Sky KungFuPandaHD (Satellite 305 - Glass 305) changes name to SkyAnimationHD (reverting from a temporary change)
DM News English launches to EPG number 522 on satellite only

Tuesday 30th September 2025

Sky Cinema Greats SD closes in commercial premises - the HD moves from 849 to 304 (residential SD is already closed)
Sky Cinema Premiere SD closes in commercial premises - the HD moves from 848 to 301 (residential SD is already closed)
Sky Cinema Action SD closes in commercial premises - the HD moves from 851 to 307 (residential SD is already closed)
Sky Cinema Family SD closes in commercial premises - the HD moves from 850 to 306 (residential SD is already closed)

Sky Sports Main Event SD closes on satellite in UK commercial premises only - the HD moves from 859 to 401
Sky Sports Football SD closes on satellite in UK commercial premises only - the HD moves from 861 to 403
Sky Sports Golf SD closes on satellite in UK commercial premises only - the HD moves from 863 to 407
Sky Sports PL SD closes on satellite in UK commercial premises only - the HD moves from 860 to 402
Sky Sports NFL SD closes on satellite in UK commercial premises only - the HD moves from 865 to 408
Sky Sports Cricket SD closes on satellite in UK commercial premises only - the HD moves from 862 to 404
Sky Sports Plus SD closes on satellite in UK commercial premises only - the HD moves from 866 to 409
Sky Sports F1 SD closes on satellite in UK commercial premises only - the HD moves from 864 to 406

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Re: Changes to the TV Guide - September 2025

Marlu-Nyu — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 11:05:31 GMT

@KevNewMedia wrote:
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.

Monday 1st September 2025

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Greyhounds Red Button service closes permanently
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No! It's so sad to see the remaining (of what was) Sky Sports Active interactive channels closing. Should change it to a "Sky Christmas" FAST channel, showing all Christmas content from the full range of channels from Sky. (Maybe bring back free-to-view weekends? I miss those)

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - September 2025

lettice — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 12:38:44 GMT

Christmas films have arrived even earlier this year I see.

Will certainly make many customers happy that love those types of films.

Been a good many years now, these Christmas films have arrived months early, so it must be a good win for the broadcasters themselves and their advertising budgets.

Roll on to the changeover the Christmas music channels on Sky too...

Must admit, I'm one that just loves all types of Christmas films and will drop in and out of the Great Christmas channels for the next few months for the big build up to the whole month Christmas celebration of December, when we so enjoy and celebrate it together throughout the month.

For us, these films offer a good sense of feel good, escapism, Christmas decoration loveliness, all with a touch of corny and comedic scripts at times, putting a welcome smile on our faces.

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - September 2025

Allanbuzzy — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 14:17:01 GMT

I certainly do feel more cozy at home with the Christmas music/movie channels on in the background, especially while bringing down the Christmas tree...

... in November/December. I do respect that there is an audience for earlier Christmas celebrations (ever heard the phrase "Christmas in July"?) but its fascinating to me how much sooner these channels are launching. We're not even in fall yet and they're already jingling their bells!

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - September 2025

nolte — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 16:40:20 GMT

Great movies have done the rebrand the last few years in September. Last year was the 5th September.

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - September 2025

Maniatore2006 — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 16:58:47 GMT

About Tuesday 30th September 2025:

The Channels HD Chanels from SKY Sports And Cinema never was on 8XX on my SKY box, they was always on 3XX and 4XX in HD, just SKY Sports News HD... is on 866.

I hope you will Close the SD Channels from the Entertainment as well, and open HD for all Viewers.
Like it is with SKY Cinema and Sports.

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - September 2025

xenon81 — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 17:49:17 GMT

@Maniatore2006 wrote:
About Tuesday 30th September 2025:
The Channels HD Chanels from SKY Sports And Cinema never was on 8XX on my SKY box, they was always on 3XX and 4XX in HD, just SKY Sports News HD... is on 866.

Commercial subscribers are the only ones who have the affected Sports/Cinema channels in the 800 range. If you're just a residential subscriber you won't have them listed.

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - September 2025

TimmyBGood — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 19:03:34 GMT

@Maniatore2006 wrote:

I hope you will Close the SD Channels from the Entertainment as well, and open HD for all Viewers.
Like it is with SKY Cinema and Sports.

That's not going to happen within the remaining limited lifespan of satellite broadcasting: it's already been done for the streaming platforms.

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - September 2025

Maniatore2006 — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 07:18:31 GMT

I mean they chaned Sky Sports Racing SD to HD and that without Pairing and that runns without HD Sub.
And they gived up the Pairing for Sky History HD and Chrime + IInvestigantion HD

What i want to say with that, Nothing is inpossible.

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - September 2025

TimmyBGood — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 08:00:59 GMT

@Maniatore2006 wrote:

What i want to say with that, Nothing is inpossible.

But having inclusive HD is an incentive for users to move from satellite to streaming, which is what Comcast wants them to do.

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - September 2025

Marlu-Nyu — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 14:41:48 GMT

@TimmyBGood wrote:
@Maniatore2006 wrote:

What i want to say with that, Nothing is inpossible.
But having inclusive HD is an incentive for users to move from satellite to streaming, which is what Comcast wants them to do.

Other satellite providers in Europe have removed HD channels entirely from their EPGs to encorage people to go to streaming devices. an example would be Movistar Plus+ in Spain.

It seems like a lot of broadcasters who have HD channels use a HD to SD version for the SD version, so it feels like a better version of SD than traditional SD. For example, watching Friends on Comedy Central SD, the quality seems to be on par with Comedy Central HD.

So I don't think removing HD channels in favour of Sky Stream is logical for Sky. Also, they still have the HD add on. They would lose money if they did that.

And actually, doing a little research, many channels that are in HD usually only broadcast the HD content. It's automatically downgraded for the SD simulcast.

Re: Changes to the TV Guide - September 2025

Maniatore2006 — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 17:12:38 GMT

Sky Germany for Example had Shutdown almost all SD Channels, Canal+ France also, they use just only HD Channels via Satellite.