topic Movie channel mix up in What's On

What's going on with Cinema channels today?

TobiasG — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 10:06:00 GMT

Seems most of the cinema channels are showing different films from what's listed.

Movie channels

Joannelanceley — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 11:07:23 GMT

My movie channels are not showing the correct content there is another film playing to what is advertised

Movie channel mix up

karl+mufc — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 11:53:54 GMT

Movie channels not showing what's advertised.

Jack reacher is the magnificent seven,the hangover 2 is singing in the rain.

anyone else having this problem?

Re: What's going on with Cinema channels today?

GD1 — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 11:56:53 GMT

This issue has been raosed to Sky in the closed forum.

Re: What's going on with Cinema channels today?

TobiasG — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 12:20:58 GMT

It's deliberate as I caught the start of one film where the continuity announcement was along the lines of "the following film has been changed from the advertised..."

Re: What's going on with Cinema channels today?

KevNewMedia — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 12:37:28 GMT

Hi Everyone

Thank you for highlighting this problem and thank you for tagging us @caesarome and @GD1

Can I ask what platform you are seeing this issue on? ie Sky+/Sky Q/Sky Glass or Stream/Sky Go

I'm going to mark this post as the current answer, so that everyone has the most up-to-date information.

Re: What's going on with Cinema channels today?

TobiasG — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 12:42:17 GMT

I'm on Sky Q. As I said above, this is clearly a deliberate action by Sky rather than some kind of error as the continuity announcement said the film had been changed.

Re: What's going on with Cinema channels today?

xenon81 — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 12:54:08 GMT

Due to a possible issue with PIN protection caused by the Viewing Card issue that many viewers have reported, the daytime showings of PIN-protected 12/15/18 rated movies have been temporarily suspended.

Re: What's going on with Cinema channels today?

Manestream — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 13:06:02 GMT

I am on sky Q, and almost every sky movie channel, sky atlantic, sky max and many other channels are no longer showing whats advertised, showing teh same program back to back or just plain out just showing teh same 3 or 4 adverts.

I dont know whats going on with sky right now but they sure as hell have dropped a massive clanger here.

Not to mention channels that are showing teh right program are droppign to a blue screen askign you to check your viewing card (done that same problem so came here to see what was happening and if it was just me). Apparently it isnt.

So whats actually going on with sky??

Re: What's going on with Cinema channels today?

xenon81 — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 13:07:23 GMT

If the channel is due to be showing a PIN protected programme or film then something else will be showing instead until the viewing card issue is resolved.

Wrong films on movie channel

MikeC1 — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 13:30:29 GMT

Trying to watch film channel Sky Thriller but a mad Chinese film on, the bike riders should be on .

I think other channels effected.

Iv had other problems today

Re: What's going on with Cinema channels today?

TimmyBGood — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 13:59:05 GMT

As @xenon81 indicates, if there's a problem with the operation of the Mandatory Daytime Protection PIN then no channel is going to risk the really serious financial penalties inevitably inflicted by Ofcom for transmitting post-watershed content before 21:00 without it (not to mention the potential real world effect of having, say, Sky Atlantic carrying its usual mayhem and carnage at school hometime without any access control)

Re: Wrong films on movie channel

MightyQuinn — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 13:32:25 GMT

Hi @MikeC1 Yes, Sky are aware.

Re: Wrong films on movie channel

Maguire79 — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 13:49:52 GMT

Trying to watch the Halloween channel and its switched over to animated movies I was watching the ring and it just went to adverts and some random film came back on

Re: Wrong films on movie channel

TimmyBGood — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 14:22:59 GMT

@Maguire79 wrote:

I was watching the ring and it just went to adverts and some random film came back on

Yes, because that's the kind of content which is only legal to broadcast before 20:30 on a subscription fim channel if Mandatory Daytime Protection is applied.

Sky movies not playing listed movies

NRO — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 14:46:04 GMT

Trying to watch Sky Movies. Selecting a station, say 302 and it asks for the pin but plays something else. Seemingly non-pin required movies. Parental settings are off and I've rebooted the box. Can still download form Cinema but any idea why I can't access the right movies live?

Re: Sky movies not playing listed movies

MightyQuinn — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 14:47:48 GMT

Hi @NRO Sky are aware.

Re: Sky movies not playing listed movies

NRO — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 14:48:54 GMT

Not just me then?

Re: Sky movies not playing listed movies

MightyQuinn — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 14:50:19 GMT

@NRO wrote:
Not just me then?

Hi @NRO No, it is the same for everybody.

wrong programme when entering pin

Rossi60 — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 15:20:55 GMT

problem today when trying to watch programmes / channels needing PIN , when entered the wrong programme come on ?