topic Re: GB News censored in Sky Q

Recording issues with Late Show Live US Version

Hammerhead19 — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:38:42 GMT

Recently I have been unable to record the US version of the Late Show Live with Bev Turner screened at midnight in the UK. I normally record on series link to my Q box as I need my beauty sleep! Over this past week it has continuously failed to record, whilst other programmes like the World Cup kicking off at the same time record with no issues. I raised this with Shubam in Sky technical but he seemed evasive to my question. He offered to send an engineer around to sort me out! Apologies sort out my issue. Whichever is the better of the two. Anyone else experiencing media blackout?

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Re: GB News censored

TimmyBGood — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:54:18 GMT

@Hammerhead19

A recording glitch is not 'censorship': removal from broadcast would be.

Were you advised of the usual troubleshooting such as full reboot followed by deleting and recreating the series link?

It's also possible that the data which enables the linking has an error, but that would typically be noticed by other users.

Re: GB News censored

Hammerhead19 — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:13:02 GMT

Hi Timmy. Thank you for responding. Whch SKY department do you work in?

Re: GB News censored

MightyQuinn — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:21:11 GMT

Hi @Hammerhead19 Have a look here Meet the Sky Superusers | Sky Community

Re: GB News censored

mr.tickle — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:18:19 GMT

@MightyQuinn wrote:
Hi @Hammerhead19 Have a look here Meet the Sky Superusers | Sky Community

"not a Sky employee" is literally in bold right there in every post (!).

Re: GB News censored

daveNOS — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:55:14 GMT

@mr.tickle wrote:
@MightyQuinn wrote:
Hi @Hammerhead19 Have a look here Meet the Sky Superusers | Sky Community
"not a Sky employee" is literally in bold right there in every post (!).

@mr.tickle Pointing that out isn't going to make any difference, you can tell by their reply they are only looking for an echo chamber, anyone who suggests an alternative more likely cause or points out something that doesn't match their agenda is going to be labelled a Sky employee, and nothing will change that...

Re: GB News censored

mr.tickle — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:38:17 GMT

@daveNOS wrote:
@mr.tickle wrote:
@MightyQuinn wrote:
Hi @Hammerhead19 Have a look here Meet the Sky Superusers | Sky Community
"not a Sky employee" is literally in bold right there in every post (!).

@mr.tickle Pointing that out isn't going to make any difference, you can tell by their reply they are only looking for an echo chamber, anyone who suggests an alternative more likely cause or points out something that doesn't match their agenda is going to be labelled a Sky employee, and nothing will change that...

True, but I also know that some reasonable people will be reading.

Re: GB News censored

Me134 — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 19:11:56 GMT

@mr.tickle wrote:
@MightyQuinn wrote:
Hi @Hammerhead19 Have a look here Meet the Sky Superusers | Sky Community
"not a Sky employee" is literally in bold right there in every post (!).

I made very sure they couldn't miss it on my posts, doesn't stop the flat earther type 😉

Re: GB News censored

Hammerhead19 — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:09:14 GMT

Weird it started with no GB News now on race weekend NO Sky F1 either!!!!!

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Re: GB News issues

mr.tickle — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:24:08 GMT

@Hammerhead19 wrote:
Weird it started with no GB News now on race weekend NO Sky F1 either!!!!!

No problems with F1 on SkyQ here.

Can you describe the problem using words, as I can't see your picture. [EDIT: Ah, a local issue. See @Daniel0210 's helpful reply below mine]

ps. for the avoidance of doubt since you clearly misunderstood previously: Neither I, @Daniel0210, @daveNOS , @Me134 , @MightyQuinn, @TimmyBGood or @nigea99 work for Sky.

Re: GB News censored

Daniel0210 — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:17:47 GMT

@Hammerhead19
As you have a ”No satellite signal” message, check that the connections from the Sky dish going into the back of your Sky Q box are still finger tight. Otherwise it’s very likely either;
▫️a dish misalignment,
▫️a failing LNB (on the arm of the dish),
▫️water getting into the cabling,
▫️it is currently raining very heavily
so check the troubleshooting on this link
https://www.sky.com/help/articles/sky-tv-no-satellite-signal-sky-q
It may then give you the opportunity to arrange an engineer. If it doesn’t you’ll need to contact Sky to book an engineer appointment.

If you are connected to a communal dish you need to liaise directly with your building management company or landlord who will have their approved engineers to contact direct.

Additionally:

🔹 a misalignment is not necessarily something that will be visible to the naked eye and could only affect one or two channels (amongst the first to be affected may be TNT or GB News),

🔹 a Sky Q box requires a periodic 'Keep alive' signal that is delivered via the satellite so if that isn’t received the box will close down until the satellite signal is restored.

Re: GB News censored

nigea99 — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:19:13 GMT

@Hammerhead19 wrote:

Weird it started with no GB News now on race weekend NO Sky F1 either!!!!!

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This would indicate problems with your Satelite Signal

Please see the following page that covers a few problems - if you follow the link through and still have problems then you should find a link to book an engineer if you have your own dish

https://www.sky.com/help/articles/sky-tv-no-satellite-signal-sky-q

If you have a communal system you may have to contact your building management to deal with the technicians responsible for the system

Re: GB News censored

Hammerhead19 — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:35:03 GMT

Thank you all above undertood it probably is a misalignment with LNB but as this is 30 foot above my head no chance getting up close and personal! Engineer coming Sunday first thing but being without SKY during massive sport involvement is a drag.

SKY Go just doesn't do it!

looking forward to Sunday morning but will have to stay awake until then to be able to view the Rugby, Football, Golf and F1 🫪

Re: GB News censored

mr.tickle — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:45:36 GMT

@Hammerhead19 wrote:
Thank you all above undertood it probably is a misalignment with LNB but as this is 30 foot above my head no chance getting up close and personal! Engineer coming Sunday first thing but being without SKY during massive sport involvement is a drag.
SKY Go just doesn't do it!
looking forward to Sunday morning but will have to stay awake until then to be able to view the Rugby, Football, Golf and F1 🫪

@Hammerhead19 Cool, glad you have someone coming, hopefully it'll be sorted! And yes, it's a drag indeed.

Don't forget you can still use Sky Go in the meantime on a desktop/laptop with a long HDMI cable to your TV as an external second monitor. It's not brilliant but it's something, you can watch Live TV for all the channels you get normally.

links here: https://www.sky.com/watch/sky-go/all

Re: GB News censored

Hammerhead19 — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:38:55 GMT

Thanks for the tip . Yes not ideal but a good temporary option!

Re: GB News censored

Hammerhead19 — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:27:03 GMT

Engineer called said I need a new cable the horizontal or maybe the vertical signal was not working. This GB News was either on the vertical or maybe the horizontal wire so that is why I cannot get it all my with Sports channels. Sounded reasonable but why didn't he replace the cable? Admitting this was his last job today SUNDAY and possibly didn't want to get up the ladder!!!!

what was the point in arguing he had made his mind up before he arrived 1 hour before his shift ended. So still no GB News and still no Sky sports!!!!

Re: GB News censored

nigea99 — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:00:22 GMT

@Hammerhead19 wrote:

Engineer called said I need a new cable the horizontal or maybe the vertical signal was not working. This GB News was either on the vertical or maybe the horizontal wire so that is why I cannot get it all my with Sports channels. Sounded reasonable but why didn't he replace the cable? Admitting this was his last job today SUNDAY and possibly didn't want to get up the ladder!!!!

what was the point in arguing he had made his mind up before he arrived 1 hour before his shift ended. So still no GB News and still no Sky sports!!!!

hi @Hammerhead19

Yes - if there is a problem with one cable then you loose approx half the channels as each cable carries the different polarised channels - GB News is on a Horizontally polarised transponder

If he didn't inspect both ends it is possible it is just a faulty connection rather than a cable problem itself.

We cannot explain why he did not sort it for you - what did he say regarding another visit ?

Re: Recording issues with Late Show Live US Version

mr.tickle — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 18:09:03 GMT

Unless the dish is especially high (needing the "special heights team" it used to be called, no idea if things are still the same) which would be flagged on your account to avoid a wasted journey, then I was under the impression that those "engineer" visits are supposed to be "fix everything" visits. Including but not limited to: realign dish, replace LNB, replace cable, new dish if required, etc.

Re: GB News censored

Hammerhead19 — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:31:02 GMT

I spent 26 minutes on the phone to SKY customer services, then another 22 minutes waiting for a second support person who was experiencing issues with the booking system. Very nice man but difficult to understand! Maybe trying to watch the F1 in the pub and have a conversation with support not ideal! However, after another 10 minutes and by now Hamilton was in the pits having his tyres changed. Not a good pit stop as he ran over one of his pit crew!

When support finally managed to get his system up and running he apologised for the delay and said he had the 22nd the 23rd and the 24th available But he could not confirm as he was still experiencing issues with the system. Said he would ring me on the 20th between 3pm and 4pm to confirm my new engineer call-out. I await with anticipation!

Re: GB News censored

Hammerhead19 — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:26:47 GMT

3.30pm came and no callback! No idea when I will get my £140 pm subscription working!!!!