Where have my music channels gone?

[leanne-c]

Last few days we've had trouble turning on our sky glass tv and have had to reboot by turning off/on at the plug. Today we've now discovered that the music channels -which we use almost everyday just as background - have been slimmed down to 4! We already had way less after switching to sky glass compared to sky q. Are these two linked? Has there been some kind of upgrade (aka downgrade) in the background responsible for both these?

[GD1 · Accepted solution]

@leanne-c  Please see this post https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/What-s-On/Changes-to-the-Sky-TV-Guide-July-2024/td-p/4678819

Channel 4 have closed their music channels on all platforms.

[SKY1992bf]

@leanne-c 

• 4Music (Satellite & Glass/Stream 354) closes permanently

• The Box (Satellite & Glass/Stream 355) closes permanently

• KISS (Satellite & Glass/Stream 356) closes permanently

• Magic (Satellite & Glass/Stream 357) closes permanently

• Kerrang! (Satellite & Glass/Stream 358) closes permanently

• Clubland moves from 364 to 354 on satellite only

• NOW 70s moves from 361 to 355 on satellite only

• NOW 80s moves from 362 to 356 on satellite only

• NOW ROCK moves from 363 to 358 on satellite only

• That's 60s (Satellite 365) rebrands to That's Memories

[mikealanr]

@leanne-c 

It's worth noting that Channel 4 have shut these channels down and they have closed on all platforms,.not just Sky.

https://rxtvinfo.com/2024/channel-4-confirms-sky-virgin-and-freesat-music-channel-closure-date/

MikeAlanR

[Rosie300]

I loved listening to the music channels and it is so unfair that they have been taken away from us 

[TimmyBGood]

@Rosie300 

Unfortunately Channel 4 has been hugely impacted by the collapse of the television advertising market, and simply couldn't afford to keep those channels going for a very small audience.  Because it's publicly owned, it has a particular responsibility not to waste money in a sector which has largely moved to streaming.

[Super+Anthony]

We only now have 4 music channels on stream. Not great

[Exiled-in-HH]

There are a number of music apps and YouTube is full of vevo music😉

[Super+Anthony]

Agreed but I like many others like the channels as well. 

[Exiled-in-HH]

Over the last 10 years the audience for music channels has gone down ... down ... down ... to the extent they generate little revenue☹️

[MarkGoldsmith]

The Vevo app does have a couple of live channels of music, typically based on music genres e.g hip-hip, 70s,80s.

They also have a number of themed playlists as well ( e.g summer hits ).

[Lee68]

Viewers have declined because you get two songs then adverts two songs then more adverts 

[TimmyBGood]

@Lee68 

Unfortunately advertising frequency has to increase (subject to Ofcom limits) as viewer numbers decline because no advertiser is going to pay a high price per showing for delivery to a small audience: it's a vicious cycle.