Changes to the Sky TV Guide - July 2024

[Daniel-F]

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

•  Inspiration TV (Satellite 584) closes permanently

• Dunya News (Satellite 754) closes permanently

• Channel 4 South SD, Channel 4 Midlands SD, Channel 4 North SD, Channel 4 Scotland SD and Channel 4 Ulster SD close and are replaced with Channel 4 London SD at 104(108 Wales)

  This change only impacts viewers with SD-only boxes. All other boxes get Channel 4 HD at the top of the EPG.

• Channel 4 ROI SD (135) closes and is not replaced - Channel 4 ROI HD will move from 829 to 135

  This change only impacts viewers with SD-only boxes. All other boxes get Channel 4 HD at the top of the EPG.

• 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

• Sky 10s (Satellite 304/849 - Sky Glass/Stream 304) renames to Sky Greats / Sky Greats HD (reverting from a temporary change)

• Sky Pride (Satellite 302 - Sky Glass/Stream 302) renames to Sky Spies / Sky Spies HD (temporary change)

• Sky Hits (Satellite 303 - Sky Glass/Stream 303) changes name to Sky2024Picks / Sky2024PicksHD (temporary change)

Wednesday 3rd

• NOW 90s & 00s launches on satellite at 357

Saturday 6th

• ​Sky Greats (Satellite 304/849 - Sky Glass/Stream 304) renames The Hangover /TheHangoverHD (temporary change)

• Sky Cinema Comedy (Satellite 308 - Sky Glass/Stream 308) renames to SkyAxelFoleyHD (temporary change)

You can also keep up to date with what's coming up this month here 

Useful links

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Channels available on Sky Go

Sky TV channels on PlayStation and Xbox

Sky Glass Playlist explained 

[RobertS83]

Will the Now music channels ever be available on Stream? Now 70s, 80s and Rock are available on Pluto TV for example, so they should be available as IP streams 

[MarkGoldsmith]

• Sky Cinema Comedy (Satellite 308 - Sky Glass/Stream 308) renames to SkyAxelFoleyHD (temporary change)

I so hope this AxelFoley channel will just be playing the crazy frog music video on repeat 24x7 😂

[RobertS83]

Its probably due to the fact that there is a new Beverly Hills Cop movie coming on Netflix exclusively lol 

[nolte]

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@RobertS83 wrote:

Will the Now music channels ever be available on Stream? Now 70s, 80s and Rock are available on Pluto TV for example, so they should be available as IP streams 

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Would be a decision for the station owners to make (google suggest Penny Street Limited, owned by Universal Music)

[RobertS83]

I would imagine sky would need to show some interest too 

[TimmyBGood]

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@RobertS83 wrote:

Now 70s, 80s and Rock are available on Pluto TV for example, so they should be available as IP streams 

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As far as we know, Stream isn't using generic IPTV distribution though, so presence on Pluto doesn't make appearance on the Sky online platform any more likely: if anything the opposite may be the case.

[ozsat]

I don't think their is any techincal reason why the channels are not on Sky Stream - I suspect it is contractual.

On VirginMedia's own stream service - with the expection of about two channels - everything on their linear service is on their stream service. Including channels on Sky linear and not on Sky Stream.

VrginMedia have the NOW channels in their EPG on both linear and Stream - and offer the Pluto app too including the NOW channels.

[Ev71]

I believe Sky only wants HD content on Stream/Glass. 

[ozsat]

Yes - I've been told that several times  -   but that is a contractural issue.

But the streaming versions of the NOW channels and others, are much better than the Sky linear version.

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@Ev71 wrote:

I believe Sky only wants HD content on Stream/Glass. 

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[nigea99]

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@MarkGoldsmith wrote:

• Sky Cinema Comedy (Satellite 308 - Sky Glass/Stream 308) renames to SkyAxelFoleyHD (temporary change)

I so hope this AxelFoley channel will just be playing the crazy frog music video on repeat 24x7 😂

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Many thanks for the earworm !!

[digglerthelegend]

I really wish Sky would stop this constant renaming of the film channels every week or so.

I find it very annoying and pointless.

SkyAlexFoleyHD - so 3 films on a constant loop, genius.

[Quackbox90]

So now with such a huge gap in the music channel library, are there any plans for us Stream/Glass users for replacement channels? The now channels seem like a good replacement imo (especially since there will be 2 more launching). Otherwise I start to wonder what will happen when more channels close down. Where will our money be going towards then? As a big fan of music tv, and as someone who relies on it for entertainment, it's always nice to have a wide variety of stations.

[UT393]

It would be shame to lose Channel 4 corporations more strongly aligned with 4Music, The Box, KISS, Magic and Kerrang! Only a few EPG music going to be down all genres are bad enough as MTV since 2020 leaves a big gap when Sky reshuffle in 2018 then had 27 channels. Universal Music Group take over 354-358 to maintain control over 361-364 become channel unavailable slots.

[MarkGoldsmith]

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@Quackbox90 wrote:

So now with such a huge gap in the music channel library, are there any plans for us Stream/Glass users for replacement channels? The now channels seem like a good replacement imo (especially since there will be 2 more launching). Otherwise I start to wonder what will happen when more channels close down. Where will our money be going towards then? As a big fan of music tv, and as someone who relies on it for entertainment, it's always nice to have a wide variety of stations.

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Sky Glass/Stream has the VEVO app which does have dedicated music channels available on it