Changes to the Sky TV guide - February 2023

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@AndyBirkett wrote:

Brilliant, thank you for the explanation, really helpful. Pleased to hear we're getting regional BBC content in HD at last, years after ITV started it. Saves the 115 to 101 to 115 shuffle in the evenings ☺️

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With BBC One HD closing on 115, I would highly suspect 115 will be used for BBC Three in England and Wales when the BBC One HD regions are upgraded. This has already happened in Northern Ireland, where BBC Three was moved to 115 as BBC Two HD was previously there before BBC Two NI HD launched.

However, I don't know what Sky/BBC will do in Scotland as BBC Alba and BBC Scotland are on 115 and 117. As per Ofcom rules. the BBC/Sky have 18 months from launch to put BBC Three between 101 and 124. This date is 1 August 2023. So it must be moved before then. I would suspect Sky might put BBC Three on channel 108 to put the EPG similar to Wales with S4C/Channel 4.

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Not Wales. BBC Four is on 116. BBC Three in on 117. I do suspect BBC/Sky will swap them though.

[1Anonymous1]

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@Chloe-W22 wrote:

Keep up with the latest changes to the Sky TV Guide on Sky Q, Sky+ and Sky Glass.

This list is updated weekly for the week ahead but may still change.

Wednesday 1st 

• BBC One East Midlands HD launches to 801 (smart swapped with BBC One SD Nightlight at 101) and replaces ​BBC One East Midlands SD at 960
• BBC One East HD launches to 801 (smart swapped with BBC One SD Nightlight at 101) and replaces BBC One East SD at 961

Thursday 2nd

• QTV Religious launches to EPG number 761

Friday 3rd 

• JurassicWorld (Satellite 302 - Glass 302) changes name to Sky Valentine/SkyValentineHD
• Sky Greats (Satellite 304/849 - Glass 304) renames to Sky Tom Cruise / Tom Cruise HD

Monday 6th

• SC Tom Cruise (Satellite 304/849 - Glass 304) renames to  Sky Greats / Sky Greats HD 
• SC Action (Satellite 307/851 - Glass 307) renames to UltimateAction / UltActionHD
• Iran International HD (Satellite – 793) closes permanently

Tuesday 7th

• Sky Spiderman (Satellite 303 - Glass 303) changes name to​ ​Sky Hits / Sky Hits HD

BBC Changes are to Satellite TV only and does not affect Sky Glass:

•  BBC Alba HD launches to 847 in the UK (smart swapped with BBC Alba SD 117 in Scotland and 169 in the rest of the UK)
• BBC One Wales SD (952/101) closes - existing BBC One Wales HD remains at 978 and 801(801 smart swapped with Nightlight at 101)
• BBC Two Wales SD (971/102) closes - existing BBC Two Wales HD remains at 980 and 802(802 smart swapped with BBC Two Network at 102)
•  BBC Two Network closes at 969 in Wales
•  BBC One West Midlands HD launches to 801 (smart swapped with Nightlight at 101) and replaces SD at 959
• BBC One Yorks & Lincs HD launches to 801 (smart swapped with Nightlight at 101) and replaces SD at 957

Wednesday 8th

• Sky Kids launches into the EPG - (Satellite 609, Sky Glass UK 203, Sky Glass ROI 202)
• Baby TV (609) moves to 626 on Satellite

Sky Glass UK channel moves in Kids:

• Nickelodeon moves from 203 to 204
• Nicktoons moves from 204 to 205
• Nick Jr. moves from 205 to 206
• Nick Jr. Too moves from 206 to 207
• Cartoon Network moves from 207 to 208
• Boomerang moves from 208 to 209
• Cartoonito moves from 209 to 210
• BabyTV moves from 210 to 211
• CITV moves from 211 to 212
• RTE Jr moves from 212 to 213 in NI only

Sky Glass ROI channel moves in Kids:

• Nickelodeon moves from 202 to 203
• Nicktoons moves from 203 to 204
• Nick Jr. moves from 204 to 205
• Nick Jr. Too moves from 205 to 206
• CBBC moves from 206 to 207
• CBeebies moves from 207 to 208
• Cartoon Network moves from 208 to 209
• Boomerang moves from 209 to 210
• Cartoonito moves from 210 to 211
• BabyTV moves from 211 to 212

Friday 10th

• Sky Family (Satellite 306/850 - Glass 306) renames to WizardingWorld/WizardingWldHD

Useful links

TV channel list on Sky Glass

Channels available on Sky Go

Sky TV channels on PlayStation and Xbox

Sky Glass Playlist explained 

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Wednesday 8th

• Sky Kids launches into the EPG - (Satellite 609, Sky Glass UK 203, Sky Glass ROI 202)
• Baby TV (609) moves to 626 on Satellite

hi i thought sky kids was launching next week not  tomorrow thanks 
@Chloe-W22 

[smurph69]

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Wednesday 8th

• Sky Kids launches into the EPG - (Satellite 609, Sky Glass UK 203, Sky Glass ROI 202)
• Baby TV (609) moves to 626 on Satellite

hi i thought sky kids was launching next week not  tomorrow thanks 
@Chloe-W22 

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@1Anonymous1

I believe there might be a preview loop ahead of it's launch on Monday (February 13th), just like how Sky Sports Mix was launched.

[Chloe-W22]

Hi @1Anonymous1, this list confirms changes to the Sky EPG so although the content launches next week Sky Kids enters the EPG today🙂

[1Anonymous1]

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@Chloe-W22 wrote:

Hi @1Anonymous1, this list confirms changes to the Sky EPG so although the content launches next week Sky Kids enters the EPG today🙂

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Thank you 

[Anonymous]

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@1Anonymous1 wrote:

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@Chloe-W22 wrote:

Hi @1Anonymous1, this list confirms changes to the Sky EPG so although the content launches next week Sky Kids enters the EPG today🙂

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Thank you 

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The EPG says it launches on Monday 13 February 2023 at 06:00. 

[Ev71]

Is there any chance of getting the new BBC 101 channel to appear at 101 in the Sky Go TV Guide? It's currently sitting at 801 with all the other HD channels (Sky Go doesn't seem to recognise smart swapping).

[1Anonymous1]

@Chloe-W22 Can't wait to see next weeks changes thanks 

[Anonymous]

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@Ev71 wrote:

Is there any chance of getting the new BBC 101 channel to appear at 101 in the Sky Go TV Guide? It's currently sitting at 801 with all the other HD channels (Sky Go doesn't seem to recognise smart swapping).

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Sky Go doesn't recognise HD swap in any region, so short answer is no. I think it doesn't matter for Sky Go as all channels are upscaled to 720p HD regardless if they're SD/HD.

[rscott]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@Ev71 wrote:

Is there any chance of getting the new BBC 101 channel to appear at 101 in the Sky Go TV Guide? It's currently sitting at 801 with all the other HD channels (Sky Go doesn't seem to recognise smart swapping).

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Sky Go doesn't recognise HD swap in any region, so short answer is no. I think it doesn't matter for Sky Go as all channels are upscaled to 720p HD regardless if they're SD/HD.

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It does matter and needs to be addressed because the regional BBC 1 HD channel isn't available at all for remote recording.

[Ev71]

 

It's there... but buried way down at 801 where no one will ever find it. 

Perhaps (on the box's EPG) it's the SD channels that should be by default in the 800s and smart swapped on SD only devices. 

it's certainly annoying when remote recording to the have the top channel missing and the next 4 default to SD. 

 

[1Anonymous1]

so as of wednesday 22nd all regions will be Hd for bbc one so currently the regions that already hd will have HD on 101 and 115 but 115 will be bbc three Hd  so then only  have one bbc one HD at 101 but why doesn't sky go have bbc one hd on 101 why is it still sd makes it hard to record from sky go when not at home is this being looked into thanks @Chloe-W22 

[1Anonymous1]

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@rscott wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@Ev71 wrote:

Is there any chance of getting the new BBC 101 channel to appear at 101 in the Sky Go TV Guide? It's currently sitting at 801 with all the other HD channels (Sky Go doesn't seem to recognise smart swapping).

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Sky Go doesn't recognise HD swap in any region, so short answer is no. I think it doesn't matter for Sky Go as all channels are upscaled to 720p HD regardless if they're SD/HD.

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It does matter and needs to be addressed because the regional BBC 1 HD channel isn't available at all for remote recording.

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sorry just seen this if your logged into sky go and you have HD package on your  account  for sky Q it should recognise it on sky go or it will be hard to record anything on sky go when not at home bbc one HD should be on 101 on sky go even when clicked on record to sky box   tab on sky go thanks 

[1Anonymous1]

also bbc one HD /SD on 101 is missing from tv guide on sky.com so it needs adding back as well 

[Jacklufcfan]

What time do the BBC 1 changes take place at on Tuesday please? Is it overnight, at 6am or at 10am? It's just that I'm looking forward to watching BBC1 Yorkshire HD on 101! Also I've heard that BBC3 HD is to return to 115 - this being the same slot that it had before it closed down in February 2016 of course, is this true?