Changes to the Sky TV guide - October 2020

[Chloe-W22]

Thursday 1st

• Disney Jnr HD (607) closes permanently
• Disney Jnr+ (608) closes permanently
• Disney Channel HD (609) closes permanently
• Disney Channel+1 (610) closes permanently
• Disney XD HD (611) closes permanently
• Disney Junior SD (643) closes permanently
• Disney Channel SD (644) closes permanently
• Disney XD SD (645) closes permanently
• CBBC (613) moves to EPG number 607
• CBeebies (614) moves to EPG number 608
• CBBC HD (646) moves to EPG number 643
• CBeebies HD (647) moves to EPG number 644
• BBC Alba (141) moves to EPG number 117 in Scotland only 
• Trace Urban (364) renames to Trace Xmas. Trace Xmas will get you in the festive mood with non-stop Christmas classics and party playlists!

Monday 5th

• Primal Living (670) changes to Gemporia Craft​. Crafting inspiration from the Gemporia Partnership​.​​

Friday 9th

• Now 80s (371) changes name to LENNON80. On his 80th birthday - a 7 day celebration of all things John Lennon. With classic archive shows (one of them long lost), and those Lennon & Beatles tracks that made him one of the world’s greatest.​
• Virgin Media Sport HD (422) rebrands to eir Sport 2 HD in ROI. Live PRO14 Rugby, Allianz Leagues GAA, FA Cup, SSE Airtricity League, Wimbledon, Roland Garros and more. Sign up at eirsport.ie or call 0818203040.

Monday 12th

• Sky Cops & Robbers (302) renames to WizardingWorld/WizardingWldHD. All aboard for a trip to the Wizarding World​​
• SkyHistory2HD (NI & ROI) (196) moves to EPG number 168. This is for NI & ROI regions only. 

Wednesday 14th

• Baby TV (612) moves to EPG number 609​.

Friday 16th

• LENNON80. (371) changes name back to Now 80s. Your eighties party channel - 24/7. Expect synth pop, soft rock, leg warmers, lycra and lots of big hair! Classic pop that has stood the test of time.
• Nick Jr. Too (620) changes name to NickJrPAWPatrol. They're back! By public demand, we're celebrating the pups of PAW Patrol again with non-stop rescues, non-stop adventures, and non-stop pawsome antics all month long!

Monday 19th

• Sky Family (306) renames to Sky Adventure/ SkyAdventureHD. Take an epic journey with a channel dedicated to a whole world of adventure​

Tuesday 20th

• 5 x regional ITV HD launches (103/803)

• ITV HD (Yorkshire East) 
• ITV HD (Central East)
• ITV HD (Anglia West)
• ITV HD (Meridian North)
• ITV HD (Meridian South)​

• ITV closures - 4 x SD  regions (103)

• ITV Border England SD closes - ITV Border Scotland SD replaces it
• ITV Anglia West SD closes - ITV Anglia East SD replaces it
• ITV Meridian North SD closes - ITV Meridian South SD replaces it
• ITV Yorkshire East SD closes - ITV Yorkshire West SD replaces it

• ITV closures - 6 x ITV+1s (203)

• ITV+1 Anglia closes - replaced by ITV+1 Meridian
• ITV+1 West closes - replaced by ITV+1 Central
• ITV+1 Tyne Tees closes - replaced by ITV+1 Granada
• ITV+1 W Country closes - replaced by ITV+1 Central
• ITV+1 Wales closes - replaced by ITV+1 Central
• ITV+1 Yorkshire closes - replaced by ITV+1 Granada

• 5 x ITV HDs close at (176)

• ITV Anglia East HD closes at 176
• ITV London HD closes at 176
• ITV Central West closes at 176
• ITV Meridian East HD closes at 176
• ITV Yorkshire West HD closes at 176
• ITV Border England HD REMAINS

Thursday 22nd

• Boomerang+1 (618) moves to EPG number 611
• Cartoonito (619) moves to EPG number 610
• CITV (621) moves to EPG number 612​

Friday 23rd

• Sky Sci-Fi & Horror (312) swaps EPG numbers with Sky Greats (304)

Saturday 24th

• Sky Sci-Fi & Horror (304) renames to Sky Halloween/SkyHalloweenHD. Spines will chill, skin will crawl and hearts will pound on this channel. Not for the faint-hearted​
• Movies24 (325) renames to Christmas24 ​. A TV box of delights opens up as Christmas 24 sprinkles some seasonal magic on festive viewing for all the family. Enjoy our movie Christmas crackers all day every day...
• Movies24+ (326) renames to Christmas24+. A TV box of delights opens up as Christmas 24+  sprinkles some seasonal magic on festive viewing for all the family. Enjoy our movie Christmas crackers all day every day...

Monday 26th

• Sky Wizarding (302​) renames to SkyHarryPotter / HarryPotterHD​. All aboard for a trip to the Wizarding World.​
• Sky Adventure (306) renames to Sky Spooky/Sky Spooky HD. Send shivers down your spine with a collection of family frighteners that go bump in the night.

[TimmyBGood]

[MarcusAA88]

Hi,

Will sky be making any adjustments to the kids package to compensate for the loss of channels?

thanks

[Mark39]

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@MarcusAA88 wrote:

Will sky be making any adjustments to the kids package to compensate for the loss of channels?

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No. It's covered in the terms and conditions you signed up to.

[Anonymous]

Apparently RTÉ Jr is supposed to move to 609 as well for viewers in NI. Can you confirm if this is indeed happening on 1st October with the Disney channel closures?

[smurph69]

Wonder what broadcasters will pick up the channel slots left by Disney? I can only hope those buying them won't use it for yet another +1 channel (we're in 2020!), but teen focused station is needed!

[Anonymous]

It's now the 1st October, shouldn't this thread be stickied and not the September one?

[Colin1978]

The new channel numbers for CBBC, CBBC HD, CBeebies and CBeebies HD seem to be incorrect on your post. We are seeing CBBC HD on 607 and CBeebies HD on 608. 

[Anonymous]

That's the standard numbers as you have the HD pack, if you were an SD only subscriber, they would be the other way round as per the OP. 

[jwdl11613]

Hi,

Is LENNON80 (channel 371) available on skygo?

I cannot see it.

Many thanks,

Pete

[caesarome]

No it isn't available on Sky Go @jwdl11613  as not all channels are.

[ozsat]

After this morning changes - hre on Oxford- ITVHD is now on 803 (done a reboot).  Should be on 103 according to all sources.

We had correct SD sub-region on 103 and wrong HD sub-region on 176.

Not have incorrect SD sub-region on 103 and correct HD sub-region on 803.

[TrevorRB1962]

so does this ean we can't get Anglia ITV on plus one anymore, doesnt really make any sense to replace it with Meridian?

[TimmyBGood]

@TrevorRB1962 

The model of competing 'regions' for ITV is a relic of the 1950s, and was largely a political stitch-up to prevent a unified rival to the BBC emerging from the 'uncouth' commercial sector: it's frankly a bit of an anomaly these days.

[ozsat]

ITV closed Anglia +1  -  it is only the local news and commercials which are different.

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@TrevorRB1962 wrote:

so does this ean we can't get Anglia ITV on plus one anymore, doesnt really make any sense to replace it with Meridian?

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