Changes to the TV Guide - January 2026

[KevNewMedia]

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.

Thursday 1st January 2026

• Harry Potter (Satellite 306 - Sky Glass/Stream 306) renames to ​​Sky Family HD (reverting from a temporary change)

Friday 2nd January 2026

• Sky Jurassic Park (Satellite 307 - Sky Glass/Stream 307) renames to Sky Action HD (reverting from a temporary change)

Monday 5th January 2026

• ​Sky Exclusives (Satellite 303 - Sky Glass/Stream 303) changes name to Sky Sci-Fi HD (temporary change)
• Sky Favourites (Satellite 304 - Sky Glass/Stream 304) renames to  Sky Greats HD (reverting from a temporary change)
• ​Sky Christmas (Satellite 302 - Sky Glass/Stream 302) renames to BlockbustersHD (temporary change)  
• ​Sky Sci-Fi & Horror (Satellite 311 - Sky Glass/Stream 311) renames to Sky Horror HD (temporary
• Sky Sports Darts (Satellite 407/865 - Sky Glass/Stream 407) renames to SkySp F1/ SkySp F1 HD (reverting from a temporary change)
• Sky Sports Darts UHD (Satellite 857 - Sky Glass/Stream 902) renames to SkySp F1 UHD

Tuesday 6th January 2026

• MTV Music (Satellite 350 - Sky Glass/Stream 350) closed on New Year's Eve - comes off the EPG Jan 6^th
• Club MTV (Satellite 351 - Sky Glass/Stream 351) closed on New Year's Eve - comes off the EPG Jan 6^th
• MTV 90s (Satellite 352 - Sky Glass/Stream 352) closed on New Year's Eve - comes off the EPG Jan 6^th
• MTV 80s (Satellite 353 - Sky Glass/Stream 353) closed on New Year's Eve - comes off the EPG Jan 6^th  
• ​Pop/(Pop HD Glass) (Satellite 613 - Sky Glass/Stream 213) closed on New Year's Eve - comes off the EPG Jan 6^th
• Tiny Pop/(Tiny Pop HD Glass) (Satellite 614 - Sky Glass/Stream 214) closed on New Year's Eve - comes off the EPG Jan 6^th
• Pop+1 (Satellite 617) closes permanently and comes off the EPG on January 6th
• Tiny Pop+1 (Satellite 618) closes permanently and comes off the EPG on January 6th
• Great! Christmas (Satellite 319) renames to Great! Romance
• Great! Xmas HD (Sky Glass/Stream 317) renames to Great! Romance
• Great! Xmas+1 (​​Satellite 320) renames to G! Romance+1
• Great! Romance ROI (Satellite 319 - 317 Sky Glass/Stream) closes and is replaced by the UK service  
• ​Christmas24+ (Satellite 315 - Glass/Stream 314) renames to Movies24+ (reverting from a temporary change)
• ​Christmas24 (Satellite 312 - Glass/Stream 313) renames to Movies24 (reverting from a temporary change)
• That's Christmas (Satellite 360) renames to That's Oldies

Wednesday 7th January 2026

• ​HUM Masala (Satellite 732 - Sky Glass/Stream 720) rebrands permanently to HUM News

Monday 12th January 2026

• Racing TV SD (Satellite 424) closes permanently - Racing TV HD replaces it at 424

Tuesday 13th January 2026

• HGTV (Satellite UK 158 & ROI 162 - Sky Glass & Stream UK 153 & ROI 149) closes permanently
• HGTV +1 (Satellite UK 258 & ROI 262) closes permanently
• TLC SD (Satellite 133/828 & Scotland 134/828) goes free to air - ROI SD variant remains encrypted
• TLC HD (Satellite 133/828 & Scotland 134/828) goes free to air in all territories
• TLC +1 (Satellite 233 & Scotland 234) goes free to air in all territories

Thursday 15th January 2026

• Really +1 launches at 242 in the UK on satellite only
• Quest moves from 144 to 140 in all regions except Scotland on satellite only
• Quest moves from 144 to 141 in Scotland on satellite only
• Quest +1 moves from 244 to 240 in all regions except Scotland on satellite only
• Quest +1 moves from 244 to 241 in Scotland on satellite only
• Food Network moves from 140 to 144 in all regions except Scotland on satellite only
• Food Network moves from 141 to 144 in Scotland on satellite only
• Food Network moves from 154 to 152 in UK on Sky Glass & Stream only
• Food Network moves from 150 to 148 in ROI on Sky Glass & Stream only
• Food Network +1 moves from 240 to 244 in all regions except Scotland on satellite only
• Food Network +1 moves from 241 to 244 in Scotland on satellite only
• Discovery Turbo moves from 161 to 158 in England and Scotland on satellite only
• Discovery Turbo moves from 172 to 158 in NI on satellite only
• Discovery Turbo moves from 172 to 162 in ROI on satellite only
• Discovery Turbo +1 moves from 261 to 258 in England and Scotland on satellite only
• Discovery Turbo +1 moves from 272 to 258 in NI on satellite only
• Discovery Turbo +1 moves from 272 to 262 in ROI on satellite only
• Discovery History moves from 174 to 161 in England and Scotland on satellite only
• Discovery History moves from 174 to 172 in NI and ROI on satellite only
• Discovery History +1 moves from 274 to 261 in England and Scotland on satellite only
• Discovery History +1 moves from 274 to 272 in NI and ROI on satellite only
• ID moves from 141 to 140 in UK on Sky Glass & Stream only
• ID moves from 137 to 136 in ROI on Sky Glass & Stream only
• Animal Planet moves from 140 to 141 in UK on Sky Glass & Stream only
• Animal Planet moves from 136 to 137 in ROI on Sky Glass & Stream only
• Quest Red moves from 151 to 150 in UK on Sky Glass & Stream only
• Quest Red moves from 147 to 146 in ROI on Sky Glass & Stream only
• DMAX move from 152 to 151 in UK on Sky Glass & Stream only
• DMAX moves from 148 to 147 in ROI on Sky Glass & Stream only
• Really moves from 150 to 153 in UK on Sky Glass & Stream only
• Really moves from 146 to 149 in ROI on Sky Glass & Stream only

Friday 16th January 2026

      

• ​Sky Horror HD (Satellite 311 - Sky Glass & Stream 311) renames to Sky ScFi/HorHD (reverting from a temporary change)
• ​Sky Sci-Fi (Satellite 303 - Sky Glass & Stream 303) changes name to TransformersHD (temporary change)
• ​Sky Blockbusters (Satellite 302 - Sky Glass & Stream 302) renames to SkyFeelGoodHD (temporary change)

Monday 19th January 2026

• ​Sky Transformers (Satellite 303 - Sky Glass/Stream 303) changes name to SkyBritHitsHD
• Disney Jr HD moves from 625 to 613 on satellite only

Friday 30th January 2026

• ​Sky Brit Hits (Satellite 303 - Sky Glass/Stream 303) changes name to BuddyFilmsHD (temporary change)

Saturday 31st January 2026

• ​Sky Cinema Action (Satellite 307 - Sky Glass/Stream 307) changes name to Spider-Man HD

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[UT393]

Correct, I'm suggesting that if sky could reduce the music genre originates from 360-367 or somewhere further 540-579 range,  Entertainment & Documentaries Ex-spillover channels 350-399 and Sky Sports Active 480-489 correctly.  🤔

https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussion/comment/97690400#Comment_97690400?utm_source=community-sear...

[UT393]

It would be great, especially if Sky launch a new Yachting tv on their Entertainment genre. 🤔

[Daniel0210]

@UT393 

Yatching is a sport so wouldn't be on a non sport channel. Having said that imo there wouldn't be viewing figures to make such a venture financially viable. 

[Daniel0210]

Or even Yachting 🙄

[UT393]

Moments like these remind me that Kartoon Channel (New Zealand), KidoodleTV, DreamWorks or Moonbug didn't launch. They're probably jumbled together after Disney Channel/XD, POP, Tiny POP, POP Max or CITV got discontinued.

[Marlu-Nyu]

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@KevNewMedia wrote:

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.

[...]

Tuesday 13th January 2026

• HGTV (Satellite UK 158 & ROI 162 - Sky Glass & Stream UK 153 & ROI 149) closes permanently
• HGTV +1 (Satellite UK 258 & ROI 262) closes permanently
• TLC SD (Satellite 133/828 & Scotland 134/828) goes free to air - ROI SD variant remains encrypted
• TLC HD (Satellite 133/828 & Scotland 134/828) goes free to air in all territories
• TLC +1 (Satellite 233 & Scotland 234) goes free to air in all territories

[...]

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I find it very odd that HGTV/HGTV+1 was removed today (13th Jan) when the channel doesn't close until midnight later tonight (01:00 for +1).

[GD1]

@Marlu-Nyu  When they say 13th for example they usually remove at midnight on 12th into the 13th.

But that is normally when the channel has agreed with the relevant parties to end the playout & uplinking.

[UT393]

I imagine it will be a long time until 625 had Disney and then continues moving to 622 still transmitted some 'Kids' genre after 2007 reshuffle. Now 613 is back on Disney Jr.

[UT393]

Ofcom have applied to GTC Punjabi.

[Marlu-Nyu]

Little disappointed TLC HD has been moved to 828 in Ireland and TLC SD in on 133. I get it that the adverts for Ireland are important, but can we have TLC on 347, like with E4 HD, More4 HD, etc.

[UT393]

So that's not an issue really? It just shows Information on 996.

[UT393]

There is a reason why it was a big gap to fill on certain HD/SD channels, have lost both franchises. Apparently being in the same genre and removes 101-999 blank. Was a great idea, if sky had been shuffled up to only unallocate the EPG would look something like this.

Entertainment & Documentaries - 101-199
Entertainment & Documentaries (+1s) - 201-299
Movies - 301-339
Entertainment & Documentaries (HD swap in Ireland) - 340-349
Entertainment & Documentaries (Ex-Overspill) - 350-399
Sports (subscription/FTA) - 401-479
Sports (Active) - 480-489
Sports (PPV) - 490-499
News - 501-539
Music - 540-579
Religion - 580-599
Kids - 601-639
Kids (secondary) - 640-659
Shopping - 660-699
International (Hindi) - 701-730
International (Urdu) - 731-759
International (Punjabi) - 760-776 (unchanged)
International (Bengali) - 777-787 (unchanged)
International - (Other languages) - 788-799 (unchanged)
Secondary - 801- 898
Information - 996-999 unchanged
Adult - 900-939
Adult (Dating) - 940-949
Regional & Interactive - 951-995
Radio - 0101-0249 - unchanged

[Marlu-Nyu]

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@UT393 wrote:

So that's not an issue really? It just shows Information on 996.

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Channel 996 is the Channel Line-Up, an audio accessibility channel for those with vision impairments.

Sky Intro on channels 899, 950 and 998 were removed yesterday (22 Jan). Channel 998 was the default channel that the Sky system would go to when it was powered on for the first time, after a power cut or turned off at the plug. Channels 889 and 950 were channel buffers for the adult section. 

Sky News HD (with adverts for the UK) was added on channel 997 in Ireland. I'm assuming that Luxembourgish law (where UK channels are registered for the EU) or some technical restriction wouldn't allow the system to go to channel 501 as the default channel in Ireland, hence why this was added.

[Marlu-Nyu]

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@UT393 wrote:

There is a reason why it was a big gap to fill on certain HD/SD channels, have lost both franchises. Apparently being in the same genre and removes 101-999 blank. Was a great idea, if sky had been shuffled up to only unallocate the EPG would look something like this.

Entertainment & Documentaries - 101-199
Entertainment & Documentaries (+1s) - 201-299
Movies - 301-339
Entertainment & Documentaries (HD swap in Ireland) - 340-349
Entertainment & Documentaries (Ex-Overspill) - 350-399
Sports (subscription/FTA) - 401-479
Sports (Active) - 480-489
Sports (PPV) - 490-499
News - 501-539
Music - 540-579
Religion - 580-599
Kids - 601-639
Kids (secondary) - 640-659
Shopping - 660-699
International (Hindi) - 701-730
International (Urdu) - 731-759
International (Punjabi) - 760-776 (unchanged)
International (Bengali) - 777-787 (unchanged)
International - (Other languages) - 788-799 (unchanged)
Secondary - 801- 898
Information - 996-999 unchanged
Adult - 900-939
Adult (Dating) - 940-949
Regional & Interactive - 951-995
Radio - 0101-0249 - unchanged

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I don't know if this is still true, but Sky rent out or allows companies to buy their EPG space. So, this is possibly a reason when the That's TV and Now music channels haven't moved up yet. However, we don't get to decide our channel numbers for Sky, except for Favourites.