Harry Potter Removed

[12bebowles]

I was halfway through watching the Harry Potter movies when I discovered that they have been removed from the Sky Ho app completely. Everywhere online says that they should still be on there. Does anyone know where they have gone and/or which streaming service has bought the rights to it? 

[caesarome]

Amazon or Netflix would be a starting point as these films are only availble on any of these services including like Sky for a limited time.

[nolte · Accepted solution]

As per post in this thread https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/What-s-On/Harry-Potter/m-p/4229815#M134927

these expired on  27th February 2023 so they are gone from on demand for the time being at least.

[Heather+KW]

The Harry Potter channel seems to have disappeared, does anyone know why or know when it's coming back?

[MightyQuinn]

Hi @Heather+KW   I'm afraid that nobody here can answer your question but viewer relations may help viewerR@sky.uk .

[oldfella]

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@Heather+KW wrote:

The Harry Potter channel seems to have disappeared, does anyone know why or know when it's coming back?

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Hi @Heather+KW 

This change has recently happened 

Tuesday 28th

• Sky Wizarding World (Satellite 306/850 - Glass 306) ​ renames Sky Kids Books and SkyKidsBooksHD

See the What's On forum

https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/What-s-On/bd-p/sky_programmingchannels 

[nigea99]

hi @Heather+KW 

'Themed' SKY Cinema Channels are usually on set up for a few weeks (I am not to sure how many but probably around a month)

Any particular theme is only likely to be done once a year - although I admit I have no specific analysis for that

You should also be aware that the rights to films also come & go so when the 'Themed' channel is renamed it is possible that the films that were shown may not be available via SKY Cinema to download until SKY acquire the rights again

[Antokram]

Sky lost the rights to the Harry Potter films on February 27

[nolte]

They had in recent times tended to do this theme in period like when children were off school, so mid term breaks, summer holidays, Christmas

The sky rights on Harry potter expired for the time being on 27th February 2023.

I'm not sure when the movies will return sky cinema

[Thomas+DB]

Yeah, was also watching the Harry Potter series and just started half blood prince when they went off 🤬🤯 some notice might have been nice considering what sky charge us for TV. 
shocking service, but nowt new there 😂

[Annie+UK]

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@Thomas+DB wrote:

Yeah, was also watching the Harry Potter series and just started half blood prince when they went off 🤬🤯 some notice might have been nice considering what sky charge us for TV. 
shocking service, but nowt new there 😂

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Sky do give you notice, the expriy date/time is shown in the synopsis of a programme/movie

[Mark39]

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@Thomas+DB wrote:

Yeah, was also watching the Harry Potter series and just started half blood prince when they went off 🤬🤯 some notice might have been nice considering what sky charge us for TV. 
shocking service, but nowt new there 😂

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Depending on the platform, Sky do tell you when an On Demand will expire, but you have to check yourself. There's no popup reminder

[Chloe-W22]

Unfortunately, the license to the Harry Potter movies has expired for now and we don't have any information on when this will be returning 😔 Although I remember this happening some time ago and they actually returned within a matter of days, so we'll see!

I'm getting my Harry Potter fix through Hogwarts Legacy at the minute⚡

[TimmyBGood]

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@Chloe-W22 wrote:

I'm getting my Harry Potter fix through Hogwarts Legacy at the minute⚡

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And for those who still use optical disk players, the going price for a charity shop DVD is 50p and a whole round pound for a Blu-ray: some kind of natural law dictates there's at least one HP movie in every such shop in the country.

[CardiffMan1992]

@Chloe-W22 

Haha that game is good indeed i've spent 60-65 hours on it so far haha and this is coming from someone who has never watched Harry Potter ever.