TELLY obsessives have spotted seven surprise channel changes on their TV screens today.
It has affected millions of Sky and Virgin Media TV customers across Britain.
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Channel Changes
Sky has announced several rebrands that affect Virgin Media watchers with the same channels.
From today, three channels have changed their name in the TV shake-up which will affect Virgin Media TV Viewers.
SkySportsTheLions has rebranded to SkySp Action/SkySp ActionHD, reverting from a previous temporary change.
And in a temporary change, Nick Jr. Too has renamed to Nick Jr. Paw Patrol.
Nicktoons has also been renamed in a temporary change to Nick SpongeBob.
Upcoming Changes
There will be further channel changes on Friday 25th July 2025 that will affect Virgin Media customers.
In a temporary change Sky Sports Action will be renamed to SkySp Lions / SkySp Lions HD.
And reverting from a temporary change – Sky Buddy Films will change its name to Sky Comedy HD
Sky Hits will change to Antiheroes HD in a temporary change.
And Sky Family will be renamed to SkySchoolsOut / SchoolsOutHD.
The reasons behind channel changes
The broadcasting giant typically only announces channel swaps for Sky customers for the week ahead.
These TV guide shake-ups can take place for a number of reasons.
Sometimes Sky will be forced to close channels – either due to a lack of interest, or because the channel operator has decided to pull it.
But Sky doesn’t run all channels broadcast on TV, so some closures are out of their control.
Sky will also rebrand channels due to demand, to test a content type, or to tie in with an event or holiday (like Easter weekend).
The TV titan made dozens of these changes in April, including the permanent closure of several channels.
Shut-down channels included POP Max, POP Max HD, POP Max+1, Sky History+1, and the satellite broadcast of Sky History 2 HD.
