The 12 Sky channels disappearing FOREVER in Jan – including 40-year-old network

A DOZEN channels have disappeared from Sky boxes over the month of January.

Viewers will have noticed some fan favourite networks axed over the past few weeks, including an iconic music station.

Since the start of the year, Sky has permanently removed 12 channels from air.

Amid a slew of changes, including renaming and replacements, a handful of networks were cut entirely, including a long-standing music channel.

The first set to be axed included four variants of MTV, which first launched in 1981 in the United States.

Four versions of children’s TV favourite Pop were also closed this month.

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All these channels closed on New Year’s Eve before they were removed from Sky on Tuesday, 6 January.

These included: MTV Music, Club MTV, MTV 90s, MTV 80s, Pop/Pop HD Glass, Tiny Pop/ Tiny Pop HD Glass, Pop +1, and Tiny Pop +1.

On the same date, Great! Romance ROI officially closed and was replaced by the UK service.

And the following week, on Monday 12 January, a sports channel was taken off the air.

Racing TV SD closed permanently and was replaced by Racing TV HD.

The next day, on Tuesday 13 January, HGTV AND HGTV +1 both permanently closed.