SKY customers are days away from the permanent closure of an iconic TV channel.
It’s part of a massive TV guide shake-up that’s being rolled out throughout April.
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On Thursday, April 10, Sky is going to kill off satellite channel 223 (or 224 in Scotland).
That’s Sky History+1, which a Sky employee confirmed “closes permanently” later this week.
Sky History will remain on the service, but its plus-one sister channel will shut down forever.
It comes just days after Sky made a number of channel swaps and closures.
That included the April 2 closure of Sky History 2 HD (although it was retained on SD for satellite, and in HD on Sky Glass and Sky Stream).
The TV giant regularly mixes up its TV guide for a number of reasons.
Sometimes channels are launched temporarily, and then later replaced.
Channels will often be rebranded (like this month’s swap from Sky Gangsters back to its original Sky Thriller HD).
And other times, TV channels will shut down due to lack of interest or because a certain deal has come to an end.
Dozens of swaps have already been made this month, and we have the full list below.
SKY CHANNEL SWAPS IN APRIL SO FAR
Here’s the full list of Sky channel swaps in April so far…
Tuesday, April 1
- U&W HD ROI closes on satellite only – the SD remains at 132
- U&W HD closes on satellite only – the SD remains at 132
- U&Yesterday HD closes on satellite only – the SD remains at 155 – 161 in ROI
- U&Alibi HD moves from 130 to 120 on Glass and Stream only in England, NI and Wales. They remain unchanged in Scotland and ROI
- U&Gold HD moves from 131 to 121 on Glass and Stream only in England, NI and Wales. They remain unchanged in Scotland and ROI
- U&Dave HD moves from 132 to 130 on Glass and Stream only in England, NI and Wales. They remain unchanged in Scotland and ROI
- U&W HD moves from 133 to 131 on Glass and Stream only in England, NI and Wales. They remain unchanged in Scotland and ROI
- U&Drama moves from 134 to 132 on Glass and Stream only in England, NI and Wales. They remain unchanged in Scotland and ROI
- U&Yesterday HD moves from 161 to 133 on Glass and Stream only in England, NI and Wales. They remain unchanged in Scotland and ROI
- U&Eden moves from 162 to 134 on Glass and Stream only in England, NI and Wales. They remain unchanged in Scotland and ROI
- GINX TV HD moves from 419 to 417 on Glass/Stream only in the UK
- MUTV HD moves from 420 to 418 on Glass/Stream only in the UK
- LFCTV HD moves from 421 to 419 on Glass/Stream only in the UK
- Premier Sports 1 HD moves from 419 to 417 on Glass/Stream only in ROI
- Premier Sports 2 HD moves from 420 to 418 on Glass/Stream only in ROI
- GINX TV HD moves from 421 to 419 on Glass/Stream only in ROI
- MUTV HD moves from 422 to 420 on Glass/Stream only in ROI
- LFCTV HD moves from 423 to 421 on Glass/Stream only in ROI
Wednesday, April 2
- TV Warehouse moves from 676 to 673 on satellite only
- Cruise1st.tv moves from 681 to 675 on satellite only
- Sky History 2 HD closes on satellite – the SD moves to 163 in the UK and 168 in ROI and NI – HD channel remains on Glass/Stream
TRY THESE SKY TRICKS!
Got Sky Q? There are some handy tricks worth knowing about…
Find your lost TV remote
If you can’t find your Sky Q remote, don’t panic.
Just press the Sky Q logo on the front of your TV box.
It’s actually a button that will trigger your TV remote’s built-in ringer.
You’ll get 30 seconds of beeping to find where you’ve dropped it. Hint: it’s probably under the sofa cushion.
Search movies by quotes
You might have already used voice search for controlling TV playback – but your remote’s microphone has another clever trick.
It turns out that you can say movie quotes into the remote and Sky will find the film for you.
This is handy if you can’t remember the name of a top movie or show.
Here’s a list of movie quotes to try on Sky.
Save lost recordings
Have you ever deleted something you’d recorded on Sky, only to regret it later?
Or maybe someone in your family removed something without telling you – sparking a massive row.
Don’t panic: you can get them back.
Just go to Recordings > Manage > Deleted and then simply hit Undelete on the item that you want to resurrect.
If you do that, it’ll return to your Recordings section as good as new.
Picture Credit: Sky
Thursday, April 3
- Sky Gangsters (Satellite 309 – Glass/Stream 309) changes name to renames to Sky Thriller HD (reverting from a temporary change)
- Sky Books To Screen (Satellite 302 – Glass/Stream 302) renames to Sky Adventure/ SkyAdventureHD (temporary change)
Friday, April 4
- Sky Family (Satellite 306/850 – Glass/Stream 306) renames to SkyHarryPotter / HarryPotterHD (Temp)
- Sky Hits (Satellite 303 – Glass/Stream 303) changes name to The Hobbit HD (Temporary change)
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Monday, April 7
- Sky The Hobbit (Satellite 303 – Sky Glass/Stream 303) changes name to Sky Hits / Sky Hits HD (reverting from temporary change)
Thursday, April 10
- Sky History+1 (Satellite 223 (224 Scotland)) closes permanently
It’s worth noting that there will likely be more swaps to come.
Sky typically only updates its channel swap lists for the week ahead.
