Sky channels ‘permanently closing’ this week as dozens of TV changes revealed

SKY has revealed dozens of TV guide changes – including a few permanent channel closures.

The massive shake-up was revealed on Sunday by a Sky employee who shared all of the channel changes for the week ahead.

Just last week, we revealed the first two changes of 2026: the replacement of Sky Harry Potter and Jurassic Park with Sky Family HD and Action HD respectively.

Now the full list of changes running through to January 7, 2026 has been revealed, revealing a move away from Christmas and end-of-year programming.

It includes several temporary changes , including Sky Exclusives beocming Sky Sci-Fi.

But it also features several temporary changes reverting, including Sky Sports Darts switching back to SkySp F1.

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In terms of closures, the following channels all closed on New Year’s Eve, but will come off the TV guide on January 6:

• MTV Music
• Club MTV
• MTV 90s
• MTV 80s
• Pop
• Tiny Pop

And these channels will close permanently on January 6:

But there are plenty more TV channel swaps to chew over.

JANUARY 2026 SKY TV GUIDE CHANGES

Here’s the full list of January changes that we know about…

Thursday, January 1

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

Friday, January 2

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

Monday, January 5

• ​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

HOW TO SEARCH WITH SKY VOICE REMOTE

Here are some easy commands to try out…

Search for specified movie – “[Movie title]”

Search for specified programme – “[Programme title]”

Search for content which stars specified actor – “[Actor name]”

Search for content directed by specified director – “[Director name]”

Search for movies within specified genre – “[Movie genre]”

Search for sport content within specified genre. Genres include football, F1, Rugby Union, Cricket, and Rugby League – “[Sport genre]”

Search specific channel – “[Channel name]”

Search for movies with a specific star rating – “[x] star movies” “movies rated [x] stars”

Search for content with specified picture format. Picture format includes SD, HD, and Ultra HD – “[Picture format]”

Search for sports, teams or competitions – “[Sport Name]”, “[Team Name]”, “[Competition Name]”

Tuesday, January 6

• 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

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Wednesday, January 7

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

Of course, we can expect even more changes as January progresses.

Sky only announces its channel swaps for the week ahead, so we still don’t know what’s going to happen in the mid-to-late January.

And then we can still expect a full year of channel swaps, with busy periods tied to seasonal events like Valentine’s Day, Easter, the summer holidays, and the festive season.