SKY is making even more TV guide changes this week – including a fun swap for kids.
Parents, check your Sky TV boxes this week because there’s a new family-friendly channel arriving.
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The Sky TV guide gets regular changes as the telly giant tries to keep its service feeling fresh.
This week, there are five different channel changes taking place.
And that includes a major rebranding of the Sky Animation channel.
Normally, you’d find it on channel 305 for Sky Satellite, Sky Glass, and Sky Stream.
But the name of the channel is changing to Kung Fu Panda HD on Friday, September 26.
That means you can expect a TV channel packed with Kung Fu Panda, the hit DreamWorks movie franchise.
There are four Kung Fu Panda movies to date, releasing in 2008, 2011, 2016 and 2024 respectively.
The animated films follow lead character Po Ping, voiced by Jack Black.
He’s a giant panda who is chosen as the Dragon Warrior, and becomes a kung fu master.
Sky notes that this is just a “temporary change”, so it’ll be swapped back at some point in the future.
Of course, that’s not the only Sky TV guide change this week.
Today – that’s Monday, September 22 – the Sky 10s channel was renamed to Sky 20s.
You’ll find that on Sky channel 302, but it’s only a temporary change.
And the Sky DC channel was reverted back to Sky Action after a previous change. That one is on channel 307.
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On Thursday, September 25, Sky will replace the Gems TV SD service with a new Gems TV HD on channel 665 for satellite only.
And a second change taking place on Friday, September 26 will see Sky Cinema Action changing to become Sky Fast.
You’ll be able to find that one on channel 307 on all Sky platforms.
SKY TV GUIDE SWAPS SO FAR – SEPTEMBER 2025
And Sky has already made a number of changes earlier this month.
FIND TELLY FASTER
Want to snap straight to a specific type of content?
The microphone button on your Sky TV remote is surprisingly effective.
There are loads of voice commands that you can try out if you’re hunting for something to watch.
Here’s an official list of search commands from Sky…
- 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]”
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Here’s the full list…
Monday, September 1
- Sky Sports Action (Satellite 412 (ROI 416/878) – Sky Glass/Stream 410) renames to Sky Sports NFL
- Nick Jr. Paw Patrol (Satellite 613 – Glass/Stream 207 Glass) renames to Nick Jr. Peppa (temporary change)
- Nick SpongeBob (Satellite 605 – Glass/Stream 205) renames to Nicktoons (temporary change)
- Sky Lord Of The Rings (Satellite 307/851 – Glass/Stream 307) changes name to Sky Action / Sky Action HD (reverting from a temporary change)
- Sky 80s (Satellite 302 – Glass/Stream 302) renames to Sky 90s / Sky 90s HD (temporary Change)
- Sky Sci-Fi & Horror (Satellite 311 – Glass/Stream 311) renames to Sky Monsters / SkyMonstersHD (temporary change)
- Greyhounds Red Button service closes permanently
Wednesday, September 3
- E4+1 ROI (Satellite 236) closes – UK service replaces it at 236 in Ireland
Thursday, September 4
- GREAT! movies (Satellite 321) rebrands to Great! Mystery (permanent change)
- GREAT! movies HD (Glass/Stream 318) rebrands to Great! Mystery HD (permanent change)
- GREAT! movies+1 (Satellite 322) rebrands to G!Mystery+1 (permanent change)
- GREAT! romance (Satellite 319) renames to Great!Christmas (temporary change)
- GREAT! romance HD (Glass 317) renames to Great! Xmas HD (temporary change)
- G! romance+1 (Satellite 320) renames to Great! Xmas+1 (temporary change)
- TNT Sports 1 SD ROI (Satellite 410/868) closes permanently – HD service remains at 410
Monday, September 8
- Back To School (Satellite 306/850 – Sky Glass/Stream 306) renames to Sky Family/Sky Family HD (reverting from a temporary change)
- Sky 90s (Satellite 302 – Sky Glass/Stream 302) renames to Sky 00s / Sky 00s HD (temporary Change)
- Sky Monsters (Satellite 311 – Sky Glass/Stream 311) renames to Sky ScFi/Horror/Sky ScFi/HorHD (reverting from a temporary change)
- Sky Hits (Satellite 303 – Sky Glass/Stream 303) changes name to Sky Gems/Sky Gems HD (temporary change)
Friday, September 12
- Sky Cinema Action (Satellite 307/851 – Satellite 307) changes name to SkySpider-Man/Spider-Man HD (temporary change)
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Monday, September 15
- E4 Extra ROI launches on satellite only – replaces the UK service at 138
- Sky 00s (Satellite 302 – Sky Glass/Stream 302) renames to Sky 10s / Sky 10s HD (temporary Change)
- Sky Spiderman (Satellite 307/851 – Sky Glass/Stream 307) changes name to Sky Action / Sky Action HD (reverting from a temporary change)
Friday, September 19
- Sky Gems (Satellite 303 – Sky Glass/Stream 303) changes name to Sky Hits HD (reverting from temporary change)
- Sky Cinema Action (Satellite 307/851 – Sky Glass/Stream 307) changes name to Sky DC / Sky DC HD (temporary change)
- Sky Greats (Satellite 304/849 – Sky Glass/Stream 304) renames to Sky Feel Good/SkyFeelGoodHD (temporary change)
Sky will likely make more TV guide announcements – but we won’t find out immediately.
The TV giant usually only reveals upcoming channel swaps for the week ahead.
It’s also worth noting that Sky’s channel swap plans may have changed since the time of writing.
