MILLIONS of Sky customers are being warned they could struggle to find the right channel as major TV changes come in on Tuesday.
Sky is advising people to double check the channel numbers to avoid missing out on their favourite programmes.
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Ahead of the launch of Sky’s new reality channel GREAT! real on March 20, Sky is set to reshuffle their channel numbers on Tuesday, March 19.
The changes all directly affect users of Sky’s next-gen internet based platforms like Sky Glass and Sky Stream.
These changes will affect people in both the UK and in the Republic of Ireland.
It is currently thought that there will be no major changes to Sky satellite users.
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List of changes to Sky Glass/Sky Stream (UK)
- BLAZE – 168 to 169
- PBS America HD – 169 to 170
- Together HD – 170 to 171
- S4C HD – 171 to 172 (in England and Scotland)
- RTÉ One HD – 171 to 172 (Northern Ireland)
- BBC Scotland HD – 172 to 173 (England and Wales)
- RTÉ 2 HD – 172 to 173 (Northern Ireland)
- BBC ALBA HD – 173 to 174 (England and Wales)
- S4C HD – 174 to 175 (Northern Ireland)
- BBC Scotland HD – 175 to 176 (Northern Ireland)
- BBC ALBDA HD – 176 to 177 (Northern Ireland)
The children’s channel Tiny Pop will also be removed from channel 214 (215 in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland), with Pop Max moving to take it’s place.
Some parents were outraged by the change, but the family favourite will live on digitally as a streamed-only service.
List of changes to Sky Glass/Sky Stream (ROI)
- BLAZE – 161 to 162
- PBS America HD – 162 to 163
- Together HD – 163 to 164
On top of these channel changes, GREAT! real will launch on channel 168 in the UK on March 20.
On the same day, GREAT! real will launch on channel 161 in the Republic of Ireland.
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The new reality channel will just be added to the bottom of the list of entertainment channel numbers for satellite users – meaning it will be channel 189.
Satellite users will also see the kid’s show Pop Max taking over Tiny Pop’s slot.
It comes just after Sky reshuffled the sports channels on people’s Sky satellite, Sky Glass and Stream devices both in the UK and Republic of Ireland last month.
The changes happened in multiple stages across six days between Thursday February, 8, and Tuesday February, 13, due to the introduction of Sky Sports Tennis.
Sky Sports Tennis is launching on February, 11, and will see more tennis broadcast than anywhere else by Sky Sports.
They say more than 4,000 matches from 80 tournaments on the ATP and WTA Tours will be shown a year.
And that is in addition to their exclusive live coverage of the US Open.
Sky will also take over channel 412 in the UK after it was vacated by Viaplay Sports 1 in January as they look to sell the Viaplay channels back to Premier Sports.
