Note: This list details the EPG changes on Sky+HD & Sky Q boxes in the UK & (Republic of) Ireland. Other channels that may be mentioned elsewhere are not included in this list.

Key

Example	Description
Launch	Channel that has launched or temporarily launched on the EPG
Removal	Channel that has been removed or temporarily removed from the EPG
Rename	Channel that has been renamed or temporarily renamed on the EPG
Reversion	Channel that was using a temporary name that has reverted to its previous name
Restoration	Channel that was relaunched or restored to the EPG after being removed.
Move	Channel that has been moved to another EPG number.

Date	EPG No. HD boxes	EPG No. SD boxes	Channel name	Type of change	New EPG number HD boxes	New EPG number SD boxes	New channel name	Region (UK & Ireland unless stated)	Notes
January ↑↑ Return to top ↑↑
01/01/21	303	844	Sky Cinema Christmas HD	Reversion			Sky Cinema Drama HD
01/01/21	844	303	Sky Cinema Christmas	Reversion			Sky Cinema Drama
03/01/21	325	325	Christmas 24	Reversion			Movies 24
03/01/21	326	326	Christmas 24 +	Reversion			Movies 24 +
04/01/21	302	302	Sky Cinema Harry Potter HD	Temporary rename			Sky Cinema Feel Good HD
04/01/21	304	845	Sky Cinema Musicals HD	Reversion			Sky Cinema Greats HD
04/01/21	845	304	Sky Cinema Musicals	Reversion			Sky Cinema Greats
04/01/21	359	359	BoXmas	Reversion			The Box	UK
05/01/21	190	190	mytv	Removal					Ceased broadcasting 1 January 2021
05/01/21	303	844	Sky Cinema Drama HD	Move	311	851
05/01/21	844	303	Sky Cinema Drama	Move	851	311
05/01/21	311	311	Sky Cinema Hits HD	Move	303	303
05/01/21	319	319	Sony Movies Christmas	Reversion			Sony Movies Classic
05/01/21	320	320	Sony Movies Christmas +1	Reversion			Sony Movies Classic +1
05/01/21	355	355	MTV Xmas	Reversion			MTV Classic		Christmas programming and on-screen ident already reverted on 28 December 2020
05/01/21	364	364	Trace Xmas	Rename			Trace Hits	UK
05/01/21	408	862	Sky Sports Darts HD	Reversion			Sky Sports Arena HD		On commercial boxes, no HD swap applies and the primary channel is listed at 409 not 408.
05/01/21	862	408	Sky Sports Darts	Reversion			Sky Sports Arena		On commercial boxes, no HD swap applies and the primary channel is listed at 409 not 408.
05/01/21	490	490	BT Sport Box Office HD	Restoration to EPG				UK residential boxes
05/01/21	786	786	Abu Dhabi TV	Removal					Ceased broadcasting 1 January 2021
05/01/21	792	792	Record TV HD	Removal					Ceased broadcasting on Astra 28.2°E
06/01/21	178	178	Discovery Home & Health	Removal
06/01/21	192	192	Discovery Shed	Removal
06/01/21	278	278	Discovery Home & Health +1	Removal
06/01/21	307	847	Sky Cinema Five Star Movies HD	Removal
06/01/21	847	307	Sky Cinema Five Star Movies	Removal
06/01/21	308	848	Sky Cinema Action HD	Move	307	847
06/01/21	848	308	Sky Cinema Action	Move	847	307
06/01/21	309	849	Sky Cinema Comedy HD	Move	308	848
06/01/21	849	309	Sky Cinema Comedy	Move	848	308
06/01/21	310	850	Sky Cinema Thriller HD	Move	309	849
06/01/21	850	310	Sky Cinema Thriller	Move	849	309
06/01/21	311	851	Sky Cinema Drama HD	Move	310	850
06/01/21	851	311	Sky Cinema Drama	Move	850	310
06/01/21	312	312	Sky Cinema Sci Fi & Horror HD	Move	311	311
06/01/21	312	312	Sky Cinema Premiere +1	Restoration to EPG
06/01/21	615	615	Nick Jr. Paw Patrol	Reversion			Nick Jr. Too		EPG name has only been relabelled in the UK
06/01/21	0214	0214	UCB Ireland	Removal
11/01/21	353	353	MTV Base	Move	352	352
11/01/21	355	355	MTV Classic	Move	353	353
11/01/21	358	358	Box Hits	Move	354	354		UK
11/01/21	359	359	The Box	Move	355	355		UK
11/01/21	360	360	Kiss	Move	356	356		UK
11/01/21	361	361	Magic	Move	357	357		UK
11/01/21	362	362	Kerrang!	Move	358	358		UK
11/01/21	364	364	Trace Hits	Move	359	359		UK
11/01/21	365	365	Trace Vault	Move	360	360		UK
11/01/21	368	368	Now 70s	Move	361	361		UK
11/01/21	371	371	Now 80s	Move	362	362		UK
11/01/21	372	372	Now 90s	Move	363	363		UK
11/01/21	373	373	Clubland TV	Move	364	364		UK
11/01/21	376	376	Spotlight TV	Move	365	365
11/01/21	615	615	Nick Jr. Too	Move	613	613
11/01/21	616	616	Pop	Move	614	614
11/01/21	617	617	Tiny Pop	Move	615	615
11/01/21	620	620	Nickelodeon +1	Move	616	616
11/01/21	623	623	RTÉjr	Move	617	617		Ireland
11/01/21	624	624	Tiny Pop +1	Move	618	618
11/01/21	625	625	Pop +1	Move	619	619
11/01/21	626	626	Pop Max	Move	620	620
11/01/21	627	627	Pop Max +1	Move	621	621
11/01/21	628	628	Nick Jr. +1	Move	622	622
11/01/21	629	642	Nickelodeon HD	Move	623	No change		Ireland
11/01/21	630	630	RTÉjr	Move	624	624		Northern Ireland
11/01/21	631	648	Nick Jr. HD	Move	625	No change		Ireland
11/01/21	648	606	Nick Jr.	Move	645	645		UK
11/01/21	606	606	Nick Jr.	Move	No change	645		Ireland
12/01/21	645	645	Nick Jr.	Move	No change	606		UK
12/01/21	606	645	Nick Jr.	Move	No change	606		Ireland
12/01/21	606	648	Nick Jr. HD	Move	No change	645		UK
12/01/21	625	648	Nick Jr. HD	Move	No change	645		Ireland
14/01/21	585	585	Loveworld TV HD	Removal				Ireland	Removed as, following Brexit, channel providers opted for UK only broadcasting licences not for obtaining an Irish/EU broadcasting licences.
14/01/21	673	673	Hochanda	Removal				Ireland
14/01/21	787	787	Ahlulbayt TV	Removal				Ireland
22/01/21	302	302	Sky Cinema Feel Good HD	Temporary rename			Sky Cinema Must See Movies HD
22/01/21	704	704	Star Bharat	Rename			Utsav Bharat		Star-branded channels renamed to avoid confusion with the Star hub that launched on Disney+ a month after the rename took place
22/01/21	705	883	Star Plus HD	Rename			Utsav Plus HD
22/01/21	883	705	Star Plus	Rename			Utsav Plus
22/01/21	717	887	Star Gold HD	Rename			Utsav Gold HD
22/01/21	887	717	Star Gold	Rename			Utsav Gold
28/01/21	181	181	Forces TV	Removal				Ireland	Removed as, following Brexit, channel providers opted for UK only broadcasting licences not for obtaining an Irish/EU broadcasting licences.
28/01/21	0211	0211	BFBS Radio	Removal				Ireland
February ↑↑ Return to top ↑↑
01/02/21	437	437	SportyStuff TV HD	Launch
04/02/21	509	891	CGTN HD	Removal				UK	Licence revoked by Ofcom. Official statement from Ofcom
04/02/21	891	509	CGTN	Removal				UK	Licence revoked by Ofcom. Official statement from Ofcom
09/02/21	772	772	Kanshi TV	Temporary removal
10/02/21	772	772	Kanshi TV	Restoration to EPG
12/02/21	302	302	Sky Cinema Must See Movies HD	Temporary rename			Sky Cinema Harry Potter HD
16/02/21	598	598	Celebration TV	Temporary removal				UK
16/02/21	598	598	Celebration TV	Removal				Ireland	Removed as, following Brexit, channel provider opted for a UK only broadcasting licence not for obtaining an Irish/EU broadcasting licence.
16/02/21	759	759	A1TV	Temporary removal
17/02/21	759	759	A1TV	Restoration to EPG
19/02/21	598	598	Celebration TV	Restoration to EPG				UK
22/02/21	190	190	NTD	Launch
23/02/21	407	861	Sky Sports NFL HD	Temporary removal					Sky Sports Action expected to be replaced by Sky Sports NFL in September 2021. On commercial boxes, no HD swap applies and the primary channel (the SD channel) is listed at 408 not 407.
23/02/21	861	407	Sky Sports NFL	Temporary removal
23/02/21	407	861	Sky Sports Action HD	Restoration to EPG
23/02/21	861	407	Sky Sports Action	Restoration to EPG
23/02/21	783	783	Deen TV	Launch
28/02/21	302	302	Sky Cinema Harry Potter HD	Temporary rename			Sky Cinema Musicals HD
March ↑↑ Return to top ↑↑
01/03/21	149	149	Quest Red	Removal				Ireland	UK adverts.
01/03/21	162	162	HGTV	Removal				Ireland
01/03/21	172	172	DMAX	Removal				Ireland
01/03/21	149	149	Quest Red	Launch				Ireland	Ireland adverts.
01/03/21	162	162	HGTV	Launch				Ireland
01/03/21	172	172	DMAX	Launch				Ireland
01/03/21	187	187	Lifetime	Removal					Lifetime closed on all platforms. Ref
01/03/21	189	189	Animal Planet	Move	178	178		NI, Ireland
01/03/21	289	289	Animal Planet +1	Move	278	278		NI, Ireland
01/03/21	306	846	Sky Cinema Family HD	Temporary rename			Sky Cinema Kids Books HD		For World Book Day 2021
01/03/21	846	306	Sky Cinema Family	Temporary rename			Sky Cinema Kids Books		For World Book Day 2021
01/03/21	310	850	Sky Cinema Drama HD	Temporary rename			Sky Cinema Women in Film HD		For International Women's Day 2021
01/03/21	850	310	Sky Cinema Drama	Temporary rename			Sky Cinema Women in Film		For International Women's Day 2021
01/03/21	760	760	HUM News	Removal
05/03/21	311	311	Sky Cinema Sci Fi & Horror HD	Temporary rename			Sky Cinema Divergent HD
08/03/21	302	302	Sky Cinema Musicals HD	Temporary rename			Sky Cinema Race Against Time HD
08/03/21	306	846	Sky Cinema Kids Books HD	Reversion			Sky Cinema Family HD
08/03/21	846	306	Sky Cinema Kids Books	Reversion			Sky Cinema Family
08/03/21	311	311	Sky Cinema Divergent HD	Reversion			Sky Cinema Sci Fi & Horror HD
08/03/21	405	859	Sky Sports Golf HD	Temporary rename			Sky Sports Players HD		For the 2021 Players Championship
08/03/21	859	405	Sky Sports Golf	Temporary rename			Sky Sports Players		For the 2021 Players Championship
09/03/21	310	850	Sky Cinema Women in Film HD	Reversion			Sky Cinema Drama HD
09/03/21	850	310	Sky Cinema Women in Film	Reversion			Sky Cinema Drama
10/03/21	202	202	RTÉ2 +1	Launch				Ireland
15/03/21	302	302	Sky Cinema Race Against Time HD	Temporary rename			Sky Cinema Superheroes HD
15/03/21	523	523	WION HD (World Is One News)	Launch
15/03/21	662	896	TJC HD	Launch
15/03/21	662	662	TJC	Move	896	No change
16/03/21	405	859	Sky Sports Players HD	Reversion			Sky Sports Golf HD
16/03/21	859	405	Sky Sports Players	Reversion			Sky Sports Golf
22/03/21	773	773	Pitaara	Launch
25/03/21	814	114	Sky Documentaries	Removal				Ireland	UK adverts.
25/03/21	814	114	Sky Documentaries	Launch				Ireland	Irish adverts.
26/03/21	302	302	Sky Cinema Superheroes HD	Temporary rename			Sky Cinema Adventure HD
29/03/21	524	524	Sky News Floyd Case HD	Temporary launch					To broadcast the trial of Derek Chauvin on charges of murdering George Floyd in 2020
April ↑↑ Return to top ↑↑
01/04/21	613	613	Nick Jr. Too	Temporary rename			Nick Jr. Paw Patrol
01/04/21	673	673	Hochanda	Rename			The Craft Store	UK
01/04/21	974	974	Channel 4 (Audio description)	Removal				UK outside London	These channels were originally included on these numbers outside London to provide audio description (AD) services for Channel 4/+1. Channel 4 have now made AD available in all advertising regions on 104/204 (108/208 in Wales) so they were removed from 974/975. Channel 4 AD was already available in the London advertising region on 104/204/804 before the change (and therefore not included on 974/975 in that region).
01/04/21	975	975	Channel 4 +1 (Audio description)	Removal				UK outside London
05/04/21	405	859	Sky Sports Golf HD	Temporary rename			Sky Sports Masters HD		Sky Sports Masters
05/04/21	859	405	Sky Sports Golf	Temporary rename			Sky Sports Masters		Sky Sports Masters
08/04/21	820	122	Sky Arts	Removal				Ireland	UK adverts.
08/04/21	820	122	Sky Arts	Launch				Ireland	Irish adverts.
08/04/21	893	130	Sky Nature	Removal				Ireland	UK adverts.
08/04/21	893	130	Sky Nature	Launch				Ireland	Irish adverts.
08/04/21	173	173	BET	Removal					Closed due to content moving to My5 and Pluto TV
10/04/21	302	302	Sky Cinema Adventure HD	Temporary rename			Sky Cinema Oscars HD
13/04/21	803	103	ITV Anglia East	Removal				Essex Norfolk West Anglia	Local SD versions of ITV and UTV +1 removed in noted regions. ITV Central West SD, ITV Granada SD, ITV Meridian East SD or ITV +1 Granada replaced these regional versions, as shown. ITV HD channels unaffected.
			ITV Central East					East Midlands
			ITV Tyne Tees					Tyne North Yorkshire Tees
			ITV Yorkshire West					North West Yorkshire Humber Sheffield Scarborough North East Midlands South Yorkshire
			ITV West					HTV West Gloucester
			ITV Westcountry					Westcountry West Dorset
			ITV Meridian South					Meridian South Brighton Meridian North
	203	203	UTV +1					Northern Ireland
	231	231	ITVBe +1					UK
	803	103	ITV Granada	Launch				North West Yorkshire Tyne North Yorkshire Humber Sheffield Scarborough North East Midlands Tees South Yorkshire
			ITV Central West					HTV West Westcountry East Midlands Gloucester West Dorset
			ITV Meridian East					Essex Meridian South Norfolk West Anglia London/Thames Valley Meridian North
	203	203	ITV +1 Granada					Northern Ireland
	405	859	Sky Sports Masters HD	Reversion			Sky Sports Golf HD
	859	405	Sky Sports Masters	Reversion			Sky Sports Golf
22/04/21	524	524	Sky News Floyd Case HD	Removal
26/04/21	407	861	Sky Sports Action HD	Temporary rename			Sky Sports NFL HD
26/04/21	861	407	Sky Sports Action	Temporary rename			Sky Sports NFL
30/04/21	183	183	Vice	Removal
30/04/21	164	164	Blaze	Temporary move	187	187		Channel Islands	To prevent the slot from no longer being available for usage after Lifetime's closure (which would eventually be bought for That's TV Gold)
May ↑↑ Return to top ↑↑
01/05/21	302	302	Sky Cinema Oscars HD	Temporary rename			Sky Cinema Must See Movies HD
03/05/21	613	613	Nick Jr. Paw Patrol	Temporary rename			Nick Jr. Peppa
05/05/21	708	708	Republic Bharat	Removal
06/05/21	195	195	BEN	Removal
08/05/21	407	861	Sky Sports NFL HD	Reversion			Sky Sports Action HD
08/05/21	861	407	Sky Sports NFL	Reversion			Sky Sports Action
14/05/21	302	302	Sky Cinema Must See Movies HD	Temporary rename			Sky Cinema Fast & Furious HD
17/05/21	184	184	Hi-Impact TV	Temporary removal
17/05/21	674	674	Jewellery Maker	Temporary rename			Shopping Quarter
21/05/21	184	184	Hi-Impact TV	Restoration to EPG
25/05/21	157	157	Sony Channel	Rename			GREAT! tv		Sony-branded channel rebranding due to acquisition by Narrative Capital Partners LLC
25/05/21	257	257	Sony Channel +1	Rename			GREAT! tv +1
25/05/21	319	319	Sony Movies Classic	Rename			GREAT! movies classic
25/05/21	320	320	Sony Movies Classic +1	Rename			GREAT! movies classic +1
25/05/21	321	321	Sony Movies	Rename			GREAT! movies
25/05/21	322	322	Sony Movies +1	Rename			GREAT! movies +1
25/05/21	323	323	Sony Movies Action	Rename			GREAT! movies action
25/05/21	324	324	Sony Movies Action +1	Rename			GREAT! movies action +1
28/05/21	302	302	Sky Cinema Fast & Furious HD	Temporary rename			Sky Cinema Musicals HD
31/05/21	613	613	Nick Jr. Peppa	Reversion			Nick Jr. Too
June ↑↑ Return to top ↑↑
01/06/21	515	515	GB News HD	Launch					Placeholder initially. Programming fully started on 13 June 2021
01/06/21	515	515	TVC News	Move	524	524
01/06/21	518	518	Channels 24	Removal				Ireland	Channel provider opted for UK only broadcasting licence following Brexit rather than obtaining an Irish/EU licence.
01/06/21	794	794	Colors Gujarati	Launch
03/06/21	674	674	Shopping Quarter	Reversion			Jewellery Maker
06/06/21	302	302	Sky Cinema Musicals HD	Temporary rename			Sky Cinema Gangsters HD
19/06/21	307	847	Sky Cinema Action HD	Temporary rename			Sky Cinema Jurassic HD
19/06/21	847	307	Sky Cinema Action	Temporary rename			Sky Cinema Jurassic
21/06/21	302	302	Sky Cinema Gangsters HD	Temporary rename			Sky Cinema Feel Good HD
21/06/21	307	847	Sky Cinema Jurassic HD	Reversion			Sky Cinema Action HD
21/06/21	847	307	Sky Cinema Jurassic	Reversion			Sky Cinema Action

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