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Past EPG changes
These are list of past EPG changes for both the UK & Ireland for the respective year shown:
1982 to 1999 - 2000
2001 - 2002 -
2003 - 2004 -
2005 - 2006 -
2007 - 2008 -
2009 - 2010
2011 - 2012 -
2013 - 2014 -
2015 - 2016 -
2017 - 2018 -
2019 - 2020
2021
Near-future EPG changes (UK & Ireland)
Key
| Example | Description |
|---|---|
| Launch | Channel due to be launched or temporarily launched on the EPG |
| Removal | Channel due to be removed or temporarily removed from the EPG |
| Rename | Channel due to be renamed or temporarily renamed on the EPG |
| Reversion | Channel is currently using a temporary name that is due to revert to its previous name |
| Restoration to EPG | Channel due to be relaunched or restored to the EPG after being removed. |
| Move | Channel due to be moved to another EPG number. |
Confirmed changes
This list consists of confirmed changes that are due to occur within the next 12 months.
| Date | Channel No. HD boxes | Channel No. SD boxes | Channel name | Type of change | New channel number HD boxes | New channel number SD boxes | New channel name | Region (UK & Ireland unless stated) | Testing info | References/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/08/21 | 302 | 302 | Sky Cinema Magic HD | Temporary rename | Sky Cinema Road Movies HD | Sky EPG changes August | ||||
| 01/08/21 | 303 | 303 | Sky Cinema Megahits HD | Reversion | Sky Cinema Hits HD | |||||
| 11/08/21 | 407 | 861 | Sky Sports The Lions HD | Reversion | Sky Sports Action HD | Lions pop up channel | ||||
| 11/08/21 | 861 | 407 | Sky Sports The Lions | Reversion | Sky Sports Action | |||||
| 01/09/21 | 106 | 806 | Sky One HD | Removal | Sky entertainment channel changes from 1 September. | |||||
| 806 | 106 | Sky One | Removal | |||||||
| 106 | 806 | Sky Showcase HD | Launch | |||||||
| 806 | 106 | Sky Showcase | Launch | |||||||
| 113 | 813 | Sky Comedy HD | Move | 114 | 814 | UK excluding Wales | ||||
| 114 | 115 | Wales | ||||||||
| 342 | No change | Ireland | ||||||||
| 813 | 113 | Sky Comedy | Move | 814 | 114 | UK excluding Wales | ||||
| 114 | 115 | Wales | ||||||||
| 113 | 113 | 114 | 114 | Ireland | ||||||
| 113 | 813 | Sky Max HD | Launch | UK excluding Wales; Ireland | ||||||
| 114 | Wales | |||||||||
| 813 | 113 | Sky Max | Launch | UK excluding Wales; Ireland | ||||||
| 114 | Wales | |||||||||
| 114 | 814 | Sky Documentaries HD | Move | 121 | 819 | UK excluding Wales; Ireland | ||||
| 115 | Wales | |||||||||
| 814 | 114 | Sky Documentaries | Move | 819 | 121 | UK excluding Wales; Ireland | ||||
| 115 | Wales | |||||||||
| 121 | 819 | Sky Crime HD | Move | 122 | 820 | |||||
| 819 | 121 | Sky Crime | Move | 820 | 122 | |||||
| 122 | 820 | Sky Arts HD | Move | 130 | 821 | |||||
| 820 | 122 | Sky Arts | Move | 821 | 130 | |||||
| 206 | 206 | Sky One +1 | Removal | |||||||
| 206 | 206 | Sky Showcase +1 | Launch | |||||||
| 221 | 221 | Sky Crime +1 | Move | 222 | 222 | |||||
| ??/??/21 | 421 | 421 | eir Sport 1 HD | Removal | Ireland | eir Sport channels to cease broadcasting later this year | ||||
| ??/??/21 | 5xx | 5xx | CGTN | Restoration to EPG | Testing: Freq: 11306 H DVB-S2 8PSK 27.5 2/3 Label: 52275 |
CGTN to return within weeks | RXTV info | ||||
| ??/??/21 | 707 | 707 | Zee Cinema | Removal | ZEE TV & ZEE Cinema closure in UK | |||||
| ??/??/21 | 709 | 709 | Zee TV | Removal | ||||||
| ??/01/22 | 1xx | 8xx | BBC Three HD | Relaunch | UK | BBC Three to return to TV | ||||
| Launch | Ireland | |||||||||
| ??/01/22 | 8xx | 1xx | BBC Three | Relaunch | ||||||
| ??/??/?? | 7xx | 7xx | Politics Punjab TV | Launch | Testing: Freq: 11538 V DVB-S QPSK 22 5/6 Label: 22604 |
New channel Politics Punjab TV obtains Ofcom licence (sic) |
Unconfirmed changes
This list consists of changes that will occur within the next 12 months but where the dates are unconfirmed.
| Date | Channel No. HD boxes | Channel No. SD boxes | Channel name | Type of change | New channel number HD boxes | New channel number SD boxes | New channel name | Region (UK & Ireland unless stated) | Testing info | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/08/21 | 307 | 847 | Sky Cinema Misfits HD | Reversion | Sky Cinema Action HD | |||||
| 02/08/21 | 847 | 307 | Sky Cinema Misfits | Reversion | Sky Cinema Action | |||||
| 02/08/21 | 613 | 613 | Nick Jr. Paw Patrol | Temporary rename | Nick Jr. Peppa | |||||
| 09/08/21 | 983 | 983 | Eurosport 3 HD | Removal | Estimated to occur on 9 August 2021 (day after the closing ceremony of 2020 Summer Olympics) or shortly afterwards. | |||||
| 09/08/21 | 984 | 984 | Eurosport 4 HD | |||||||
| 09/08/21 | 985 | 985 | Eurosport 5 HD | |||||||
| 09/08/21 | 986 | 986 | Eurosport 6 HD | |||||||
| 09/08/21 | 987 | 987 | Eurosport 7 HD | |||||||
| 09/08/21 | 988 | 988 | Eurosport 8 HD | |||||||
| 09/08/21 | 989 | 989 | Eurosport 9 HD | |||||||
| 10/08/21 | 981 | 982 | BBC Red Button HD (BBC Red Button 1 HD) |
UK | ||||||
| 10/08/21 | 982 | 981 | BBC Red Button 1 | Move | 981 | No change | UK | |||
| 23/08/21 | 404 | 858 | Sky Sports The Hundred HD | Reversion | Sky Sports Cricket HD | |||||
| 23/08/21 | 858 | 404 | Sky Sports The Hundred | Reversion | Sky Sports Cricket | |||||
| ??/08/21 | 302 | 302 | Sky Cinema Road Movies HD | Temporary rename | Sky Cinema ? HD | |||||
| 01/09/21 | 613 | 613 | Nick Jr. Peppa | Temporary rename | Nick Jr. Paw Patrol | |||||
| 01/10/21 | 613 | 613 | Nick Jr. Paw Patrol | Reversion | Nick Jr. Too |