List of line-up changes on Sky (UK and Ireland) in 2023

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

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Key

Example	Description
Launch	Channel due to be launched on the EPG
Relaunch	Channel due to relaunch to the EPG after being removed.
Temporary launch	Channel due to be temporarily launched on the EPG
Removal	Channel due to be removed from the EPG
Temporary removal	Channel due to be temporarily removed from the EPG
Rename	Channel due to be renamed on the EPG
Temporary rename	Channel due to be 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 restored to the EPG after being removed.
Move	Channel due to be moved to another EPG number.
Temporary move	Channel due to be moved temporarily to another EPG number.

EPG Changes

HD prominence is used in this table. "Service" refers to Sky Glass or Sky+HD/Q. ("Sky+HD/Q" refers to Sky Q, Sky+ HD, Sky+ and Sky Digiboxes)

January

Date	Region (UK & Ireland unless stated)	Service (Sky Glass & Sky+HD/Q unless stated)	Current EPG number	Current channel name	Type of change	New EPG number	New channel name	References/Notes
01/01/23		Satellite	303	Sky Cinema Christmas HD	Reversion		Sky Cinema Drama HD
03/01/23			304	Sky Cinema Greats HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema British Icons HD
		Satellite	849	Sky Cinema Greats SD			Sky Cinema British Icons SD
	UK	Satellite	359	Trace Xmas SD	Reversion		Trace Hits SD
04/01/23			408	Sky Sports Darts HD	Reversion		Sky Sports Arena HD
		Satellite	866	Sky Sports Darts SD			Sky Sports Arena SD
05/01/23	NI	Satellite	115	BBC Two HD (Network - Eng & Scot)	Move	970
	Ireland		347		Removal
	NI		102	BBC Two HD (Northern Ireland)	Launch
	Eng, Wales, Scot		970
	Ire		142
	NI		102	BBC Two SD (Northern Ireland)	Move	802
	Ire		142			844
	NI		117	BBC Three HD		115
			171	Smithsonian Channel HD	Removal
	UK	OTT	167
	Ire		159
		Satellite	843	Smithsonian Channel SD
			175	ARISEPlay SD	Restoration to EPG
			303	Sky Cinema Drama HD	Move	310
			310	Sky Cinema Hits HD		303
		Satellite	319	GREAT! movies christmas SD	Rename		GREAT! romance SD
			320	GREAT! movies christmas +1			GREAT! romance +1
	UK		355	BoXmas SD	Reversion		The Box SD
	UK	Satellite	366	Classic Hits SD	Rename		That's 60s SD
			679	Thane SD	Removal
06/01/23		Satellite	325	Christmas 24 SD	Reversion		Movies 24 SD
		OTT	313
		Satellite	326	Christmas 24+ SD			Movies 24+ SD
		OTT	314
10/01/23	UK & Ire (Residential)	Satellite	490	BT Sport Box Office HD	Restoration to EPG
	Ire (Commercial)
13/01/23			302	Sky Cinema Wizarding World HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Feel Good HD
			303	Sky Cinema Hits HD			Sky Cinema Twilight HD
			311	Sky Cinema Sci-Fi & Horror HD			Sky Cinema Dystopia HD
			304	Sky Cinema British Icons HD	Temporary move	311
			311	Sky Cinema Dystopia HD		304
16/01/23			311	Sky Cinema British Icons HD	Reversion		Sky Cinema Greats HD
		Satellite	849	Sky Cinema British Icons SD			Sky Cinema Greats SD
			303	Sky Cinema Twilight HD			Sky Cinema Hits HD
	UK	Satellite	366	That's 60s SD	Move	365
			366	That's 80s SD	Launch
17/01/23	West Anglia, Tring	Satellite	101	BBC One SD (East (West))	Removal
	UK (not West Anglia, Tring)		962
	West Anglia, Tring	OTT	101	BBC One HD (East (West))
	UK (not West Anglia, Tring)		8009
	Henley On Thames, Oxford	Satellite	101	BBC One SD (Oxfordshire)
	UK (not Henley On Thames, Oxford)		965
	Henley On Thames, Oxford	OTT	101	BBC One HD (Oxfordshire)
	UK (not Henley On Thames, Oxford)		8012
	West Anglia, Tring)	Satellite	101	BBC One SD (East (East))	Rename		BBC One SD (East)
	UK (not West Anglia, Tring)		961
	West Anglia, Tring)	OTT	101	BBC One HD (East (East))			BBC One HD (East)
	UK (not West Anglia, Tring)		8008
	West Anglia, Tring	Satellite	961	BBC One SD (East)	Move	101
		OTT	8008	BBC One HD (East)
	Henley On Thames, Oxford	Satellite	964	BBC One SD (South)		101
		OTT	8011	BBC One HD (South)
18/01/23	UK	Satellite	118	ITV2 SD	Move	816		Auto-swapped without HD subscription
			119	ITV3 SD		817
			120	ITV4 SD		818
			816	ITV2 HD		118
			817	ITV3 HD		119
			818	ITV4 HD		120
19/01/23			304	Sky Cinema Dystopia HD	Reversion		Sky Cinema Sci-Fi & Horror HD
			311	Sky Cinema Greats HD	Move	304
			304	Sky Cinema Sci-Fi & Horror HD		311
23/01/23	UK, excl. Scotland	OTT	8017	BBC One Scotland HD	Move (& unhide from EPG)	951
	UK, excl. Wales		8018	BBC One Wales HD		952
	UK, excl. NI		8019	BBC One Northern Ireland HD		953
	UK, excl. London		8001	BBC One London HD		954
	UK, excl. North East & Cumbria		8002	BBC One North East & Cumbria HD		955
	UK, excl. Yorkshire		8003	BBC One Yorkshire HD		956
	UK, excl. Yorkshire & Lincolnshire		8004	BBC One Yorkshire & Lincolnshire HD		957
	UK, excl. North West		8005	BBC One North West HD		958
	UK, excl. West Midlands		8006	BBC One West Midlands HD		959
	UK, excl. East Midlands		8007	BBC One East Midlands HD		960
	UK, excl. East		8008	BBC One East HD		961
	UK, excl. South East		8010	BBC One South East HD		963
	UK, excl. South		8011	BBC One South HD		964
	UK, excl. West		8013	BBC One West HD		966
	UK, excl. South West		8014	BBC One South West HD		967
	UK, excl. Channel Islands		8015	BBC One Channel Islands HD		968
	UK	Satellite	787	Ahlulbayt TV SD	Temporary removal
					Restoration to EPG
			0134	Khushkhabri 🔊	Temporary removal
24/01/23	Ire	Satellite	832	BBC One SD (Northern Ireland)	Removal
	NI		801
	Eng, Wales, Scot		979
	Ire		832	BBC One SD (Nightlight)	Launch
	South, NI		801
	South		101	BBC One SD (South)	Removal
	UK (excl. South)		964
	South		101	BBC One HD (South)	Launch
	UK (excl. South)		964
	Ire		844	BBC Two SD (Northern Ireland)	Removal
	NI		802
	Eng, Scot, Wales		972
	Ire		969	BBC Two SD (Network)	Move	844
	NI					802
	Eng, Scot, Wales		953	BBC One HD (Northern Ireland)		979
25/01/23			302	Sky Cinema Feel Good HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Jurassic World HD
		Satellite	492	Sky Sports Box Office HD	Temporary removal
	UK, excl. Scotland	OTT	951	BBC One Scotland HD	Move (& hidden from EPG)	8017
	UK, excl. Wales		952	BBC One Wales HD		8018
	UK, excl. NI		953	BBC One Northern Ireland HD		8019
	UK, excl. London		954	BBC One London HD		8001
	UK, excl. North East & Cumbria		955	BBC One North East & Cumbria HD		8002
	UK, excl. Yorkshire		956	BBC One Yorkshire HD		8003
	UK, excl. Yorkshire & Lincolnshire		957	BBC One Yorkshire & Lincolnshire HD		8004
	UK, excl. North West		958	BBC One North West HD		8005
	UK, excl. West Midlands		959	BBC One West Midlands HD		8006
	UK, excl. East Midlands		960	BBC One East Midlands HD		8007
	UK, excl. East		961	BBC One East HD		8008
	UK, excl. South East		963	BBC One South East HD		8010
	UK, excl. South		964	BBC One South HD		8011
	UK, excl. West		966	BBC One West HD		8013
	UK, excl. South West		967	BBC One South West HD		8014
	UK, excl. Channel Islands		968	BBC One Channel Islands HD		8015
26/01/23		Satellite	775	Panjab Broadcasting Channel SD	Launch
27/01/23			303	Sky Cinema Hits HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Spider Man HD
	UK	Satellite	0134	Khushkhabri 🔊	Restoration to EPG

 

←← 2022

2024 →→

 

See also

• List of channels on Sky Q
• List of channels on Sky Glass & Sky Stream
• For 1982 to 1999's changes, see List of line-up changes on Sky (UK and Ireland) from 1982 to 1999
• For 2000's changes, see List of line-up changes on Sky (UK and Ireland) in 2000
• For 2001's changes, see List of line-up changes on Sky (UK and Ireland) in 2001
• For 2002's changes, see List of line-up changes on Sky (UK and Ireland) in 2002
• For 2003's changes, see List of line-up changes on Sky (UK and Ireland) in 2003
• For 2004's changes, see List of line-up changes on Sky (UK and Ireland) in 2004
• For 2005's changes, see List of line-up changes on Sky (UK and Ireland) in 2005
• For 2006's changes, see List of line-up changes on Sky (UK and Ireland) in 2006
• For 2007's changes, see List of line-up changes on Sky (UK and Ireland) in 2007
• For 2008's changes, see List of line-up changes on Sky (UK and Ireland) in 2008
• For 2009's changes, see List of line-up changes on Sky (UK and Ireland) in 2009
• For 2010's changes, see List of line-up changes on Sky (UK and Ireland) in 2010
• For 2011's changes, see List of line-up changes on Sky (UK and Ireland) in 2011
• For 2012's changes, see List of line-up changes on Sky (UK and Ireland) in 2012
• For 2013's changes, see List of line-up changes on Sky (UK and Ireland) in 2013
• For 2014's changes, see List of line-up changes on Sky (UK and Ireland) in 2014
• For 2015's changes, see List of line-up changes on Sky (UK and Ireland) in 2015
• For 2016's changes, see List of line-up changes on Sky (UK and Ireland) in 2016
• For 2017's changes, see List of line-up changes on Sky (UK and Ireland) in 2017
• For 2018's changes, see List of line-up changes on Sky (UK and Ireland) in 2018
• For 2019's changes, see List of line-up changes on Sky (UK and Ireland) in 2019
• For 2020's changes, see List of line-up changes on Sky (UK and Ireland) in 2020
• For 2021's changes, see List of line-up changes on Sky (UK and Ireland) in 2021
• For 2022's changes, see List of line-up changes on Sky (UK and Ireland) in 2022
• For 2023's changes, see List of line-up changes on Sky (UK and Ireland) in 2023

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