List of line-up changes on Sky (UK and Ireland) in 2026

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Key

Example	Description
Launch	Channel launched on the EPG
Relaunch	Channel relaunched to the EPG after being removed.
Temporary launch	Channel temporarily launched on the EPG
Removal	Channel due to be removed from the EPG
Temporary removal	Channel temporarily removed from the EPG
Rename	Channel renamed on the EPG
Temporary rename	Channel temporarily renamed on the EPG
Reversion	Channel used a temporary name that reverted to its previous name
Restoration to EPG	Channel restored to the EPG after being removed.
Move	Channel moved to another EPG number.
Temporary move	Channel moved temporarily to another EPG number.
	Changes affected Sky Q, Sky+HD and Sky+ boxes, Sky Digiboxes only (i.e. Sky's satellite receivers).
	Changes affected Sky Glass TVs & Sky Stream devices only (i.e. Sky's OTT devices).

EPG Changes

Notes:

• HD prominence is used in this table.
• "Device" refers to Sky Glass or Sky+HD/Q. ("HD/Q" refers to Sky's satellite receivers and "Glass/Stream" refers to Sky's OTT devices)
• This list details the EPG changes on Sky in the UK & (Republic of) Ireland. Where the region column is left blank, the change described affects the whole of the UK & Ireland.
  

January

Date	Affects		Current EPG number	Current channel name	Type of change	New EPG number	New channel name	References/Notes
	Region	Devices
01/01/26			306	Sky Cinema Harry Potter HD	Reversion		Sky Cinema Family HD
02/01/26			307	Sky Cinema Jurassic Park HD	Reversion		Sky Cinema Action HD
05/01/26			302	Sky Cinema Christmas HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Blockbusters HD
			303	Sky Cinema Exclusives HD			Sky Cinema Sci-Fi HD
			304	Sky Cinema Favourites HD	Reversion		Sky Cinema Greats HD
			311	Sky Cinema Sci-Fi & Horror HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Horror HD
			407	Sky Sports Darts UHD	Reversion		Sky Sports F1 UHD
			902	Sky Sports Darts HD			Sky Sports F1 HD
			857	Sky Sports Darts HD			Sky Sports F1 HD
	Ire		865	Sky Sports Darts SD			Sky Sports F1 SD
06/01/26			312	Christmas 24 SD	Reversion		Movies 24 SD
			313
			315	Christmas 24+ SD			Movies 24+ SD
			314
			319	Great! Christmas SD			Great! Romance SD
	UK		320	Great! Christmas +1			Great! Romance +1
			317	Great! Christmas HD			Great! Romance HD
	Ire		319	Great! Romance SD (Irish adverts)	Removal
			317
			319	Great! Romance SD (UK adverts)	Relaunch
			317	Great! Romance HD (UK adverts)
	UK		360	That's Christmas SD	Reversion		That's Oldies SD
			350	MTV Music SD	Removal			MTV channels closed on 31 December 2025 and POP channels closed on 1 January 2026 but all were not removed from the EPG until Sky's Christmas EPG freeze was over.
			351	Club MTV SD
			352	MTV 90s SD
			353	MTV 80s SD
			613	POP SD
	GB		213	POP HD
	NI, Ire		215
			614	Tiny Pop SD
	GB		214	Tiny Pop HD
	NI, Ire		216
			617	POP +1
			618	Tiny Pop +1
07/01/26			732	HUM Masala SD	Rename		HUM News SD
			720	HUM Masala HD			HUM News HD
			592	Dunamis TV SD	Restoration to EPG
12/01/26			877	Racing TV SD	Removal
13/01/26	UK		158	HGTV SD	Removal
	Ire		162
	UK		258	HGTV +1
	Ire		262
	UK		153	HGTV SD
	Ire		149
15/01/26	UK		242	Really +1	Launch
	UK (excl Scot) & Ire		144	Quest HD	Move	140
	Scot					141
	UK (excl Scot) & Ire		244	Quest +1		240
	Scot					241
	UK (excl Scot) & Ire		140	Food Network SD		144
	Scot		141
	UK (excl Scot) & Ire		240	Food Network +1		244
	Scot		241
	GB		161	Discovery Turbo SD		158
	NI		172
	Ire					162
	GB		261	Discovery Turbo +1		258
	NI		272
	Ire					262
	GB		174	Discovery History SD		161
	NI, Ire					172
	GB		274	Discovery History +1		261
	NI, Ire					272
	UK		154	Food Network SD		152
	Ire		150			148
	UK		141	ID SD		140
	Ire		137			136
	UK		140	Animal Planet SD		141
	Ire		136			137
	UK		151	Quest Red SD		150
	Ire		147			146
	UK		152	DMAX SD		151
	Ire		148			147
	UK		150	Really SD		153
	Ire		146			149
16/01/26			311	Sky Cinema Horror HD	Reversion		Sky Cinema Sci-Fi & Horror HD
			302	Sky Cinema Blockbusters HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Feel Good HD
			303	Sky Cinema Sci-Fi HD			Sky Cinema Transformers HD
19/01/26			303	Sky Cinema Transformers HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Brit Hits HD
			625	Disney Jr HD	Move	613
22/01/26	Ire		997	Sky News HD (UK adverts)	Launch
			899	Sky Intro HD	Removal
			950
			998
30/01/26			303	Sky Cinema Brit Hits HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Buddy Films HD
31/01/26			307	Sky Cinema Action HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Spider-Man HD

February

Date	Affects		Current EPG number	Current channel name	Type of change	New EPG number	New channel name	References/Notes
	Region	Devices
02/02/26			302	Sky Cinema Feel Good HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Valentine HD
			307	Sky Cinema Spider-Man HD	Reversion		Sky Cinema Action HD
			308	Sky Cinema Comedy HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Groundhog Day HD
			605	Nick SpongeBob SD	Reversion		Nicktoons SD
			206
03/02/26			308	Sky Cinema Groundhog Day HD	Reversion		Sky Cinema Comedy HD
05/02/26	UK		709	MATV National SD	Removal
09/02/26	Ire		709	MATV National SD	Removal
10/02/26	Ire		323	Great! Action (UK adverts) SD	Removal
			319	Great! Action (UK adverts) HD
			323	Great! Action (Irish adverts) SD	Launch
			319
	UK		412	Sky Sports NFL HD	Reversion		Sky Sports Action HD
	Ire		416
			878	Sky Sports NFL SD			Sky Sports Action SD
			410	Sky Sports NFL HD			Sky Sports Action HD
13/02/26			516	Arise News SD	Temporary removal
			592	Dunamis TV SD
14/02/26			303	Sky Cinema Buddy Films HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Adventure HD
16/02/26			302	Sky Cinema Valentine HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Cult Classics HD
			516	Arise News SD	Restoration to EPG
18/02/26			770	GTC Punjabi SD	Launch
22/02/26			303	Sky Cinema Adventure HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Jurassic HD
23/02/26			303	Sky Cinema Jurassic HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Wild Worlds HD
			592	Dunamis TV SD	Restoration to EPG
					Temporary removal
24/02/26			106	Sky Showcase HD	Removal
	UK		106
	Ire		107
			206	Sky Showcase +1
			806	Sky Showcase SD
	Eng, Scot, NI, Ire		113	Sky Max HD
	Wales		114
	Eng, Scot, NI		109
	Wales, Ire		110
			813	Sky Max SD
	UK		106	Sky One HD (UK adverts)	Relaunch
	Ire		106	Sky One HD (Irish adverts)
			107		Launch
			806	Sky One SD	Relaunch
	Eng, Scot, NI		114	Sky Comedy HD	Move	113
	Wales		115			114
	Eng, Scot, NI		112			109
	Wales, Ire		113			110
	Ire		114	Sky Comedy SD		113
	UK		814			813
	Eng, NI, Ire		121	Sky Documentaries HD		114
	Scot		122
	Wales		121			115
	Eng, Scot, NI		111			110
	Wales, Ire		112			111
			819	Sky Documentaries SD		814
	Eng, Wales, NI, Ire		122	Sky Crime HD		121
	Scot		123			122
	Eng, Scot, NI		110			111
	Wales, Ire		111			112
			820	Sky Crime SD		819
	Eng, Wales, NI, Ire		124	Sky Arts HD		122
	Scot		125			123
	Eng, Scot, NI		114			112
	Wales, Ire		115			113
			822	Sky Arts SD		820
	Eng, Wales, NI, Ire		145	Sky Nature HD		124
	Scot					125
	UK		826	Sky Nature SD (UK adverts)		822
	Ire		822		Relaunch
			826	Sky Nature SD (Irish adverts)	Removal
			152	Sky Sci-Fi HD	Move	145
	Eng, Scot, NI		116			114
	Wales, Ire		117			115
	Eng, Wales, NI, Ire		222	Sky Crime +1		221
	Scot		223			222
25/02/26			592	Dunamis TV SD	Restoration to EPG
28/02/26			302	Sky Cinema Cult Classics HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Horror Hits HD
			303	Sky Cinema Wild Worlds HD			Sky Cinema Ghostbusters HD

March

Date	Affects		Current EPG number	Current channel name	Type of change	New EPG number	New channel name	References/Notes
	Region	Devices
02/03/26			303	Sky Cinema Ghostbusters HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Book Day HD
	UK		359	That's 80s SD	Removal			Ceased broadcasting at 23.59 on 28 February
			360	That's Oldies SD
			361	That's Melody SD
			605	Nicktoons SD	Temporary rename		Nick Alvinnn!!! SD
			206
			612	Nick Jr. Too SD			Nick Jr. Peppa SD
			208
05/03/26	UK		805	5 SD	Removal
06/03/26			302	Sky Cinema Horror Hits HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Awards Season HD
07/03/26			303	Sky Cinema Book Day HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Women in Film HD
09/03/26			303	Sky Cinema Women In Film HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Action Heroes HD
14/03/26			303	Sky Cinema Action Heroes HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Beverly Hills Cop HD
16/03/26			302	Sky Cinema Awards Season HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Assassins HD
			303	Sky Cinema Beverly Hills Cop HD			Sky Cinema RomComs HD
17/03/26			312	Movies 24 SD	Move	315
			315	Movies 24+ SD		329
			305	Sky Cinema Animation HD		312
						315
			307	Sky Cinema Action HD		306
			306	Sky Cinema Family HD		304
			304	Sky Cinema Greats HD		307
			305	Disney+ Cinema HD	Launch
20/03/26			302	Sky Cinema Assassins HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Adventure HD
21/03/26			303	Sky Cinema RomComs HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Middle Earth HD
23/03/26			303	Sky Cinema Middle Earth HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Fun HD
30/03/26			605	Nick Alvinnn!!! SD	Temporary rename		Nick SpongeBob SD	Channel label not updated until 16 April
			206
			612	Nick Jr. Peppa SD	Reversion		Nick Jr. Too SD
			208
			491	Sky Sports Box Office HD	Temporary removal

April

Date	Affects		Current EPG number	Current channel name	Type of change	New EPG number	New channel name	References/Notes
	Region	Devices
01/04/26	Ire		225	Discovery +1	Removal
			233	TLC +1
			240	Quest +1
			244	Food Network +1
			249	Quest Red +1
			254	ID +1
			259	DMAX +1
			262	Discovery Turbo +1
			267	Discovery Science +1
			272	Discovery History +1
			275	Animal Planet +1
			834	Quest SD
			909	Climax SD
02/04/26	Commercial boxes		491	Sky Sports Box Office HD	Restoration to EPG
03/04/26			303	Sky Cinema Fun HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Box Set HD
07/04/26			709	Apna MA TV SD	Launch
13/04/26			302	Sky Cinema Adventure HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Five Star Movies HD
	Residential boxes		491	Sky Sports Box Office HD	Restoration to EPG
18/04/26			303	Sky Cinema Box Set HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema The Hobbit HD
20/04/26			303	Sky Cinema The Hobbit HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Biopics HD
22/04/26	UK		183	That's TV 3 SD	Rename		That's 20th Century SD
25/04/26			303	Sky Cinema Biopics HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Spy Kids HD
27/04/26			302	Sky Cinema Five Star Movies HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Fear Seekers HD
			303	Sky Cinema Spy Kids HD			Sky Cinema Men in Black HD
	UK		741	Zee Punjabi HD	Launch
30/04/26			312	Sky Cinema Animation HD	Removal
			315
			315	Movies 24 SD	Move	312
			329	Movies 24+ SD		315
			317	LEGEND XTRA SD		316
			318	LEGEND XTRA +1		317
			323	Great! Action SD		318
	UK		324	Great! Action +1		319
			321	Great! Mystery SD		320
	UK		322	Great! Mystery +1		321
			319	Great! Romance SD		322
	UK		320	Great! Romance +1		323
			328	Talking Pictures SD		324
			319	Great! Action HD		317
			317	Great! Romance HD		319
			592	Dunamis TV SD	Temporary removal

May

Date	Affects		Current EPG number	Current channel name	Type of change	New EPG number	New channel name	References/Notes
	Region	Devices
01/05/26			303	Sky Cinema Men in Black HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Fast & Furious HD
			612	Nick Jr. Too SD			Nick Jr. Peppa SD
			208
04/05/26			302	Sky Cinema Fear Seekers HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Decades HD
05/05/26			605	Nick SpongeBob SD	Reversion		Nicktoons SD
			206
			784	Islam Channel Bangla SD	Removal
11/05/26			768	PBC SD	Temporary removal
13/05/26			303	Sky Cinema Fast & Furious HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Oceans HD
			768	PBC SD	Restoration to EPG
16/05/26			303	Sky Cinema Oceans HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Jumanji HD
18/05/26			303	Sky Cinema Jumanji HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Books to Screen HD
19/05/26			1024	Crime & Justice SD	Removal
23/05/26			303	Sky Cinema Books to Screen HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Back to the Future HD
25/05/26			303	Sky Cinema Back to the Future HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Wonderlands HD
26/05/26			603	Boomerang HD	Removal
			641	Boomerang SD	Move	603
	UK		181	That's TV 2 SD	Removal
			183	That's 20th Century SD
29/05/26			592	Dunamis TV SD	Restoration to EPG
30/05/26			303	Sky Cinema Wonderlands HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Batman HD

June

Date	Affects		Current EPG number	Current channel name	Type of change	New EPG number	New channel name	References/Notes
	Region	Devices
01/06/26			302	Sky Cinema Decades HD	Temporary rename		Sky Cinema Directors HD
			303	Sky Cinema Batman HD			Sky Cinema Pride HD
			612	Nick Jr. Peppa SD	Reversion		Nick Jr. Too SD
			208
02/06/26	London & surrounding areas		117	London TV SD	Removal

 

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See also

• List of channels on Sky Q
• List of channels on Sky Glass & Sky Stream

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

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