{"id":20198,"date":"2025-04-14T21:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T21:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/20198\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T21:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T21:13:11","slug":"sky-reveals-two-surprise-tv-guide-changes-due-in-days-as-major-channels-to-rebrand-overnight-full-list-of-april-swaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/20198\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky reveals TWO surprise TV guide changes due in days as major channels to rebrand overnight \u2013 full list of April swaps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TELLY fans are bracing for yet another Sky TV guide shake-up in days.<\/p>\n<p>The broadcasting giant is expected to rebrand two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tech\/34379597\/sky-unlock-extra-channels-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">channels<\/a> this week \u2013 and one is taking place today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sky remote control.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Sky\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sky-remote-1.jpg\" data-caption=\"Check those numbered buttons on your TV remote \u2013\u00a0you might need to tap them slightly differently to find your favourite channels\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sky-remote-1.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Check those numbered buttons on your TV remote \u2013\u00a0you might need to tap them slightly differently to find your favourite channelsCredit: Sky<\/p>\n<p>Every month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/sky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky<\/a> makes changes to the TV guide.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it means dozens of channels being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tech\/34390968\/sky-major-change-tv-boxes-channel-close-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">swapped, renamed, or even killed off<\/a> completely.<\/p>\n<p>Just last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tech\/34349634\/sky-tv-guide-channel-history-closures-changes-april-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky History+1 closed permanently<\/a>, vanishing from satellite channel slot 223 (or 224 in Scotland).<\/p>\n<p>The next change is on Monday, April 14 \u2013 yes, today.<\/p>\n<p>Sky is rebranding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/mtv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MTV<\/a> Hits to Club MTV, affecting Satellite\/Glass\/Stream channel 351.<\/p>\n<p>Then on Friday, April 18, Sky Hits will have its name changed to The Hobbit HD.<\/p>\n<p>This affects Satellite\/Glass\/Stream channel 303, but is only temporary.<\/p>\n<p>That means it&#8217;ll eventually swap back to Sky Hits, although we don&#8217;t know exactly when.<\/p>\n<p>What we do know is that you&#8217;ll be able to enjoy Peter Jackson&#8217;s The Hobbit movie trilogy on the channel, which Lord of the Rings fans should be thrilled about.<\/p>\n<p>The swaps follow dozens of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tech\/34178201\/sky-q-glass-tv-channel-changes-close-down-warning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">changes to the Sky TV guide<\/a> that have already been rolled out in April.<\/p>\n<p>Sky TV remotes have hidden trick that saves you so much timeSKY TV GUIDE APRIL CHANGES<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, April 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>U&amp;W HD ROI closes\u00a0on satellite only &#8211; the SD remains at\u00a0<strong>132<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>U&amp;W HD closes on satellite only &#8211; the SD remains at\u00a0<strong>132<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>U&amp;Yesterday HD closes on satellite only &#8211; the SD remains at\u00a0<strong>155\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0<strong>161\u00a0<\/strong>in ROI<\/li>\n<li>U&amp;Alibi HD moves from\u00a0<strong>130\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0<strong>120\u00a0<\/strong>on Glass and Stream only in England, NI and Wales. They remain unchanged in Scotland and ROI<\/li>\n<li>U&amp;Gold HD moves from\u00a0<strong>131\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0<strong>121\u00a0<\/strong>on Glass and Stream only in England, NI and Wales. They remain unchanged in Scotland and ROI<\/li>\n<li>U&amp;Dave HD moves from\u00a0<strong>132\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0<strong>130\u00a0<\/strong>on Glass and Stream only in England, NI and Wales. They remain unchanged in Scotland and ROI<\/li>\n<li>U&amp;W HD moves from\u00a0<strong>133\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0<strong>131\u00a0<\/strong>on Glass and Stream only in England, NI and Wales. They remain unchanged in Scotland and ROI<\/li>\n<li>U&amp;Drama moves from\u00a0<strong>134\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0<strong>132\u00a0<\/strong>on Glass and Stream only in England, NI and Wales. They remain unchanged in Scotland and ROI<\/li>\n<li>U&amp;Yesterday HD moves from\u00a0<strong>161\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0<strong>133\u00a0<\/strong>on Glass and Stream only in England, NI and Wales. They remain unchanged in Scotland and ROI<\/li>\n<li>U&amp;Eden moves from\u00a0<strong>162\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0<strong>134\u00a0<\/strong>on Glass and Stream only in England, NI and Wales. They remain unchanged in Scotland and ROI<\/li>\n<li>GINX TV HD moves from\u00a0<strong>419\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0<strong>417\u00a0<\/strong>on Glass\/Stream only in the UK<\/li>\n<li>MUTV HD moves from\u00a0<strong>420\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0<strong>418\u00a0<\/strong>on Glass\/Stream only in the UK<\/li>\n<li>LFCTV HD moves from\u00a0<strong>421\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0<strong>419\u00a0<\/strong>on Glass\/Stream only in the UK<\/li>\n<li>Premier Sports 1 HD moves from\u00a0<strong>419\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0<strong>417\u00a0<\/strong>on Glass\/Stream only in ROI<\/li>\n<li>Premier Sports 2 HD moves from\u00a0<strong>420\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0<strong>418\u00a0<\/strong>on Glass\/Stream only in ROI<\/li>\n<li>GINX TV HD moves from\u00a0<strong>421\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0<strong>419\u00a0<\/strong>on Glass\/Stream only in ROI<\/li>\n<li>MUTV HD moves from\u00a0<strong>422\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0<strong>420\u00a0<\/strong>on Glass\/Stream only\u00a0in ROI<\/li>\n<li>LFCTV HD moves from\u00a0<strong>423\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0<strong>421<\/strong>\u00a0on Glass\/Stream only in ROI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, April 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TV Warehouse moves from\u00a0<strong>676\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0<strong>673\u00a0<\/strong>on satellite only<\/li>\n<li>Cruise1st.tv moves from\u00a0<strong>681\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0<strong>675\u00a0<\/strong>on satellite only<\/li>\n<li>\u200bSky History 2 HD closes on satellite &#8211; the SD moves to\u00a0<strong>163\u00a0<\/strong>in the UK and\u00a0<strong>168\u00a0<\/strong>in ROI and NI &#8211; HD channel remains on Glass\/Stream<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>TRY THESE SKY TRICKS!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sky-channels-03.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content--intro\">Got Sky Q? There are some handy tricks worth knowing about&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Find your lost TV remote<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you can&#8217;t find your Sky Q remote, don&#8217;t panic.<\/p>\n<p>Just press the Sky Q logo on the front of your TV box.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s actually a button that will trigger your TV remote&#8217;s built-in ringer.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll get 30 seconds of beeping to find where you&#8217;ve dropped it. Hint: it&#8217;s probably under the sofa cushion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Search movies by quotes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You might have already used voice search for controlling TV playback \u2013 but your remote&#8217;s microphone has another clever trick.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that you can say movie quotes into the remote and Sky will find the film for you.<\/p>\n<p>This is handy if you can&#8217;t remember the name of a top movie or show.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tech\/31295823\/sky-q-tv-voice-remote-movie-quotes-search\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">list of movie quotes to try on Sky<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Save lost recordings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever deleted something you&#8217;d recorded on Sky, only to regret it later?<\/p>\n<p>Or maybe someone in your family removed something without telling you \u2013 sparking a massive row.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t panic: you can get them back.<\/p>\n<p>Just go to Recordings &gt; Manage &gt; Deleted and then simply hit Undelete on the item that you want to resurrect.<\/p>\n<p>If you do that, it&#8217;ll return to your Recordings section as good as new.<\/p>\n<p>Picture Credit: Sky<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, April 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sky Gangsters\u00a0<strong>(Satellite 309 &#8211; Glass\/Stream 309)<\/strong>\u00a0changes name to renames to Sky Thriller HD (reverting from a temporary change)<\/li>\n<li>Sky Books To Screen\u00a0<strong>(Satellite 302 &#8211; Glass\/Stream 302)<\/strong>\u00a0renames to Sky Adventure\/ SkyAdventureHD (temporary change)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday, April 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u200bSky Family\u00a0<strong>(Satellite 306\/850 &#8211; Glass\/Stream 306)<\/strong>\u00a0renames to SkyHarryPotter \/ HarryPotterHD\u200b (Temp)\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002<\/li>\n<li>\u200bSky Hits\u00a0<strong>(Satellite 303 &#8211; Glass\/Stream 303)<\/strong>\u00a0changes name to The Hobbit HD (Temporary change)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Monday, April 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sky The Hobbit\u00a0<strong>(Satellite 303 &#8211; Sky Glass\/Stream 303)<\/strong>\u00a0changes name to \u200bSky Hits \/ Sky Hits HD (reverting from temporary change)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thursday, April 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sky History+1\u00a0<strong>(Satellite 223 (224 Scotland))<\/strong>\u00a0closes permanently<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sky TV interface showing program options and recommendations.\" height=\"540\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Sky\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sky-tv-grab.jpg\" data-caption=\"Sky is constantly shaking up its TV guide to keep its channel roster feeling fresh\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sky-tv-grab.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Sky is constantly shaking up its TV guide to keep its channel roster feeling freshCredit: Sky<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, April 14<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MTV Hits\u00a0<strong>(Satellite 351 &#8211; Glass\/Stream 351)<\/strong>\u00a0rebrands to Club MTV<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday, April 18<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sky Hits\u00a0<strong>(Satellite 303 &#8211; Glass\/Stream 303)<\/strong>\u00a0changes name to The Hobbit HD (Temporary change)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Importantly, there may still be more big changes to come.<\/p>\n<p>Sky typically only reveals channel changes for the week ahead \u2013 so we don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s going to happen at the end of April.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also worth noting that the list of proposed swaps can also change if Sky tweaks its plans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TELLY fans are bracing for yet another Sky TV guide shake-up in days. 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