Official Sky list reveals dozens of channels that have vanished since start of 2025 – plus codes to type for 29 new ones
DOZENS of channel changes have been quietly rolled out on your Sky TV since the start of 2025.
An official Sky list reveals every single change that has happened so far – plus the codes you’ll need to type in.
Sky often adds and removes channels as a way to keep your telly box feeling fresh.
And January is a big time for these channel swaps as Sky clears out some of the Christmas changes that it made.
On top of that, The Sun recently revealed how Sky is changing channels in February for Valentine’s Day.
Almost all of the changes on the list have gone live already, but there’s still one that’s due to take place on Saturday, February 8.
The changes mostly fall into two categories.
Some of them are temporary swaps or rebrands based on the time of year. For instances, the addition of a special Bridget Jones channel ahead of Valentine’s Day.
And others are old channels that were changed – but are now reverting back to their originals.
So for instance, Sky Drama was swapped to Sky Christmas for the festive season, but will now go back to its old branding.
It’s a similar story for the Harry Potter channel, which is now going back to Sky Family.
And Sky Middle Earth will return to being Sky Greats.
FULL LIST OF SKY CHANNEL CHANGES IN 2025 SO FAR
Here’s the official list, including dates for the changes…
Wednesday, January 1
- Sky Christmas (Satellite 302 – Sky Glass/Stream 302) renames to Sky Drama/Sky Drama HD (reverting from a temporary change)
- Sky 10s (Satellite 308 – Sky Glass/Stream 308) changes name to Sky Hits / Sky Hits HD (reverting from temporary change)
- Sky Cinema Action (Satellite 307/851 – Sky Glass/Stream 307) changes name to Sky Stunts / Sky Stunts HD (temporary change)
Thursday, January 2
- Harry Potter (Satellite 306/850 – Sky Glass/Stream 306) renames to Sky Family/Sky Family HD (reverting from a temporary change)
- Sky Monsters (Satellite 311 – Sky Glass/Stream 311) renames to Sky ScFi/Horror / Sky ScFi/HorHD (reverting from temporary change)
- Sky KungFuPandaHD (Satellite 305 – Sky Glass/Stream 305) changes name to SkyAnimationHD (reverting from a temporary change)
- Sky Middle Earth (Satellite 304/849 – Sky Glass/Stream 304) renames to Sky Greats / Sky Greats HD (reverting from a temporary change)
Sunday, January 5
- Christmas24 (Satellite 312 – Sky Glass/Stream 313) renames to Movies24 (reverting from a temporary change)
- Christmas24+ (Satellite 315 – Sky Glass/Stream 314) renames to Movies24+ (reverting from a temporary change)
Monday, January 6
- Sky Sports Darts (Satellite 406/864 – Glass/Stream 406) renames to SkySp F1/ SkySp F1 HD (reverting from a temporary change)
- Sky Sports Darts UHD (Satellite 857 – Glass/Stream 902) renames to SkySp F1 UHD
- Sky Best Of 2024 (Satellite 303 – Glass/Stream 303) renames to Sky Icons / Sky Icons HD (temporary change)
Tuesday, January 7
- GREAT! xmas (Satellite 319) renames to GREAT! romance (reverting from a temporary change)
- GREAT! xmas HD (Glass 317) renames to GREAT! romance HD (reverting from a temporary change)
- GREAT! xmas+1 (320) renames to G! romance+1 (reverting from a temporary change)
- That’s Christmas (Satellite 183) renames to That’s TV 3 (reverting from a temporary change)
- Sky Drama (302) moves to 310 on satellite and Glass (reverting from a temporary change)
- Sky Hits (308) moves to 303 on satellite and Glass (reverting from a temporary change)
- Sky Cinema Comedy (310) moves to 308 on satellite and Glass (reverting from a temporary change)
- Sky Best Of 2024 (303) moves to 302 on satellite and Glass (reverting from a temporary change)
TRY THESE SKY TRICKS!
Got Sky Q? There are some handy tricks worth knowing about...
Find your lost TV remote
If you can’t find your Sky Q remote, don’t panic.
Just press the Sky Q logo on the front of your TV box.
It’s actually a button that will trigger your TV remote’s built-in ringer.
You’ll get 30 seconds of beeping to find where you’ve dropped it. Hint: it’s probably under the sofa cushion.
Search movies by quotes
You might have already used voice search for controlling TV playback – but your remote’s microphone has another clever trick.
It turns out that you can say movie quotes into the remote and Sky will find the film for you.
This is handy if you can’t remember the name of a top movie or show.
Here’s a list of movie quotes to try on Sky.
Save lost recordings
Have you ever deleted something you’d recorded on Sky, only to regret it later?
Or maybe someone in your family removed something without telling you – sparking a massive row.
Don’t panic: you can get them back.
Just go to Recordings > Manage > Deleted and then simply hit Undelete on the item that you want to resurrect.
If you do that, it’ll return to your Recordings section as good as new.
Picture Credit: Sky
Monday, January 13
- Sky Stunts (Satellite 307/851 – Sky Glass/Stream 307) changes back to Sky Action / Sky Action HD (reverting from a temporary change)
- Sky Thriller HD (Satellite 309 – Sky Glass/Stream 309) renames to Sky Crime HD (temporary change)
- That’s Fabulous (Satellite 359) rebrands to That’s Oldies
Monday, January 20
- Sky Icons (Satellite 302 – Sky Glass/Stream 302) renames to Sky Feel Good/SkyFeelGoodHD (temporary change)
- London Live (Satellite 117) rebrands to London TV
Monday, January 27
- Sky Crime HD (Satellite 309 – Glass/Stream 309) renames to Sky Thriller HD (reverting from a temporary change)
- Sky Cinema Action (Satellite 307/851 – Glass/Stream 307) changes name to Sky Revenge / SkyRevengeHD (Temporary change)
Monday, February 3
- Sky Feel Good (Satellite 302 – Sky Glass/Stream 302) changes name to Sky Valentine/SkyValentineHD (temp)
Saturday, February 8
- Sky Cinema Comedy (Satellite 308 – Sky Glass/Stream 308) renames to SkyBridgetJones / BridgetJonesHD (temp)
You can just tap in the codes on your Sky remote to go directly to those channels.