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2016

2017
1st January:
304/331 SkyGreats now temporarily Sky Superhero
3rd January:
311/339 Sky Star Wars reverts to Sky ScFi/Horror
110/166 Christmas GOLD/+1 reverts to GOLD/GOLD +1
305/332 Sky Pixar reverts to Sky Disney
4th January:
673 QVC Xmas reverts to QVC Extra
Sky Box Office channels 700-715, 743-744, 752 have closed down but placeholders remain
Sky DramaRom moves from 303/330 to 310/337, Sky Hits 310/337 to 303/330
7th January:
327/328 Christmas 24/+ reverts to Movies 24/Movies 24+
9th January:
Removed: 116/267 UTV Ireland (ROI)
New channel: 116 be3 (ROI)
17th January:
New channel: 493 ITV Box Off HD
23rd January:
New channel: 859 Aplus TV
30rd January:
304/331 Sky Superhero reverts to Sky Greats
31st January:
Removed: Sky Box Office 700-715, 744
2nd February:
New channel: 241 HomeHealth+2 (GB)
New channel: 242 Disc.Shed+1 (GB)
Removed: 791 ARY Digital, 802 ARY News, 804 ARY QTV
6th February:
Removed: 679 Craft Channel
Sky DramaRom now temporarily Sky Valentine
and temporarily swaps from 310/337 to 303/330
9th February:
625 Tiny Pop +1 now temporarily POP Max
13th February:
310/337 Sky Hits now temporarily Sky Pixar
510 CCTV News now CGTN
14th February:
COLORS moves from 786 to 860
New HD channel: 786 COLORS HD
15th February:
Removed: 186 True Crime +1
truTV moves from 198 to 186
20th February:
310/337 and 303/330 revert back
304/331 Sky Greats now temporarily Sky Oscars
22nd February:
Removed: 282 ShowBiz TV+1
23rd February:
Restored: 679 Craft Channel
New channel: 680 CruiseDealsTV
1st March:
Bloomberg moves from 502 to 692
New HD channel: 502 Bloomberg HD
447 MOTORS TV UK now Motorsport TV
6th March:
304/331 Sky Oscars reverts to Sky Greats
311/339 Sky ScFi/Horror now temporarily Sky Monsters
8th March:
Removed: 191 Irish TV
Removed: 241 HomeHealth+2 (GB)
Removed: 242 Disc.Shed+1 (GB)
14th March:
0112 Heart extra now Heart 80s
15th March:
DMAX moves from 167 to 241
DMAX+1 moves from 233 to 242
Home & Health moves from 162 to 167 (GB)
New channels: 162 Quest Red and 233 Quest Red +1 (GB)
Home & Health moves from 240 to 167 (ROI, NI)
Home&Health+ moves from 241 to 240 (ROI, NI)
Discovery Shed moves from 242 to 233 (ROI, NI)
16th March:
801 TV Record HD now Record TV HD
21st March:
165 Fox+ now FOX+1
Geo News moves from 817 to 802, Geo Tez 816 to 817
22nd March:
Removed: 266 Showbiz TV
23rd March:
New channel: 861 Urdu1 Europe
904 Viewers' Wives now xratedhookups
905 Red Hot now xratedcouples
907 Xtreme Filth now xrated40+
911 TVXXX now TVXpornstars
29th March:
New channel: 804 New Vision TV
30th March:
New channel: 862 See TV
31st March:
311/339 Sky Monsters reverts to Sky ScFi/Horror
370 Chilled TV now temporarily Chilled 90s
1st April:
924 xxxPublicPikUp now XXX Home Videos
4th April:
New channel: 791 JUS Punjabi
8th April:
303/330 Sky Hits now temporarily Fast&Furious
11th April:
Removed (temporarily): 679 Craft Channel
13th April:
New +1 channel: 198 Showcase+1
18th April:
303/330 Fast&Furious reverts to Sky Hits
21st April:
304/331 Sky Greats now temporarily Sky Star Trek
24th April:
New +1 channel: 863 New Vision +1
25th April:
625 Pop Max reverts to Tiny Pop +1
27th April:
5USA +1 moves from 219 to 191
New +1 channel: 219 Spike +1
677 The Mall now CruiseSaversTV
1st May:
304/331 Sky Star Trek reverts to Sky Greats
2nd May:
New channels: 519 TRT World HD and 693 TRT World
8th May:
303/330 Sky Hits now temporarily Sky Matt Damon
404/439 Sky Sports 4 now temporarily Sky Players
15th May:
404/439 Sky Players reverts to Sky Sports 4
Removed: 799 DM Plus TV
17th May:
Removed: 261 Showcase 3
18th May:
New channel: 816 Sony Mix
19th May:
304/331 Sky Greats now temporarily Sky Star Wars
22nd May:
303/330 Sky Matt Damon reverts to Sky Hits
24th May:
Restored: 799 DM Plus TV
26th May:
303/330 Sky Hits now temporarily Sky Pirates
FrontRunner moves from 468 to 469
New channel: 468 FrontRunner2
30th May:
303/330 Sky Pirates reverts to Sky Hits
304/331 Sky Star Wars reverts to Sky Greats
31st May:
Showcase+1 moves from 198 to 238, Property Show 238 to 198
1st June:
922 XXX Taboo now XXX Stepfam
3rd June:
304/331 Sky Greats now temporarily Sky Tom Cruise
12th June:
Removed (temporarily): 799 DM Plus TV
19th June:
304/331 Sky Tom Cruise reverts to Sky Greats
BBC RB 1 moves from 980 to 981 (UK)
Temporary channels (UK): 980 BBC RB HD and 982-983 BBC RB 2-3
24th June:
304/331 Sky Greats now temporarily Sky Brits
27th June:
Removed: 238 Showcase+1
BEN moves from 182 to 238
True Ent moves from 183 to 182, True Ent +1 184 to 183
True Crime moves from 185 to 184, tru TV 186 to 185
New +1 channel: 186 truTV +1
29th June:
Temporary channels (UK): 984-986 BBC RB 4-6
30th June:
Removed: 237 Home & Leisure
Removed: 902 PlayboyTV Chat
Xpanded TV moves from 914 to 902
New channel: 914 Xpanded TV 2
3rd July:
356 MTV Classic now temporarily MTV Pride
387 Heart TV now temporarily Heart Summer
Removed: 422 Chelsea TV (channel now HD only)
608 Disney XD +1 now temporarily Spider-Man
New channel: 864 Kanshi TV
New channel: 865 MTV Beats
5th July: (ROI)
SD channel moves: BBC Four 211 to 285 (ROI)
CBBC 613 to 638, CBeebies 614 to 639 (ROI)
New HD channels: 211 BBC Four HD, 613 CBBC HD, 614 CBeebies HD (ROI)
10th July:
304/331 Sky Brits now temporarily SkyTomHanks
356 MTV Pride reverts to MTV Classic
11th July:
Removed: 0207 Rainbow
13th July:
676 The Dept Store now Craft Market
17th July:
404/439 Sky Sports 4 now temporarily Sky The Open
Removed: 980 BBC RB HD and 982-986 BBC RB 2-6 (UK)
BBC RB1 moves back from 981 to 980 (UK)
18th July:
Sky1 moves from 217 to 221, Sky Living 221 to 222
Sky Atlantic moves from 222 to 223, Sky Arts 223 to 286
Sky Arts HD moves from 121 to 122, Sky Living +1 122 to 129
Sky2 moves from 129 to 163 (GB), Pick +1 163 to 164 (GB)
Sky2 moves from 129 to 164 (IRL)
Challenge+1 moves from 164 to 170, Sky Atlantic+1 170 to 217
Sky Sp Mix HD moves from 407 to 121, Sky Sports Mix 472 to 287
401/409 Sky Sports 1 now SkySpMainEv, 409 moves to 435
402/435 Sky Sports 2 now SkySpCricket, moves to 404/440
403/436 Sky Sports 3 now SkySp Action. moves to 407/473
404/439 Sky The Open moves to 405/451
405/440 Sky Sports 5 now SkySp PL, moves to 402/436
New channel: 403/439 SkySp F'ball (UK/ROI)
SkySp F1 moves from 408/473 to 406/472
New channel: 408/474 SkySp Arena (UK/ROI)
406/451 Sky Sp NewsHQ now SkySp News, moves to 409/475
24th July:
304/331 Tom Hanks now temporarily Sky Superhero
25th July:
405/451 Sky The Open now SkySp Golf
New channel: 994 Sky AtlanticVIP and 995 SkyAtlntcVIPHD
26th July:
680 CruiseDealsTV now Cruise1st.tv
31st July:
608 Spider-Man reverts to Disney XD +1
1st August:
CBS Drama moves from 149 to 269
ITVBe moves 179 to 149 (UK), ITV2 +1 180 to 179 (UK)
ITV3 +1 moves from 193 to 180 (UK), ITV4 +1 206 to 193 (UK)
ITVBe +1 moves from 207 to 206 (UK), ITV2 225 to 207 (UK)
ITV3 moves from 263 to 208 (UK), ITV4 268 to 225 (UK)
ITV Encore moves from 269 to 263 (UK), ITV Encore +1 208 to 268 (UK)
Removed: 820 Ummah CH
SONY TV moves from 782 to 866
New HD channel: 782 SONY TV HD
SONY MAX moves from 798 to 867
New HD channel: 798 SONY TV MAX
677 CruiseSaversTV now Style&Fashion
8th August:
3e moves from 105 to 288 (ROI)
New HD channel: 105 3e HD (ROI)
11th August:
Removed: 817 GEO TEZ
New channel: 817 GEO Kahani
14th August:
New channel: 799 HUM Masala
17th August:
203 My Channel: now mytv
21st August:
304/331 SkySuperheroes now temporarily Sky Star Wars
24th August:
905 xratedcouples now TVXpaypernight
FrontRunner2 moves from 468 to 469, FrontRunner 469 to 468
28th August:
783 Star Life OK now Star Bharat
29th August:
387 Heart Summer reverts to Heart TV
Removed: 509 FOX News
New channel: 681 ShoppingNation
30th August:
627 Kix now Pop Max, 629 now Pop Max +1
31st August:
New channel: 424 FreeSports (UK)
4th September:
608 Disney XD +1 now temporarily Mickey & Pals
5th September:
920 XXX Swingers now XXX Age Gap
8th September:
FrontRunner moves from 468 to 469, FrontRunner2 469 to 468
9th September:
304/331 Sky Star Wars reverts to Sky Greats
311/339 Sky ScFi/Horror temporarily moves to 303/330 Sky Fi,
Sky Hits temporarily from 303/330 to 311/339
11th September:
FrontRunner2 moves from 468 to 469, FrontRunner 469 to 468
12th September:
Removed: 464 Bike
25th September:
Removed: 532 Eden HD
Eden moves from 563 to 532
28th September:
677 Style&Fashion now Price Crash
29th September:
Removed: 862 SEE TV
30th September:
608 Mickey & Pals reverts to Disney XD+1
1st October:
923 XXX Summer Lust now XXX Office Girls
2nd October:
GOLD moves from 110 to 289 (UK)
New HD channel: 110 Gold HD (UK)
New HD channel: 289 Gold HD (ROI)
321 True Movies now temporarily True Christmas
322 True Movies+1 now temporarily TrueChrstms+1
620 Nick Jr Too now temporarily Nick Jr Peppa
4th October:
Temporary channel: 566 Ocean Rescue (HD)
661 Ideal Extra now temporarily Ideal Xmas
9th October:
106/221/130 Sky 1 now Sky One
163 Sky 2 now Sky Two (GB)
164 Sky 2 now Sky Two (IRL)
303/330 Sky Fi reverts to ScFi/Horror
ScFi/Horror reverts from 303/330 to 311/339
Sky Hits reverts from 311/339 to 303/330
Removed: 566 Ocean Rescue
10th October:
673 QVC EXTRA now temporarily QVC Xmas
14th October:
306/333 Sky Family now temporarily Sky Animation
16th October:
Removed: 469 FrontRunner2
19th October:
Removed: 653 GR Shop
QVC Style moves from 678 to 653
New channel: 862 iON TV
21st October:
327 Movies 24 now temporarily Christmas 24
328 Movies 24+ now temporarily Christmas 24+
23rd October:
311/339 Sky ScFi/Horror temporarily moves to 303/330 Sky Halloween,
Sky Hits temporarily from 303/330 to 311/339
24th October:
New +1 channel: 290 Showcase +1
30th October:
620 Nick Jr Peppa reverts to Nick Jr Too
31st October:
160 Spike now 5Spike (UK)
219 Spike +1 now 5Spike +1 (UK)
1st November:
303/330 Sky Halloween reverts to ScFi/Horror
ScFi/Horror reverts from 303/330 to 311/339
Sky Hits reverts from 311/339 to 303/330
Removed: 374 Flava
387 Heart TV now Heart TV Xmas
595 Flow TV now Faith UK
2nd November:
Removed (temporarily): 821 Bangla TV
6th November:
306/333 Sky Animation reverts to Sky Family
8th November:
Sky DraRomHD temporarily moves from 310 to 302
and temporarily Sky ChristmsHD
337 Sky DramaRom now temporarily Sky Christmas
10th November:
370 Chilled 90s now temporarily NOW XMAS
0185 Ahomka RD now GN Radio
13th November:
304/331 Sky Greats now Sky Superhero
16th November:
New channel: 291 GN TV
24th November:
356 MTV Classic now temporarily MTV Xmas
357 VH1 now temporarily VH1 Christmas
26th November:
133/255 Good Food now temporarily Christmas Food
243 Good Food +1 now temporarily Xmas Food +1
30th November:
New channel: 292 Fame TV
Removed: 900 Playboy TV
TVXpaypernight moves from 905 to 900
xratedhookups moves from 904 to 905 and is now TVXpaypernight2
TVXpornstars moves from 911 to 904
New channel: 911 Dirty Talk
1st December:
110/289 Gold now temporarily ChristmasGOLD
166 Gold +1 now temporarily Xmas GOLD+1
913 ExGirlfriends now Babes&Brazzers
925 XXX 18 & Dirty now XXX College
4th December:
304/331 Sky Superhero reverts to Sky Greats
6th December:
Star GOLD moves from 809 to 868
New channel: 809 Star GOLD HD
Removed: 863 New Vision +1
7th December:
CBS Reality +1 moves from 147 to 269, CBS Drama 269 to 147
11th December:
312/340 Sky Select now temporarily Sky Classics
12th December:
New channels: 863 Ary Family and 821 92 News
14th December:
408/474 SkySp Arena now temporarily SkySp Darts
22th December:
312/340 Sky Classics temporarily swaps with 304/331 Sky Greats
23th December:
304/331 Sky Classics now temporarily Sky Musicals
26th December:
356 MTV Xmas reverts to MTV Classic
27th December:
357 VH1 Christmas reverts to VH1
370 NOW XMAS now NOW 90s
387 Heart TV Xmas reverts to Heart TV
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