Sky Channel Changes 1st February 2011

[satandpcguy]

Here are details of when the Sky channel changes will happen. They will he happening during the day of the 1st February at various time, but mainly during the early hours of the morning to try and not disprut and viewng or recordings.


Eight Sky TV channels will be off the air from around 2am until about 4am while Sky prepare for changes to the channel numbers in our entertainment line-up. During this period, there will be brief outages and you will see a placeholder banner advising you that no programmes are being broadcast. You do not need to adjust your TV set or Sky box. The following channels are affected:

Living
Living HD
Living ROI
Living+1
Livingit
Livingit+1
Challenge
Challenge+1

And Channel One, formerly Vigin Channel on Sky will close down.
At 6am, Channel One on Freeview will close, to be replaced on Freeview by Challenge.


HD channel changes: once the changes have taken place, the channel numbers on your TV listings for Entertainment and Music will have changed. HD customers will notice that some HD channels now have the same channel numbers as their standard definition counterparts. The Living channels: Living, Living HD, Living ROI, Living+1, Livingit, Livingit+1 become "Sky Living." Sky Living moves to channel 107 for both HD and standard definition.

At 9pm the new Sky channel, Sky Atlantic, will launch on channel 108 in HD and standard definition.