SKY customers are days away from the permanent closure of an iconic TV channel.
It's part of a massive TV guide shake-up that's being rolled out throughout April.
On Thursday, April 10, Sky is going to kill off satellite channel 223 (or 224 in ).
That's Sky History+1, which a Sky employee confirmed “closes permanently” later this week.
Sky History will remain on the service, but its plus-one sister channel will shut down forever.
It comes just days after Sky made a number of and .
That included the April 2 closure of Sky History 2 HD (although it was retained on SD for satellite, and in HD on and Sky Stream).
The TV giant for a number of reasons.
Sometimes channels are launched temporarily, and then later replaced.
Channels will often be rebranded (like this month's swap from Sky Gangsters back to its original Sky Thriller HD).
And other times, TV channels will shut down due to lack of interest or because a certain deal has come to an end.
Dozens of swaps have already been made this month, and we have the full list below.
SKY CHANNEL SWAPS IN APRIL SO FAR
Here's the full list of Sky channel swaps in April so far…
Tuesday, April 1
- U&W HD ROI closes on satellite only – the SD remains at 132
- U&W HD closes on satellite only – the SD remains at 132
- U&Yesterday HD closes on satellite only – the SD remains at 155– 161in ROI
- U&Alibi HD moves from 130to 120on Glass and Stream only in England, NI and Wales. They remain unchanged in Scotland and ROI
- U&Gold HD moves from 131to 121on Glass and Stream only in England, NI and Wales. They remain unchanged in Scotland and ROI
- U&Dave HD moves from 132to 130on Glass and Stream only in England, NI and Wales. They remain unchanged in Scotland and ROI
- U&W HD moves from 133to 131on Glass and Stream only in England, NI and Wales. They remain unchanged in Scotland and ROI
- U&Drama moves from 134to 132on Glass and Stream only in England, NI and Wales. They remain unchanged in Scotland and ROI
- U&Yesterday HD moves from 161to 133on Glass and Stream only in England, NI and Wales. They remain unchanged in Scotland and ROI
- U&Eden moves from 162to 134on Glass and Stream only in England, NI and Wales. They remain unchanged in Scotland and ROI
- GINX TV HD moves from 419to 417on Glass/Stream only in the UK
- MUTV HD moves from 420to 418on Glass/Stream only in the UK
- LFCTV HD moves from 421to 419on Glass/Stream only in the UK
- Premier Sports 1 HD moves from 419to 417on Glass/Stream only in ROI
- Premier Sports 2 HD moves from 420to 418on Glass/Stream only in ROI
- GINX TV HD moves from 421to 419on Glass/Stream only in ROI
- MUTV HD moves from 422to 420on Glass/Stream only in ROI
- LFCTV HD moves from 423to 421 on Glass/Stream only in ROI
Wednesday, April 2
- TV Warehouse moves from 676to 673on satellite only
- Cruise1st.tv moves from 681to 675on satellite only
- ​Sky History 2 HD closes on satellite – the SD moves to163in the UK and168in ROI and NI – HD channel remains on Glass/Stream
Thursday, April 3
- ​Sky Gangsters (Satellite 309 – Glass/Stream 309) changes name to renames to Sky Thriller HD (reverting from a temporary change)
- Sky Books To Screen (Satellite 302 – Glass/Stream 302) renames to Sky Adventure/ SkyAdventureHD (temporary change)
Friday, April 4
- ​Sky Family (Satellite 306/850 – Glass/Stream 306) renames to SkyHarryPotter / HarryPotterHD​ (Temp)      
- ​Sky Hits(Satellite 303 – Glass/Stream 303)changes name to The Hobbit HD (Temporary change)
Monday, April 7
- ​Sky The Hobbit (Satellite 303 – Sky Glass/Stream 303) changes name to ​Sky Hits / Sky Hits HD (reverting from temporary change)
Thursday, April 10
- ​Sky History+1 (Satellite 223 (224 Scotland)) closes permanently
It's worth noting that there will likely be more swaps to come.
Sky typically only updates its channel swap lists for the week ahead.
