New Sky channels: Crime, Comedy, Documentaries, Nature

SYFY UK and E! UK accounts on Facebook now renamed Sky TV too.

The consolidation of all their TV networks' social media accounts continues.

Speed bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing

Over the sea to...

It would likely be SKY Entertainment. There was rumour of SKY Drama and SKY Action. So not sure if this will turn into anything. SYFY becomes SKY Drama?

I’m not sure about E! but SYFY uk website is now only the schedule like the way the universal channel went. So that’s very likely to change.

Is there a epg reshuffle happening?

https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/sky/sky-arts-to-be-unleashed-free-to-air/5147813.article

Pretty expected, especially as now they're competing with BBC Four and other FTA arts channels

Interesting to note that if they can’t secure another slot on Freeview, it will replace one of their existing services.

Pick or Challenge I presume?

Challenge probably most likely to go?

Non event, who seriously wants to watch Arts programming in low def SD in Stereo only.

I know plenty of people who couldn't care less about HD and are completely unaware and non-plussed that they have access to free HD channels.

Plenty of the content they show was originated in SD and stereo, so it's not like you're missing much.

Pretty much given up on Challenge on social media as it is, and Pick attracts a higher percentage share than Challenge does, albeit only by something like 0.2% across all platforms they air on.

Will be interesting to see if it stays SKY branded. Think it might.

Now I can’t back this tweet up but it’s interesting if true.

The sky engineer who visited me yday told me that comcast/sky has the desire to buy a FTA channel with the aim to launching a fta sky branded channel with news,sport,movies, original uk shows for it to act as a feeder + cross promote its pay sky channels like nbc

— james davies (@supernautynew) March 4, 2020

As long as NOW TV continues to provide SVoD for Sky Arts as it does for Pick and Challenge, it negates the need to watch a sub-par SD linear channel.

I'd speculate that Challenge will be axed as a linear channel, instead becoming a SVoD platform on NOW TV and Sky Box Sets.