Sky moved its satellite receivers over to Channel 5’s new satellite transponder on Monday morning. Most viewers won’t need to take any action.
Channel 5 has been simulcasting its services across both old and new frequencies since September allowing TV platforms to prepare for the change. Earlier this month, Freesat receivers were migrated across. Sky has now begun the process for its satellite receivers.
On Monday, Channel 5 HD, Channel 5 SD and Channel 5+1 were moved across. 5ACTION, 5USA and 5USA+1 followed on Tuesday, with the remaining services due to switch across on Wednesday.
Coinciding with the switch, Channel 5 is withdrawing services from its old frequency (transponder 57 – 10964 H). They can now be found on Astra 2F, transponder 109 – 11307H.
The vast majority of Sky satellite viewers will not need to take any action, thanks to an automatic update.
Sky viewers who see a blank screen on any of these channels should reboot their receiver. Viewers in the Republic of Ireland, where Channel 5 is not on the Sky channel list, can re-add the channels using the new tuning parameters.
Freesat
Freesat already completed the migration on 15th November. But devices that didn’t receive the channel update may need to be rebooted/retuned.
▶ Channel 5 satellite frequencies
Updated 29/11/2022.