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Four Sky Cinema channels are on the move across Sky satellite and Sky Stream, with a further additional change on satellite only.
Three years after the BBC became the first national public broadcaster to shut down its standard definition (SD) services on satellite, the UK’s fifth network will follow on Tuesday.
Sky viewers have lost access to three music channels, and Freeview has lost its only full-time music station after That’s TV switched off numerous channels this weekend.
As linear viewing switches to on-demand streaming, Sky brings together four streaming apps together into a single Sky TV subscription.
Freesat viewers regained access to Warner Bros Discovery’s entertainment channel TLC on Monday after being temporarily blocked from viewing the TLC service over the weekend.
Disney’s Sky-exclusive linear children’s channel, which features the popular animated series Bluey, is on the move on satellite this week.
Freesat users tuning into TLC over the weekend found they had lost access to the channel, days after it went free-to-air on UK TV platforms.
TLC HD and TLC+1 have gone live on Freesat after Warner Bros Discovery lifted encryption of both services this morning.
Changes to some of Warner Bros Discovery’s channels on Sky will trigger a reshuffle of services across Sky’s TV platforms.
The number of linear channels on what was once the biggest platform for TV channels in the UK continues to decline, as more broadcasters launch or switch to streaming-only services or exit the market altogether.