Sky Sports new EPG from 12th August

mackersdublin

http://www1.skysports.com/other-sports/news/11095/9390945/sky-sports-news-hq-will-launch-on-august-12-on-the-new-channel-of-401

Sky Sports News HQ - 401

Sky Sports 1 - 402

Sky Sports 2 - 403

Sky Sports 3 - 404

Sky Sports 4 - 405

Sky Sports 5 - 406

Sky Sports F1 - 407

byte

That seems stupid!

Makes more sense for Sky Sports 1 to be 401, Sky Sports 2 on 402, etc.

Surely the place for Sky Sports News (headquarters?) is 407.

ftakeith

sky sports news should be scrapped

just have sports news on sky news like bbc news channel

Infoanon

ftakeith wrote: »

sky sports news should be scrapped

just have sports news on sky news like bbc news channel

Sky Sports News is basically an advert for the subscription Sky Sports channels, it will not be scrapped.

icdg

byte wrote: »

That seems stupid!

Makes more sense for Sky Sports 1 to be 401, Sky Sports 2 on 402, etc.

Surely the place for Sky Sports News (headquarters?) is 407.

UPC viewers have had to put up with Sky Sports on 402-405 for years (because Setanta Ireland is on 401) and I don't think it's particularly confused or bothered anyone. You just get used to it.

Sky Sports News HQ is a stupid name (though slightly less stupid than Skysports.comTV, which I can't remember how long lasted but it wasn't more than a couple of months). The HQ will be dropped within a few months I'd imagine.

byte

HQ for added significance for Deadline Day?

Jim White will be top of the Sports EPG listings anyway. He'll like that.

icdg

As I've said before it's worth it's weight in gold for Soccer Saturday. Otherwise it's more interested in news about Sky Sports than sports news.

murpho999

I would like it if they would offer a full screen option without all the distracting tickers and sidebars.

tadgh

murpho999 wrote: »

I would like it if they would offer a full screen option without all the distracting tickers and sidebars.

Not to mention Ads.

swoofer

I despair, sky are having a laugh, its been 401 since day one so we will all key in 401 and get that HQ rubbish then sky can say HQ has x million viewers.

i wonder will bt win the lot next time round

lpool2k05

Why not have sky sports news on channel 400 or am i missing something?

channelsurfer2

just another gimmick really to disguise the price increase in the UK(and probably for us in february going by recent years).

lertsnim

Sky Sports News should surely be in the news section if the EPG

irishgeo

anyone know why they dont use any of the x00 numbers.

Infoanon

irishgeo wrote: »

anyone know why they dont use any of the x00 numbers.

They do eg 200 but historically they have always started the main genres on X01 - similar to UPC

steveon

I think 401 should be sky one it makes sense, having the news on the first channel is stupid not every1 watches it so its only going to confuse the masses.

And Im sure they could utilise the 00 if they wanted isnt playboy on 900? was last time I looked

Infoanon

Longer term I can see Sky renaming all the sports channels,

SS1 - Sky Premiership
SS2 - Sky Cricket and Rugby
SS3 - Sky Golf
SS5 - Sky European Football
SS4 - Sports Mix

This approach is used across Europe and Sky have already experimented with Sky Sports Ashes and Sky Ryder Cup is due in September.

icdg

I don't know. To me that unnecessarily takes away any flexibility they have in scheduling. Once you brand your channels like that you are effectively committing yourself and people get annoyed when sports have to move, as they do from time to time.

lertsnim

Infoanon wrote: »

Longer term I can see Sky renaming all the sports channels,

SS1 - Sky Premiership
SS2 - Sky Cricket and Rugby
SS3 - Sky Golf
SS5 - Sky European Football
SS4 - Sports Mix

This approach is used across Europe and Sky have already experimented with Sky Sports Ashes and Sky Ryder Cup is due in September.

Any provider that does that still has generic sports channels though.

In Italy they have the F1, Moto GP, Calcio but still have the standard Sky Sport channels.

In Spain they have Canal+ Deportes and Deportes 2 to go with their Golf, football and bull fighting channels.

And so on

byte

lertsnim wrote: »

Sky Sports News should surely be in the news section if the EPG

God yeah, it should! Never thought of that before, yet it seems obvious.

Mallagio

They've changed to 401 for marketing reasons and thrown in the HQ to make it look amazing.

So what?

It's a great channel but weirdly you'll always get absolute clowns moaning about a shift!!

"Its changed to 401 but I think it should be Sky Sports 1 or Sky One"

Get a life.

peejay1986

So is the HD version going to be called Sky Sports News HQ HD?

Fresh Pots

peejay1986 wrote: »

So is the HD version going to be called Sky Sports a News HQ HD?

Was thinking that myself, sounds stupid!

Panrich

A great example of first world problems.

mikeym

peejay1986 wrote: »

So is the HD version going to be called Sky Sports News HQ HD?

New name same old news.

swoofer

just drift in and out of sky news and you will see all you need of sky sports news.

lertsnim

Panrich wrote: »

A great example of first world problems.

Cannot complain about it so.

Mimikyu

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peejay1986

Captain Morgan wrote: »

Seems they went with Sky Sports News HQ HD (or Sky SpN HQ HD as it is on the planner).

I don't see why they have the SD versions of Sky Sports News HQ and Sky Sports 1 on 408 & 409 and the rest of them on 435, 436, 439 and 440.

Wow. Their marketing department need a serious slap. Terrible name.

mikeym

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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It looks ridiculous.

icdg

It is riddiculous. The new look is very nice, mind you, but don't expect the name to last any longer than Skysports. comTV did.

Fresh Pots

icdg wrote: »

It is riddiculous. The new look is very nice, mind you, but don't expect the name to last any longer than Skysports. comTV did.

If they drop the HD part it'll be fine.

icdg

It's not used on screen, only in the EPG and promotional materials. They need some way of distinguishing the SD and HD versions however.