Free Sky Sports channels added to millions of TVs TODAY – essential codes to unlock them revealed
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THREE Sky Sports channels have been added to the TV guide on millions of screens at no extra cost today.
Viewers have gained a total of six new channels totally free in the latest boost for Sky Glass and Sky Stream.
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Although Sky Q customers won't find them on their TV guide, they can access the channels another way instead.
The broadcaster has decided to add a series of so-called FAST (Free Ad Supported TV) channels to the main selection screen.
However, you can get to them even quicker by using your voice or keying into the channel number on your remote.
Among them is Sky Sports Classics, home to Sky Sports Premier League archives with the likes of Premier League Icons and Premier League Legends.
The full list of six channels are:
Sky Sports Classics
Sky Sports Vault
Sky Sports Stories
Pick Monkey Rescue
Emergency 24/7
Sky Artist of The Year
Elsewhere, Sky Sports Vault revisits a whole host of archive darts, EFL and boxing content including 30 Years of The PDC World Darts Championship and Fight Night.
And Sky Sports Stories is the place for sporting documentaries, from EFL Rivalries to Her Huddle.
If you recognise the channels you're not mistaken.
They were first made available a year ago via the little-known Xumo Play app, where you can find about 70 free extra channels.
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Today's changes put Sky's own six channels from the Xumo app directly onto the TV guide like any other channel.
The free Sky Sports channels can be found on 1001, 1002 and 1003 respectively.
Pick Monkey Rescue, on number 1004, shows episodes from the Monkey Life series.
And on 1005 it's Emergency 24/7 with programmes such as Highway Cops, Air Ambulance ER and Stop Search Seize.
Finally, Sky Artist of The Year, on number 1006, allows viewers to catch up on Sky's Portrait Artist of the Year and Landscape Artist of the Year.
Rival Virgin Media has been dabbling in a similar move with FAST channels.
So, although Sky Q customers won't find them directly on their TV guide they can still watch them via the Xumo app.
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