Sky employee reveals secret TV overhaul coming in days that changes five major channels for every customer

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2 days ago

The first of the changes is expected in just a few days time
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A SKY employee has revealed a secret TV overhaul coming in just a few days.
Planned changes to five major channels for every customer were revealed.
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The changes are expected to affect every Sky customer
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Each of the channels will be renamed as part of the service shake up that is expected to affect every customer.
From Monday, June 2, the changes will start coming into effect with the final expected on Saturday June 7.
According to the Sky employee four channels will have their names changed on Monday.
A further two channels will have their names temporarily changed on Friday and Saturday.
Sky Fairytale on channels 306/850 is due to be renamed to Sky Family on Monday June 2, reverting back from a temporary change.
Sky Karate Kid will also have its name changed on Monday June 2, again the channel will be reverting from a temporary change.
Found on channels 307/851 it will now be called Sky Action.
Sky Pride on channel 310 will be reverting its name from a temporary change as well.
This will come into effect on Monday June 2 and it will now be called Sky Drama HD.
That's Pride, on channel 360, will be renamed to That's Dance on Monday June 2.
Further changes are expected later in the week with Sky Romance, channel 302, being renamed to SuperheroHD on Friday June 6.
This is a temporary change and the channel will have its name reverted at some point.
On Saturday June 7 Sky Comedy HD, channel 308, will be renamed to PitchPerfectHD.
This again is a temporary change and the channel will have its name reverted at some point in the future.
The upcoming changes will be implemented for all Sky customers.
Sky+, Sky Q and Sky Glass/Stream will all be affected by the changes to channel names.
The list of upcoming changes was revealed by a Sky employee with the first of the coming changes expected in just a few days.
Changes to channel names are made for a variety of reasons including for new arrivals, theme changes and rebranding efforts.
Changes to channel names are often temporary but some remain permanent.
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A lot of the changes are temporary
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