[Kojak]

Like others, I think it'll be the SD channels, including the +1s as on-demand has made them largely redundant, along with Sky Cinema's linear outlets and a consolidation of Sky Sports, reducing them to numbered channels with priority for EPL and EFL with the rest of the sports content being scheduled on other channels.

Another move Sky should make is to make Sky News HD FTA and adding it to Freesat and close the SD versions at 28e, leaving Sky News SD for Freeview only.

Those with SD only receivers should be offered the choice to upgrade to Q or Sky Stream.

I'm suprised it has taken Sky this long, to be honest. There were rumours about Sky closing their SD channels as far back as 2011! 

I expect one or two linear Cinema channels will remain - perhaps Premiere and a pop-up channel. Or maybe they might bring back Screens 1 and 2 and ditch all the others.

Over the coming decade, I think linear TV in general will start to go back to a number of channels closer to what was available in the 90s.

I can't see them touch the basic channel lineup - Sky has been aggressively expanding them since Comcast took over, and I'd imagine it would cost less compared to the Sky Sports channels.

I actually think, IF they lose The Simpsons, that Sky Showcase might ultimately be for the chop. It just seems like such a pointless channel otherwise. Like others, I expect E!, Movies 24 and maybe Challenge will likely also be shut down.