[Jimbo2022]

That will be for Freesat's benefit. Freesat set top boxes and TV's ususally take a little longer than Sky boxes to pick up the bouquet changes. Usually it's within the hour but I have seen occasions where a box/TV has taken a couple days for some reason.

Generally services will be kept active for a week after it's removed from the EPG.


Have they announced there will be a slate? It really wouldn't surprise me if they just switch it off, especially now they've reported having fewer calls than expected.

I can definitely see them putting an MHEG slate on Freesat 101, but when it comes to Sky I can't see them entertaining it. Sky don't like off air slates, and are usually very quick to remove services in situations like that.

At the bottom of the blog updated on 13 October it reads:


'This means from 8 January next year, a ‘channel closed’ message will appear on all our SD channel feeds on satellite.'