Fury as five new TV channels on Sky are DELAYED leaving viewers ‘really disappointed’

SKY customers person been near baffled aft 5 highly anticipated caller channels failed to materialise connected the day they were expected to launch.

A clump of caller euphony channels were expected to onshore connected TVs past week to capable the void from a question of closures earlier successful the year.

Music fans were dealt a monolithic stroke erstwhile The Box, Kerrang, Kiss, 4Music and Magic each closed implicit the summer.

Owners Channel 4 decided to axe the channels amid a circular of cuts, affecting not lone Sky but Virgin Media, Freeview and Freesat.

The Box was the longest moving of the group, having been on-air for 32 years.

The determination has near a immense spread successful euphony sum connected the TV guide.

But it was astir noticeable connected Sky Glass and Sky Stream, Sky's dishless alternate that relies Wi-Fi.

With less euphony channels, it present lone has four, each operated by MTV.

Another large euphony broadcaster comes successful the signifier of the NOW euphony channels, which deduce from the once-popular Now That's What I Call Music compilation CDs.

NOW operates 5 channels: NOW 70s, NOW 80s, NOW ROCK, NOW 90s and 00s and Clubland TV.

But these person lone been disposable connected outer and Virgin Media.

The 5 channels were expected to yet onshore connected Sky Glass and Sky Stream past week.

However, viewers were amazed to find they ne'er arrived.

"I was nether the content that 5 caller euphony channels were expected to beryllium added today, but I can't enactment retired however you adhd them to the entity watercourse device," 1 idiosyncratic wrote connected Sky's website.

"I volition archer you what, I'm truly disappointed with the caller euphony channels not being up connected the aerial yet," a 2nd added.

A Sky rep responded to the concerns reminding customers that launches are taxable to change.

"Due to a method issue, it was not imaginable to motorboat the euphony channels yesterday and the motorboat has been postponed," the Sky rep explained.

"Once the contented has been resolved, a caller motorboat day volition beryllium provided."

When the channels bash launch, they should beryllium recovered connected the pursuing numbers:

• Clubland TV - 354
• NOW 70s - 355
• NOW 80s - 356
• NOW XMAS - 357 (temporary name, reverts to NOW 90s and 00s successful 2025)
• NOW ROCK - 358

More ways to get euphony connected your Sky Glass TV now

While you hold for the caller euphony channels to arrive, you mightiness privation to effort these different escaped services instead.

Xumo Play is an app on Sky Glass and Sky Stream that provides entree to an other 70 oregon truthful channels.

Among them is simply a big of euphony channels.

There's besides the Vevo app that lets you prime and play euphony videos connected demand.