Sky reveals important update on missing new channels that were supposed to arrive on TVs last week

SKY has issued an update connected caller channels that failed to look connected TVs past week arsenic planned.

The broadcaster intended to added 5 channels astatine nary other outgo to capable a large spread successful 1 large TV category.

Music contented has been dwindling this twelvemonth pursuing the closure of The Box, Kiss, Kerrang, Magic and 4Music.

Owner Channel 4 decided to axe the radical arsenic portion of outgo cutting measures and a greater absorption connected digital.

This resulted successful a noticeable simplification successful euphony channels connected each TV services similar Sky and Virgin Media.

But it was astir evident connected Sky Glass and Sky Stream, the newer internet-based TV level from Sky.

The steadfast has gradually been increasing the transmission categories to lucifer astir disposable connected satellite, though it lacks immoderate euphony channels.

Since the summertime erstwhile The Box and others were closed, it has near lone 4 euphony channels connected Sky Glass and Sky Stream - each operated by MTV.

To the alleviation of euphony fans, Sky announced that 5 channels would beryllium coming to capable the void.

These are NOW 70s, NOW 80s, NOW ROCK and NOW XMAS and Clubland TV.

NOW XMAS is usually NOW 90s and 00s but it rebrands implicit the Christmas play - NOW 90s and 00s volition instrumentality successful the caller year.

The channels were scheduled to motorboat connected Sky Glass and Sky Stream connected Wednesday past week.

But to the astonishment of viewers, the other channels ne'er showed up.

Sky aboriginal revealed connected its online forum that a method contented had caused a delay.

The broadcaster hasn't fixed an nonstop day erstwhile they present expect the channels to launch.

However, Sky has told The Sun that the 5 channels are inactive owed to motorboat earlier the extremity of the year.

This mightiness mean customers volition beryllium capable to get immoderate clip with the Christmas transmission earlier December 25.

For the clip being, MTV is moving its ain Xmas euphony transmission connected fig 352.

THE DEMISE OF MUSIC CHANNELS

Analysis by Jamie Harris, Assistant Technology and Science Editor astatine The Sun

Music channels were erstwhile the beryllium each and extremity each for teens successful the 90s and 00s, earlier the days of YouTube and Spotify.

You could adjacent telephone up and wage to petition a video - and extremity up waiting everlastingly for it to appear.

But successful the integer property with everything disposable immediately, euphony video channels person go somewhat aged fashioned and truthful assemblage numbers person tumbled.

So it's nary astonishment that The Box and co had to close.

However, determination is evidently inactive immoderate appetite with the NOW marque seizing the closures arsenic an accidental to expanding, launching a caller NOW 90s and 00s transmission implicit the summer.