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All of the free TV channels on Sky in the UK

Showing the free channels on Sky (no card) only

Below is a list of all the television and radio channels that you can watch in the UK using Sky (no card) only. Where a channel can be watched for free, the channel number is listed below. In addition, if you can watch (or listen) immediately online, press the button in the "web" column.

As some channels are exclusive to one service alone, you may need to get receive more than one service to get all the channels you want. The coverage for Freeview differs too - those channels not provided by the public service "Freeview Light" transmitters have italics numbers.

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Channel 5 HD	105	105	105
BBC One HD	101	115	106
S4C HD	4	134	120
BBC Two HD	102	141	102
BBC Four HD	106	143	107

ITV HD	103	178	111
STV HD	103	178	111
UTV HD	103	178	111
Channel 4 HD	104	227	126
NHK WORLD HD		507	209

RT HD	113	518	206
BBC News HD	107	570	200
CBeebies HD	205	624	601
CBBC HD	204	633	600


BBC One	1	101	101
BBC Two	2	102	108
ITV	3	103	103
STV	3	103	103
UTV	3	103	103

Channel 4	4	104	104
Channel 4 (Wales)	7	104	104
Dave	12	111	157
BBC Four	9	116	110
ITV 2	6	118	113

ITV3	10	119	115
ITV4	24	120	117
ITV +1	33	131	112
STV+1	33	131	112
UTV+1	33	131	112

Channel 4 +1	13	135	121
E4	28	136	122
E4 (Wales)	28	136	122
E4 +1	29	137	123
More4	14	138	124

More4+1		139	125
4seven	47	140	127
BBC Alba	7	142	109
Quest	37	144	167
Challenge	46	145	146

CBS Reality	66	146	135
CBS Drama	67	147	136
CBS Action	39	148	137
ITV Be	26	149	118
pick	11	152	144

Really	17	155	160
Drama	20	158	158
5Spike	31	160	141
Quest Red	38	162	169
Pick +1		164	145

Challenge +1		170	147
5 USA	21	174	129
My5	54	175	133
5STAR	30	176	131
Channel 5 +1	44	177	128

ITV 2 +1	27	179	114
ITV3 +1	34	180	116
True Entertainment	61	182	142
True Entertainment +1		183	152
Sony Crime Channel 2	60	184	143

BET International		187	140
Propeller TV		189
5STAR+1	55	190	132
5USA +1	56	191	130
Home		196

Property TV		198
OH TV		199
MyTV		203
ITV Be +1	58	206	119
Showcase		212	161

Voxafrica		218
5 Spike 1		219
AIT International		232
ABN TV		235
BEN		238

Food Network	41	248	148
Travel Channel	42	249	150
Food Network +1		250	149
Travel Channel +1		251	151
Horse and Country TV		253

Holiday and Cruise		256
Forces TV	96	264	165
CBS Reality 1	71	269	134
Film4	15	315	300
Film4 +1	45	316	301

Horror Channel	70	319	138
Horror Channel +1		320	139
True Movies	62	321	302
True Movies 1		322	303
Movies4Men	48	325	304

Nollywood Movies		329
Talking Pictures TV	81	343	306
Rok		344
5Spike 1	57	353	511
Box Upfront		359

The Box		360
Box Hits		361
4Music	18	362	509
Kiss		363	508
Magic		364	510

The Vault	75	365	500
The Vault		366	501
Scuzz		367	502
Kerrang! TV		368
Vintage TV	82	369	505

Now 90s		370
Starz TV		371	504
Chart Show Hits		372
Flava		374
NOW 80s		378	513

Clubland TV	89	383
Channel Aka		385
Heart TV		387	506
Capital TV		388	507
Keep It Country	87	389	516

Freesports starts 12 Sep 17	95	424	252
Front Runner		468	250
Front Runner 2		469
Sky News	233	501	202
Bloomberg TV		502	208

BBC News	231	503	212
BBC Parliament	232	504	201
CNBC		505	210
CNN		506	207
EuroNews		508

CGTN		510	211
France 24		513	205
Al Jazeera English		514	203
CNC English		515
PBS America		534	155

Yesterday	19	537	159
Together		539	164
Blaze	63	565	162
CBBC	201	613	607
CBeebies	202	614	608

CITV	203	621	602
Tiny Pop 1	210	625	609
Pop +1	209	626
POP MAX		627	604
Arirang TV		690	214

Khalsa TV		858
A Plus		859
[test%20card]		862
BBC Red Button 2		982
BBC Red Button 3		983


truTV	† 68	185	153
Tru TV 1	† 69	186
Movies4Men 1	† 50	326	305
Tiny Pop	† 207	617	605
POP Max	† 208	629

Radio stations		other
Radio stations marked ◊ do not broadcast 5pm-midnight in Scotland on Freeview
	Sky News Radio			0000
	BBC Radio 1	DAB FM/AM	◊700	0101	700
	BBC Radio 2	DAB FM/AM	◊702	0102	702
	BBC Radio 3	DAB FM/AM	◊703	0103	703
	BBC Radio 4	DAB FM/AM	704	0104	704

	BBC Radio 5 Live	DAB FM/AM	705	0105	705
	Classic FM	DAB FM/AM	731	0106	721
	Absolute Radio	DAB FM/AM	727	0107	724
	talkSPORT	DAB FM/AM	723	0108	731
	Capital	DAB FM/AM	724	0109	719

	PlanetRock	DAB		0110	730
	Heart	DAB FM/AM	728	0111	733
	LBC	DAB FM/AM	732	0112	734
	Radio X	DAB FM/AM		0113	723
	Capital Xtra	DAB FM/AM		0114	720

	BBC World Service	DAB FM/AM	◊710	0115	711
	BBC Radio Scotland	DAB FM/AM	719	0116	712
	BBC Radio Wales	DAB FM/AM	719	0117	714
	BBC Radio Ulster	DAB FM/AM	719	0118	716
	BBC Asian Network	DAB FM/AM	709	0119	709

	BBC Radio 6 Music	DAB	707	0120	707
	Gold	DAB FM/AM		0121	722
	WRN English			0122
	LBC London News	DAB FM/AM		0124
	Smooth Radio	DAB FM/AM	718	0128	732

	Solar Radio			0129
	Panjab Radio			0130
	BBC Radio 4 Extra	DAB	708	0131	708
	BBC Radio 1Xtra	DAB	701	0137	701
	TWR	FM/AM		0138	790

	BBC Radio nan Gaidheal	DAB FM/AM	◊720	0139	713
	BBC Radio 4 LW			0143	710
	BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra	DAB	706	0144	706
	Smooth Extra	DAB		0146
	EWTN Radio			0147

	Sukh Sagar Radio			0150
	Radio Khush Khabri			0151
	BBC Radio London	DAB FM/AM	721	0152	718
	BBC Radio Cymru	DAB FM/AM	720	0154	715
	RTE Radio 1			0160	750

	RTE 2FM			0164	751
	RTE Lyric FM			0165	752
	RTE Raidio na Gaeltachta			0166	753
	Desi Radio	FM/AM		0169
	Kiss	DAB FM/AM	713	0178

	Magic	DAB	715	0180
	Liberty Radio			0186
	Absolute 70s	DAB		0188
	Absolute 80s	DAB		0200	726
	Absolute 90s	DAB		0201

	Jazz FM			0202
	Absolute Classic Rock	DAB		0203
	Kanshiradio			0205
	NewsTalk			0210
	BFBS Radio	DAB FM/AM		0211	786

	UCB Ireland			0214

Streamed TV and text		web	other
	SkyText				501
	BBC Red Button			250	981


Daystar TV HD	583	691
Record Europa HD	801
+ TV HD	853


NDTV 24x7		511
RT	234	512
TVC News		517
TVC News Nigeria 1		572
Channels 24		575	213

Times Now		576
News 18		577
GOD Channel		580	694
Revelation TV		581	692
TBN UK	65	582

Inspiration TV		585	690
Loveworld	270	586
Gospel Channel		587
The Word Network		588
EWTN		589

Faith World TV		590
KICC TV		591
BelieVe TV		592
Olive TV		593
Sonlife TV		594	695

Flow TV		595
Hillsong Channel		597
Determination TV		598
Pop	206	616	603
QVC	16	650	800

JML Direct		651	806
TJC	49	652	809
GR Shop		653	804
Ideal World	22	654	812
Gems TV	43	655	805

Tristar		656
Retail Therapy TV		657
High Street TV		658	816
Best Direct		659	818
Together	93	660	808

Ideal Extra		661	810
High Street TV 2		662
Hochanda	85	663	817
Jewellery Maker	76	665	807
High Street TV 3		666

PBS America	94	667
QVC Beauty	35	668	801
Pavers Shoes TV		669
Thane		670	815
V Channel		671

Rocks and Co	40	672	814
QVC Extra		673	802
Create and Craft	23	674	813
Craft Extra		675	811
CraftMarket		676

The Mall		677
QVC Style	36	678	803
Phoenix CNE		785
MTA 1		787
Prime TV		792

MATV Channel		793
Abu Dhabi TV		794
TV 5 Monde		796
Hum Masala		799
Hidayat TV		800

PTV Global		803
Venus TV		805
Islam Channel		806	693
Geo		807
ABP News		811

Noor TV		812
Peace TV English		813
Channel S		814
PTC Punjabi		815
Aaj Tak		818

Iqra TV		819
Ummah Channel		820
Bangla TV		821
Rishtey		822
Glory TV		823

Brit Asia TV		824
Iqra Bangla		825
Ahlebait TV		826
ATN Bangla		827
Madani Channel English		828

Sikh Channel Global		829
Peace TV Urdu		830
Ahlulbayt TV		831
Samaa TV		832
Channel I		833

Takbeer TV		834
Sangat TV		836
Aastha		837
NTV		838
Sky News Arabia		840

TV 99		842
Akaal Channel		843
Hum TV		844
British Muslim TV		845
Safeer TV		847

TV One		849
Dunya News USA		850
Islam Channel Urdu		851
UK 44		854
Al Arabiya		855

Eman Channel		857
GayNetwork		872
Chat Box		873
Psychic Today		886
Ahomka Radio		0185


Playboy TV Chat		902
Babestation	674	906	870
Babestation Daytime Xtra		908
ADULT Babestn2		909
Studio 66 TV 1	679	912

Xpanded TV 3		914
Studio 66 TV 2		940
Studio 66 TV 3		941

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1:18 PM

Diffs:

(ENG) in HD was added to the Freesat private regions.

As predicted, the RTE Radio have changed on Freesat:

Comparing files List Freesat 21-06-2018 11 01.txt and List Freesat 21-06-2018 13 01.txt

************************ CHANGED ************************

SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN

Service ID Change, Schedule Flag Change, Transponder Move
RTE Radio 1 2 19002 6140 2007 2 11837H 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 750
RTE Radio 1 2 19002 5544 2011 2 11915H 0 0 Freesat 111111111111 750

Service ID Change, Schedule Flag Change, Transponder Move
RTE 2fm 2 19003 6142 2007 2 11837H 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 751
RTE 2fm 2 19003 5545 2011 2 11915H 0 0 Freesat 111111111111 751

Service ID Change, Schedule Flag Change, Transponder Move
RTE Lyric fm 2 19004 6146 2007 2 11837H 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 752
RTE Lyric fm 2 19004 5546 2011 2 11915H 0 0 Freesat 111111111111 752

Service ID Change, Schedule Flag Change, Transponder Move
RTE RnaG 2 19005 6144 2007 2 11837H 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 753
RTE RnaG 2 19005 5547 2011 2 11915H 0 0 Freesat 111111111111 753

************************ NEW ************************

SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
FRANCE 24(ENG) 25 07016 52560 2116 2 11427V 0 0 Freesat 00001EEE1EEE 204

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1:28 PM

/BSkyB Diffs:

has moved from 10714H to 12304H:

Comparing files List ASTRA 21-06-2018 11 01.txt and List ASTRA 21-06-2018 13 01.txt

************************ CHANGED ************************

SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN

Renamed, EPGID Change, Bouquet Change, LCN Change
12055 1 0000 12055 2031 2 12304H 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
4Music
1 1758 12055 2031 2 12304H 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 139
Service ID Change, Move
4Music 1 1758 9240 2041 2 10714H 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 139
4Music 1 1758 12055 2031 2 12304H 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 139

************************ NEW ************************

SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
12055 1 0000 9240 2031 2 12304H 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000

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1:36 PM

/BSkyB Diffs:

has moved from 10714H to 12304H:

Comparing files List ASTRA 21-06-2018 11 01.txt and List ASTRA 21-06-2018 13 01.txt

************************ CHANGED ************************

SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN

Renamed, EPGID Change, Bouquet Change, LCN Change
12055 1 0000 12055 2031 2 12304H 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
4Music 1 1758 12055 2031 2 12304H 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 139

Service ID Change, Move
4Music 1 1758 9240 2041 2 10714H 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 139
4Music 1 1758 12055 2031 2 12304H 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 139

************************ NEW ************************

SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
12055 1 0000 9240 2031 2 12304H 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000

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1:39 AM

52580 on 11427V is - testing in HD:

Diffs from 21/06/2018 00:24:43 to 21/06/2018 23:43:24

Found:

Format:
NAME, TYPE, SID, TSID, FREQ
Streams

52580, 25, 52580, 2116, 11427V
stream, PID = 2305 Type = 0x1B : h264
stream, PID = 2306 Type = 0x06 : PES packets containing private data
stream, PID = 2309 Type = 0x04 : mpeg audio
stream, PID = 2310 Type = 0x06 : PES packets containing private data
stream, PID = 2311 Type = 0x06 : PES packets containing private data
stream, PID = 3840 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
stream, PID = 3841 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
stream, PID = 3842 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
stream, PID = 3843 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
stream, PID = 3844 Type = 0x05 : private_sections

The streams with PIDs 2306, 2309, 2310, 2311 are missing.

These would be ac3 audio, mpeg audio, teletext subtitles and dvb subtitles.

The streams with PID 3840 to 3844 are the streams.

Video Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 39 <= dPCR <= 41 ms intervals over 15 seconds for 11426.50 V 27500 5/6 DVB-S QPSK (21/06/2018 23:58:21)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
08.576 | 08.418 | 08.500 | 52580 = QUEST HD
03.843 | 03.761 | 03.800 | FreeSports
03.328 | 01.763 | 02.415 | Food Network
02.513 | 00.748 | 01.371 | Food Netwrk+1
02.231 | 00.821 | 01.175 | Craft Extra
03.492 | 01.882 | 02.573 | Gems TV
01.855 | 00.857 | 01.266 | PBS America
08.192 | 08.056 | 08.126 | 52560 = FRANCE 24(ENG) HD
02.811 | 02.744 | 02.778 | FRANCE Eng
03.267 | 03.036 | 03.193 | TV5 MONDE
04.415 | 02.921 | 03.698 | Null Packets
04.032 | 02.626 | 03.343 | All Other Streams
42.239 | 42.238 | 42.238 | TS Bitrate

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