Sky TV customers gutted as another service is downgraded on the same day two popular channels close
Sky TV customers gutted as another service is downgraded on the same day two popular channels close
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SKY TV customers have been dealt another blow as access to a popular streaming app will be downgraded next month. The changes come on the same day two popular channels will disappear from Sky and Virgin Media boxes after 35 years of broadcasting. Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) announced that it is closing Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2 on February 28.
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But the move also spells an overhaul to its Discovery+ platform, which Sky TV customers receive access to at no extra cost. At present, Sky viewers get the Discovery+ Standard tier, including content from channels like Discovery and TLC, as well Eurosport's coverage.
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But that plan is being discontinued by WBD, so Sky customers will be downgraded to the Discovery+ Basic plan. Discovery+ Basic currently has no sport channels or content. Much of Eurosport's content will be merged with TNT Sports, which you need to pay extra to access.
TNT Sports (which includes access to the Discovery+ Premium content) costs £30 per month. "I signed a new contract in January 2025," one disappointed user wrote on Sky's forum. "I have got sky sports and eurosport for watching BSB racing. which we get for free, I have now found out that Eurosport is moving to TNT.
"And you have to pay a subscription for that. i would not have signed with sky if I had known that.". Some sport content will continue to be available free-to-air on the Quest channel. This will include every MotoGP Sprint race, a new weekly cycling show, as well as highlights of the Giro d’Italia and La Vuelta a España.
