With the Euros done and dusted, the focus of many a football fan will now turn to transfers.
There’s a good few weeks to go before the season starts up again, and Sky Sports News HQ will no doubt be one of regular reference points for any comings and goings in the transfer market.
But as some Sky viewers discovered on Monday, SSNHQ is no longer where you’d expect to find it.
In preparation for their coverage of The Open at Royal Troon, Sky have made a few adjustments to their sports channels. Sky Sports One has temporarily been changed to Sky Sports The Open and the order of the sports channels has also been tweaked, with the channel numbers being changed to the ones seen below:
401Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Sky Sports 1 / Sky Sports The Open
402Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Sky Sports 2
403Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Sky Sports 3
404Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Sky Sports 4
405Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Sky Sports 5
406Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Sky Sports News HQ
407Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Sky Sports F1
Yep, Sky Sports News HQ has now moved from channel 401 to 406, a change that caused a bit of confusion amongst those that tried to tune in to the latest sports headlines on TV earlier on Monday.
For many, the channel changing made plenty of sense. There was something logical about Sky Sports One being 401, Sky Sports Two being 402 and so on…
https://twitter.com/K__Gaddu/status/752540867102212096
@SkySports have changed their channel numbers – Sky Sports 1 on 401, Sky Sports 2 on 402, etc.
Order has been restored!— Trevor Spillane (@TrevorSpillane) July 11, 2016
Great news, lads. Sky Sports 1 moving back to channel 401.
— Alistair Gemmell (@albinoanaconda) July 11, 2016
But as you might expect, not everyone was happy about it…
Sky sports news channel changed from 401 to 406 has annoyed me today as I keep pressing 401. Wasting energy here pressing the wrong number.
— Welshman Hughes (@swanspassion) July 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/MrBoomBets/status/752425626011836416
Bloody @SkySports messing around with the channel numbers again! 😠😠ðŸ˜
— Martyn Swan (@swanny_1982) July 11, 2016
Better get used to typing 406 into your remote for until the transfer window shuts.
