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Bt tv schedule

Fru2 — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 09:23:14 GMT

Why do Sky entertainment channels show as 'Off Air' from 30th August but no maintenance issues on Sky website.

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zulu17 — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 12:09:40 GMT

Thank You for raising , the channels are expected to broadcast as normal on the EETV platform. The problem is a data issue impacting the EPG guide, which is why you are not seeing the correct schedule and programme information. The EETV team should be chasing their data providers for a resolution so you should see the correct data provided well ahead of the broadcast day.

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andydenyer — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 16:41:55 GMT

I was wondering what the issue was, as I've noticed the same with the EPG for the Sky Sports channels. Most of them are showing as 'off air' from Saturday 30 August!

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MartinJSUK — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 17:21:33 GMT

One of these days the entire EPG schedule will actually be correct one week in advance. If it's not 'off air' or 'no information available' it's full of just-plain-wrong information, most of which when corrected will wipe out any recordings you have set in advance. It's a major ongoing fault that severely impacts the usefulness of the system. If I was going on holiday today and not returning until the weekend I would miss almost all the programmes I'm actually paying good money for. Constant promises that it will soon be resolved, and it never is.

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andydenyer — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:48:10 GMT

That's a good point you raise @MartinJSUK

I had programmed my Pro box to record Monday Night Football on Sky Sports Premier League, but it didn't record!

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MartinJSUK — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 05:14:09 GMT

My recording of Monday Night Football cut out halfway through the buildup, fortunately I was home fairly early in the match and it was still 0-0 when I got in. Oh, and the League Cup recordings for tonight and tomorrow have both changed names and dropped off the planner. Luckily I noticed.

Most of the weekend schedule is up now, but the F1 qualifying on Saturday says "live Dutch GP" (implying the race) on Sky Sports F1 and "live British GP" on Main Event. We also have the somewhat contradictory "live GB3 Championship Highlights" to look forward to. No doubt all these incorrect names will be changed, which will cause the scheduled recordings to disappear. This is so far short of 'good enough' that I'm not sure the correct word exists. I'm this close to cancelling my contract.

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Brucemeister5 — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 07:40:42 GMT

My recording of MNF cut off after 57 minutes. I had set the programme which followed to record too as MNF invariably overruns, but that failed to record. I like to watch the pre and post match stuff at my leisure. I watched the match with the volume muted on my iPad as I was watching other tv with my O/H in the lounge. We’ve just been told that we can get FTTP at long last. I’m happy with the broadband, but I’m considering my options with tv now. Sky Stream looks more attractive at the moment with UHD for Sky Sports.

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SteveG2460 — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 11:37:57 GMT

Totally agree with the above comments. The description of SKY sport programmes in the EPG schedule is quite often ridiculous and should be seen and corrected. It's not rocket science and it is embarrassing for an organisation that wants to be taken seriously. The we come to the consistent failures to record programmes which is quite appalling.

Quite simply if BT/EE/whatever they are calling themselves this month can't provide a professional platform to deliver SKY they should admit defeat and give up.

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MartinJSUK — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 07:54:37 GMT

My scheduled recordings for this weekend's Sky Sports Premier League games have all dropped off my recordings list now, make sure they haven't done the same on yours. Luckily this time I've spotted it in advance so there's no harm done, but I shouldn't have to check the system every day to make sure this fault hasn't recurred. I will be away for a week shortly, and I see no point in scheduling any recordings from the Now channels, as there's almost no chance of them all recording correctly. The constant excuses that "it's not our fault, they'll sort it" feel increasingly hollow when the exact same issues occur every single week. Time I cancelled, I think.

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SteveG2460 — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 10:02:15 GMT

Yep made my decision to consign NOW's SKY offering from this joke provider to the bin. It's beyond ridiculous.

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MartinJSUK — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 15:05:05 GMT

According to Radio Times, Sky Sports Action is showing the first week's NFL games. According to the guide on the BT Box, they're not. This needs investigating or correcting.

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zulu17 — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 16:53:18 GMT

@MartinJSUK I think that the NFL coverage for the new season has only recently been confirmed with broadcasters so in this particular example the initial Sky (Now) schedules will have been produced ahead of the announcement of the coverage deal. So there should be updates coming - as i believe sky have now confirmed their schedule of games as I can see them listed on some tv guides. With the extra games Sky has you will probably see different full games on different channels eg Sky Sports Action/Plus as well as Red Zone coverage, Note that 5 and 5 action will also have games .

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zulu17 — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 15:08:32 GMT

I can see that EETV are updating some of the NFL programming but currently it is a mess so give then more time before scheduling any recordings of the new season.

My impression is the Sky Sports Action schedules are incorrect from 6am tomorrow 1st September. it looks from other listings that Sky Sports Action will be focusing on on NFL programming from that time. Other SKY sports channels will also have NFL programming due to simulcasting and having multiple NFL streams at various times.

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zulu17 — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 07:52:09 GMT

Well inaccurate EPG on EETV for Sky Sports Action today onwards as the process of updating remains inadequate.

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MartinJSUK — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 14:46:29 GMT

I'd like to congratulate your EPG team for inventing a means to show programs before they've happened. Apparently Sky Sports F1 is showing 'F1:Azerbaijan Grand Prix Sunday' between 12.30pm and 3pm next Saturday. It'll actually be the qualifying session. This might sound funny, but the reality is that, if I set this to record, it will fail to record, as the software will consider the corrected title to be a totally different programme. One more thing to remember during the week, to check it every day until it's put right. This evening's Premier League game also dropped out of being set to record for similar reasons, luckily I've noticed in time. I'm paying for a 7-day EPG, I expect to be able to set my planner a full week in advance.

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MartinJSUK — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 18:50:42 GMT

And I've just noticed that the EPG thinks that West Ham and Tottenham are about to play each other again, for the second time today. It's actually Brentford v Chelsea coming up. One that didn't get spotted or fixed, which at least means that it should record for everyone who selected it.

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SteveG2460 — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 11:11:52 GMT

Quite simply you have to make a note to check every single SKY Sports programme you have set to pre-record on BT's laughably pathetic NOW TV offering the day before. That's why I'm ditching it in six weeks time when my contract ends.

In my opinion it's fraudulent that BT continue to sell a product which doesn't work and which they know doesn't work and refuse to fix.

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gomezz — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 13:42:51 GMT

But does the fault lie with the broadcaster who supplies the EPG info or with the platform host who acts on it?

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SteveG2460 — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 08:52:52 GMT

That's irrelevant. It's BT who are selling the service and they should make sure it is fit for purpose.

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gomezz — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 10:03:07 GMT

It is relevant if the cause of the issue needs to be identified so it can be resolved.

A conspiracy theorist would claim that it is a way of Sky subtly sabotaging the service provided by a rival.