Sky Sports News is set to disappear from Freeview and appear exclusively on pay TV services. If you’ve been used to getting your fix of Jeff Stelling’s perfect punning on Soccer Saturday for free you’ll now have to pay for the privilege or catch him on Countdown instead. Sky has also announced that Sky Sports News HD is on the way. For details and to find out what Sky is flinging onto Freeview instead, head on through…

Sky Sports News has been on Freeview since 2002. Sky News and Sky 3 are remaining on the service with a time-shifted Sky 3 + 1 channel taking up the slot previously held by Sky Sports News. That’s great if you’ve just missed an episode of Prison Break or Cold Case but not so much if you wanted to catch up on the day’s sporting stories.

Sky hasn’t announced when it’ll snatch Sky Sports News from Freeview but the move is due to happen later this summer. When it does, Sky Sports News will be restricted to Sky, Virgin Media, Talk Talk TV and Sky Player.

At the same time as it flees Freeview, Sky will launch Sky Sports News HD. Sky News HD kicked off on election night and it seems Sky Sports News HD is set to move into similarly suped-up studios.

Are you a fan of Sky Sports News on Freeview and irritated to see it go? Vent your frustrations in the comments.

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  • The Thurlows

    if sky sports aint got enough money they make me sick.i hope they all choke on there big cigars.

  • dan

    pis take , so angry, its the only channel i watch now its going, its bullsh*t

  • Garry Herring

    hope other service providers, such as Virgin Media will give us an equivalent to Sky Sports News

  • Nigelc8

    Sky once again considers money more important than anything else, i know punters who pay £600 p a just to watch live football, The b b c license fee is £145 p a bbc 1 2 3 4 radio 1 2 3 4 and 5 , bbc world service and hundreds of local t v and radio stations all for the price of a packet of crisps per day , i know who i will always support, my advice is pay your license fee and cancel your sky subscription, come on virgin fill the gap,

  • MU

    When using a digital Freeview box while out caravanning Sky Sports News is the only way of keeping up with the daily sporting events such as local cricket. It will be sorely missed when it is lost to Sky alone. MU

  • Don Pedro

    I have suggested to the BBC that they beef up final score and attempt a similar progamme to Soccer Saturday. Even if it starts at the beginning of the second half it could be a hit. How about doing something on the afternoon on BBC3 for example?

  • Ross

    Sky have shot themselves in the foot. They used to plug their live coverage all the time on SSN but now they've no means of advertising to non Sky customers. Now I'm event less likely to join!

  • Annrid

    i would never subscribe to Sky sports they don't care about customers. I don't know what to do on Sat when my team's not playing. Could this be an opportunity for one of the other channels to make a rival programme had to watch rugby league today, nothing wrong with that but I don't understand the rules!!

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