Sky has been busy reconfiguring its free-to-air entertainment channel ahead of the screening of 25 different Premier League games, starting on Friday 19th June 2020.
In addition to the current arrangement, that has a UK and Irish version of the main channel, there are now three standard definition versions and two HD versions of the channel.
Of these, there will be versions carrying live Premier League football, and football-free versions.
Where to watch Sky's Pick channel in the UK
HD
- with football SD
-with football SD
-no football +1
-no football
Sky 159 895* - 259
Freeview^ - 11 - 92
Virgin TV - 165 - -
Freesat 147 - 144 145
Information as of 16:30 16/06/2020
*159 on non-HD Sky boxes.
^The same channels apply on YouView devices (BT TV, TalkTalk TV, Plusnet TV, Sony & Humax retail)
Viewers with pay TV subscriptions:
Those games Sky has the rights to will be shown in HD via Sky Sports as normal; a selection will also feature on Sky 1.
For viewers in the Republic of Ireland
For viewers in the Republic of Ireland, Pick will carry a football-free schedule, as the free-to-air arrangement is only valid in the UK.
(Viewers in the UK can also see the football-free schedule an hour later on Pick+1, which is a shared service, visible in both the UK and Republic of Ireland.)
Viewers in the Republic of Ireland will be able to watch those matches Sky has the rights to via Sky Sports as normal, with some games also featuring on Sky 1. Viewers using a free-to-air satellite receiver can manually tune in to 25 games via Sky's Pick channel, parameters listed below.
For viewers outside of the UK and Ireland
Due to the way some satellite signals are available across a wider area of Europe than others, existing versions of Pick available widely across the continent, including the Irish version of the main channel, will not carry live Premier League football. Premier League coverage will be available via local sports subscription services in these countries.
Free-to-air Pick HD is available via the UK spotbeam and will be available to viewers in The Netherlands, Belgium and parts of France via the following manual tuning parameters and standard size dishes:
Pick HD (with football)
Astra 28.2E UK Spotbeam
Frequency 12363
Polarisation Vertical
Symbol Rate 27500
FEC 32/3
Mode DVB-S2 QSPK
Service ID 8599
More information
UK satellite reception: spotbeams
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