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Sky Replay
Sky Replay was a British pay television channel operated by Sky that began broadcasting in December 2002 as Sky One Mix. The channel was previously known as Sky Two from 2005 to 2020. The brand name and format had earlier been used for a similar service which broadcast on analogue platforms for a year from 1996.[citation needed]
On 27 August 2020, the channel’s name changed to Sky Replay and served as a sister channel to Sky Max and Sky Witness; broadcasting repeats of programmes aired on those channels and also broadcasting repeats of dramas that Sky no longer holds first-run rights or rights that are soon to expire. Sky Replay closed at 6 am on 30 October 2025.
The Sky 2 brand was originally launched on 1 September 1996, and served as a sister channel to Sky 1 in the evening (timesharing with Fox Kids).[citation needed] The channel was introduced to offer an expanded range of general entertainment programming, with Sky 2 airing a mixture of programmes already carried on Sky 1 along with programmes exclusive to the channel.[citation needed] Sky 2 however was not as successful as Sky had hoped, and would close nearly a year later without any notice on 31 August 1997.[citation needed] The channel was then replaced by the National Geographic.
On 7 October 2002, Sky announced that they would launch their first digital channel in over a decade; Sky One Mix, functioning as Sky One's sister channel and catch-up service. The channel's launch was announced for 9 December on 13 November 2002 and launched on Sky Digital that day.
The channel, initially broadcasting from noon to midnight, offered up the best of Sky One's programmes, as well as a dedicated children's block called "Animix", which broadcast from 3:30pm every weekday. The channel used a logo and presentation design similar to that used by Sky One at the time, but with a yellow and black theme as opposed to the orange and white used by Sky One at the time.[citation needed]
Initially exclusive to Sky Digital, the channel was added to NTL at the end of July 2003 as part of a two-year contract extension between BSkyB and NTL.
On 21 September 2004, to coincide with the launch of Sky One's new look, Sky One Mix was rebranded as simply Sky Mix. The channel would keep Sky One's previous branding as before, and kept the same idents without the mention of the word "One".[citation needed]
On 18 July 2005, rumours circulated that Sky was planning to extend the Sky One brand by rebranding Sky Mix as Sky Two, and launching a Sky Three as well. The channel rebranded effectively to Sky Two in November of that year, and began using Kaktus Films' animated idents in line with those introduced on Sky One the prior year.[citation needed]
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Sky Replay
Sky Replay was a British pay television channel operated by Sky that began broadcasting in December 2002 as Sky One Mix. The channel was previously known as Sky Two from 2005 to 2020. The brand name and format had earlier been used for a similar service which broadcast on analogue platforms for a year from 1996.[citation needed]
On 27 August 2020, the channel’s name changed to Sky Replay and served as a sister channel to Sky Max and Sky Witness; broadcasting repeats of programmes aired on those channels and also broadcasting repeats of dramas that Sky no longer holds first-run rights or rights that are soon to expire. Sky Replay closed at 6 am on 30 October 2025.
The Sky 2 brand was originally launched on 1 September 1996, and served as a sister channel to Sky 1 in the evening (timesharing with Fox Kids).[citation needed] The channel was introduced to offer an expanded range of general entertainment programming, with Sky 2 airing a mixture of programmes already carried on Sky 1 along with programmes exclusive to the channel.[citation needed] Sky 2 however was not as successful as Sky had hoped, and would close nearly a year later without any notice on 31 August 1997.[citation needed] The channel was then replaced by the National Geographic.
On 7 October 2002, Sky announced that they would launch their first digital channel in over a decade; Sky One Mix, functioning as Sky One's sister channel and catch-up service. The channel's launch was announced for 9 December on 13 November 2002 and launched on Sky Digital that day.
The channel, initially broadcasting from noon to midnight, offered up the best of Sky One's programmes, as well as a dedicated children's block called "Animix", which broadcast from 3:30pm every weekday. The channel used a logo and presentation design similar to that used by Sky One at the time, but with a yellow and black theme as opposed to the orange and white used by Sky One at the time.[citation needed]
Initially exclusive to Sky Digital, the channel was added to NTL at the end of July 2003 as part of a two-year contract extension between BSkyB and NTL.
On 21 September 2004, to coincide with the launch of Sky One's new look, Sky One Mix was rebranded as simply Sky Mix. The channel would keep Sky One's previous branding as before, and kept the same idents without the mention of the word "One".[citation needed]
On 18 July 2005, rumours circulated that Sky was planning to extend the Sky One brand by rebranding Sky Mix as Sky Two, and launching a Sky Three as well. The channel rebranded effectively to Sky Two in November of that year, and began using Kaktus Films' animated idents in line with those introduced on Sky One the prior year.[citation needed]