Channel One (British and Irish TV channel)
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Channel One was a British free-to-air television channel owned and operated by Living TV Group. The channel was launched on 1 October 2007 at 21:00 on Freeview, Virgin Media and Sky as Virgin1, replacing Ftn. The channel broadcast 24 hours on cable, satellite and Freeview; a one-hour time-shift, Channel One +1, broadcast on cable and satellite.
Country | United Kingdom |
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Programming | |
Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
Timeshift service | Channel One +1 |
Ownership | |
Owner | Living TV Group (British Sky Broadcasting) |
History | |
Launched | 1 October 2007; 16 years ago (2007-10-01) |
Replaced | Ftn |
Closed | 1 February 2011; 13 years ago (2011-02-01) |
Replaced by |
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Former names | Virgin1 (2007–2010) |
BSkyB acquired the channel on 4 June 2010 and rebranded it as Channel One. On 15 September 2010, BSkyB announced that it would close Channel One and sister channels Bravo and Bravo 2. Channel One's Freeview space on the multiplex was used to launch Challenge there. Channel One closed on 1 February 2011 at 06:00 UTC, one month after Bravo and Bravo 2 closed.[1] On the same day, it was replaced by Challenge on Freeview and Sky Atlantic on Sky.