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List of British television channels - Definition and Overview |
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Television stations
These channels are available on digital aerial, satellite and cable systems.
Many channels have a "+1" service. This is an identical channel carrying the same programmes delayed by one hour to give viewers a second chance to catch a favourite programme. They are not included as separate channels here however.
Regional channels
Recent years have seen a sucession of regional, often community based, television channels start operating. Often these are tied to a particular city, but avaliable in surrounding areas.
Defunct channels
- BBC Choice - replaced by BBC Three
- BBC Knowledge - replaced by BBC Four
- Carlton Cinema
- FilmFour Extreme
- FilmFour World
- Plus - Closed by Granada Sky Broadcasting as part of a deal to carry ITV3 on Sky Digital
- Shop!
- Six TV, Portsmouth
- The Studio - NTL cable only
- [[ [.tv] ]] - Previously known as The Computer Channel
- Sky 2
- Sky Soap
- EBN - Merged with Bloomberg
- Where It's At
- Auction World.tv - Licence to broadcast terminated
Future channels
New channels
- Sound TV - run by Richard Digance and Joe Pasquale, scheduled to launch at the end of February 2005.
- ITV Kids
- More4 - New from Channel 4, broadcasting property and lifestyle programs (was scheduled to launch in the last quarter of 2004)
Imported American channels
International BBC channels
These channels are BBC ventures not available in the UK, in some cases they are similar to channels offered in the UK
- BBC World - formerly World Service Television
- BBC Prime - entertainment channel available in Europe, Africa, Middle East
- BBC America - US Market British Entertainment Channel
- BBC Canada - Canadian Market British Entertainment Channel
- BBC Kids - Canada-broadcast children's channel
- BBC Food - Southern Africa/Scandinavia
- People+Arts - Latin America/Iberia
See also
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Example Usage of television |
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kg4uzj: 46 years ago, today, a little television show called Doctor Who premiered on the BBC with "An Unearthly Child." http://tinyurl.com/yb5u2tu |
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monoskop: ~ : David Joselit: Feedback: television Against Democracy (2007) http://tinyurl.com/ya6bslf |
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