Channel One (British and Irish TV channel)

For the television channels that broadcast on EPG Channel 1 in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, see BBC One and RTÉ One.
"Virgin 1" redirects here. For the television channel in the Republic of Ireland, see Virgin Media One.
"Virgin 2" redirects here. For the 2009 Indonesian film, see Virgin 2 (film).

Channel One
CountryUnited Kingdom
Broadcast area
  • United Kingdom
  • Ireland
Programming
Picture format576i (SDTV)
Timeshift serviceChannel One +1
Ownership
OwnerLiving TV Group (British Sky Broadcasting)
History
Launched1 October 2007; 16 years ago (2007-10-01)
ReplacedFtn
Closed1 February 2011; 13 years ago (2011-02-01)
Replaced by
Former namesVirgin1 (2007–2010)

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.

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.

  1. ^ Sweney, Mark (15 September 2010). "BSkyB to close Bravo and Channel One". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2010.